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A food fight with custard pies was the highlight of the event that went on without one of the band’s guitar players in the late 60’s. The original cover for the LP was in the form of a plain white invitation, but was later changed.
The release of The Rolling Stones new album in 1968, Beggars Banquet was celebrated at a party in London. The front and back cover of the double-fold album is a photograph of a bathroom wall. On it, the Stones, particularly Mick, have scrawled a variety of fantastically funny things, including the album title, the name of the group (underneath the name of the group it says “God Rolls His Own), credits, appropriate line drawings, slogans like “Wot, No Paper?” and “Music From Big Brown.” That’s the least of it. It is a fantastic thing, altogether, very Rolling Stones-ish and a beautiful record jacket. The photo was done by Barry Feinstein, the graphics by Tom Wilkes.
