Ted wrote:Let It Bleed is the last human Stones album.
Thank you, Ted. Nailed very neatly.
One of my pet soapbox subjects is how cocaine ruined rock'n'roll. They were certainly using it by this time, but it hadn't ruined them yet. Certainly by "Sticky Fingers" the rot had set in with a vengeance (yes, Garth, I know, it's got some great songs and some great moments on it, but the sense of embalmed emotions is all but stifling).
"Let It Bleed" and "Beggars Banquet" are also their best produced records. Jimmy Miller was on a roll.
If my anorak serves me well, the version of "You Can't Always Get What You Want" on the B side of "Honky Tonk Women" loses the London Bach Choir intro.