The Rolling Stones‘ Beggars Banquet was originally going to feature a toilet and bathroom graffiti on its cover. Subsequently, multiple record labels took issue with this image. Eventually, the original cover was put on releases of the album.
The Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger | George Wilkes Archive / Contributor Mick Jagger said the toilet image on The Rolling Stones’ ‘Beggars Banquet’ was in good taste
According to the 2013 book 50 Licks: Myths and Stories from Half a Century of The Rolling Stones, the band wanted to put an image of a toilet and bathroom graffiti on the cover of Beggars Banquet. The album includes famous tracks such as “Street Fighting Man” and “Sympathy for the Devil.” London Records in the United States and Decca Records in the United Kingdom rejected this album cover.
“We really have tried to keep the album within the bounds of good taste,” Jagger said. “I mean we haven’t shown the whole lavatory.
The Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger | George Wilkes Archive / Contributor Mick Jagger said the toilet image on The Rolling Stones’ ‘Beggars Banquet’ was in good taste
According to the 2013 book 50 Licks: Myths and Stories from Half a Century of The Rolling Stones, the band wanted to put an image of a toilet and bathroom graffiti on the cover of Beggars Banquet. The album includes famous tracks such as “Street Fighting Man” and “Sympathy for the Devil.” London Records in the United States and Decca Records in the United Kingdom rejected this album cover.
“We really have tried to keep the album within the bounds of good taste,” Jagger said. “I mean we haven’t shown the whole lavatory.
- 2/7/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Rock photographer Guy Webster, whose images adorn dozens of classic album covers, has died at the age of 79.
Webster’s biographer Harvey Kubernik confirmed the photographer’s February 5th death to Rolling Stone, adding that Webster had been suffering from diabetes and liver cancer. Variety first reported Webster’s death.
“Guy Webster established his reputation as a photographer capable not only of capturing the emotional nuance of the era, but also of helping to define it, with shots of hundreds of personalities before they were legends—including Simon & Garfunkel, Jack Nicholson,...
Webster’s biographer Harvey Kubernik confirmed the photographer’s February 5th death to Rolling Stone, adding that Webster had been suffering from diabetes and liver cancer. Variety first reported Webster’s death.
“Guy Webster established his reputation as a photographer capable not only of capturing the emotional nuance of the era, but also of helping to define it, with shots of hundreds of personalities before they were legends—including Simon & Garfunkel, Jack Nicholson,...
- 2/9/2019
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
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