Released on the 8th December 1967 by Decca Records, Their Satanic Majesties Request is the 6th British release and the 8th American release by the Rolling Stones. As far as secrets go, this album's gatefold sleeve is full of 'em!
The title itself is said to be a play on the text found inside a British passport; "Her Britannic Majesty requests and requires..." God knows why but someone though it sounded good.
It was originally released with a holographic 3D cover but it was so costly to create that the label actually lost money for every copy sold so later pressings were released with a standard card sleeve.
Open the gatefold and on the inner-left side you'll find a maze, pretty cool except no mater how many times you try you'll never get to the centre. Evil.
Perhaps the biggest known fact is the faces of all 4 Beatles hidden in the cover. The 2 bands were spending a fair amount of time together in those days so it's considered a response to the use of the Stones's name on the The Beatles Sgt Peppers cover.
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