Beggars Banquet  by The Rolling Stones

The seventh album of the Rolling Stones, Beggars Banquet, was released at the end of 1968. This particular album was of pivotal importance for the British band. It marks the change in their sound. The Rolling Stones move away from their blues rock phase with covers of songs by others, as well as their experiments with the psychedelia of their previous work, and venture into other genres, such as root rocks and country, while their own blues rock compositions are also present. The only song that was not composed by Jagger and Richards was Prodigal Son, which was a cover of a song by blues musician Robert Wilkins. The reason for this change was their collaboration with American producer Jimmy Miller, with whom they would build their legend in the following years.

To promote the album, a film-documentary for television was shot, the legendary "The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus," which was the filming of part of what took place on December 11 and 12 at the BBC studios. In addition to the Rolling Stones, there were many other distinguished guests, such as the Who, John Lennon, Jethro Tull, Marianne Faithfull, and Taj Mahal. Eventually, it took 28 years (!) for the film to be shown.

Beggars Banquet reached No. 3 in Great Britain and No. 5 in the USA. In the USA, its sales exceeded 1,000,000 copies.