Beggars Banquet

Original unboxed blue Decca label in a gatefold sleeve printed by "Robert Stace & Co. Ltd.", likely pressed ca. October 1969. Label details: – Unboxed wideband silver on blue, "Made in England by The Decca Record Co. Ltd. London". – Catalogue number SKL.4955 on both labels. – Upside down {XZAL.8476} on side 1 and upside down {XZAL 8477} on side 2. – BIEM/NCB boxed, with 'GEMA' below and 'Mirage Music' above it, on both A & B sides. – No speed designation appears on either side. – J/T tax code on labels at bottom. – All tracks are on their own lines, and 'Mick Jagger & Keith Richard' are the only credited writers. – 'Side 1' and 'Side 2' designations are to the left of spindle hole. The '1' is left of center under 'Side', roughly below the 'i'. In contrast, the '2' is centered. Runout details: Side B runout has an indecipherable character struck through with an X, immediately below the main matrix number. The taxcode is stamped 'JT' in the 12 o'clock position on both sides. This copy has the same label pair as [r5417340], and matrices matching [r13180456], but unlike either of these it is housed in a Robert Stace sleeve. Its blue Stereo inner sleeve is dated 10/69.