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Give Satanic Majesties A Chance

Hope all are doing well. My 92 year old mother beat the virus. So can you. But I digress.
I never liked SMR when it came out and neither did anyone else including the Stones, who described it as "rubbish".
But times change and I decided, for some reason, to pop my 2002 Inaugural Edition Hybrid Disc 2002 in the CD player.
It was a remaster and came with a Certificate of Authenticity. Authentic rubbish I guess. But anyway - there is quite a bit of aimless meandering in some of the songs, but the album was better than I remembered. "In Another Land", "She’s a Rainbow", "Citadel" are not bad songs and they’ve managed to capture some very nice piano, drums and bell sounds.
All in all, better than I remember. Maybe give it another listen if you’re so inclined, misuse of the plural possessive notwithstanding.   Be well.
chayro
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kijanki
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AFAIK Stones started as Rhythm & Blues band, while Brian Jones started to steer toward psychodelic, very popular at the time as well. Mick and Keith were interested only in R&B (sole reason of forming the band).  There were many bands playing good psychodelic music, Vanilla Fudge being one of the best.  I had their record and been at their concert in Chicago.  In comparison SMR was a flop.
Did I like it? I liked 3D picture on the sleeve.
tablejockey
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Thanks to the universe, your mother is doing well.

Yes, my 67 mono press does sound fantastic. I don’t think the entire album is  strong as their run from LIB to Exile though.

Thanks for the suggestion to pull it out of mothballs for a spin.

I even gave Some Girls a run. After that album........dicey.

The Beatles had the spotlight last week. I went through the entire catalog, including some post break up albums.

Since I don’t stream, it’s been "desert island" collection listening other than that,it’s the trusty 65 Mac FM tubed tuner.
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tom6897
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Bless her heart and yours, that’s awesome. Lost mine last April (89 1/2).
edcyn
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You got me to hunt down my Satanic Majesties' Request.  It turned out to be a British Decca pressing with a 2D record jacket.  I evidently sold off my bought-the-first-day-it-came-out 3D American pressing decades ago to try and get some coin.

The recording is so painfully bright, I quickly reverted to random needle drops.  Pressing and recorded clarity is outstanding but, for better or worse, the record is pan-potted to the point of pain.  Genuine soundstaging does happen, but rarely, and only in individual pan pots.  The music is self-indulgent but I have to admit that the guys sound like they were having a helluva good time.  Bottom line, a curiosity at best.

P.S., the lead-out groove is as quiet as any I've ever encountered.  It's been playing the entire time I've been grinding out this post.
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oregonpapa
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I'm playing "Satanic Majesties" on Spotify as I type this just to check it out. My conclusion? I'm calling the audio police to raid your houses and confiscate your audio systems. 

Frank
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