Let It Bleed features three Stones classics, opening with the album’s mid-tempo rocker, Gimme Shelter, with its shimmering guitar lines and apocalyptic lyrics the harmonica-driven six minutes and fifty-three second live favourite, Midnight Rambler and the stunning You Can’t Always Get What You Want with a little help from the London Bach Choir who open the song. The other three albums are Beggars Banquet (1968), Sticky Fingers (1971) and Exile On Main Street (1972). Regarded as a Stones classic, Let It Bleed is the second of the Stones’ run of four studio LPs that are generally regarded as among their greatest achievements artistically. In 2012, the band celebrated its 50th anniversary.Released in December 1969 by Decca Records in the United Kingdom and London Records in the United States, shortly after the band’s 1969 American Tour, Let It Bleed it is the follow-up to 1968’s Beggars Banquet and the last album by the band to feature Brian Jones (who died several months before its release), and the first to feature Mick Taylor who plays on two songs. In 2008, the band ranked 10th on the Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists chart. Sticky Fingers (1971) was the first of eight consecutive No. Let It Bleed (1969) marked the first of five consecutive No. They have released 30 studio albums, 23 live albums and numerous compilations. Rolling Stone magazine ranked them fourth on the '100 Greatest Artists of All Time' list and their estimated record sales are above 250 million. The Rolling Stones were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989 and the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2004.

Their musical focus shifted from covering blues songs to writing original material, a decision with which Jones did not agree. The band's primary songwriters, Jagger and Richards, assumed leadership after Andrew Loog Oldham became the group's manager. Brian Jones was the original leader of the group. Stewart was removed from the official line-up in 1963 but continued as a touring member until his death in 1985. The first stable line-up consisted of Brian Jones (guitar, harmonica), Mick Jagger (lead vocals), Keith Richards (guitar, backing vocals), Bill Wyman (bass), Charlie Watts (drums), and Ian Stewart (piano). The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London, England, in 1962.

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