ROLLING STONES Their Satanic Majesties Request Original '67 LP Lenticular Photo

* There is a Double Surface Scratch on the Front Side that Did Not Affect the Listenability or Sound Quality on My Player

* The Album Sounds Great, NO Skips, or Excessive Loud Cracks or Pops.

* Played and Recorded Portions Before Packing to Ensure playability

* See Photos For Features  and Details.

The 1967's TSMR was the first of four Stones albums to feature a novelty cover; the others were the zipper on Sticky Fingers, the cut-out faces on Some Girls, and the stickers on Undercover.

Released in Dec '67 by Decca in the UK and by London in the US, it was the first Stones album to be released in identical versions in both countries. The title is a play on the "Her Britannic Majesty requests and requires" text that appeared inside a British passport.

The band experimented with a psychedelic sound on Satanic Majesties, incorporating unconventional elements such as Mellotron, sound effects, string arrangements, and African rhythms. The band members produced the album themselves as their manager/producer, Andrew Loog Oldham, had departed. The prolonged recording process was marked by drug use, court appearances, and jail terms by members of the band.

The entire cover design is elaborate, with a dense photo collage filling most of the inside cover, along with a maze designed by Michael Cooper. The inner-cover collage has dozens of images, taken from reproductions of old master paintings, Indian mandalas and portraits, astronomy, flowers, world maps, etc. The maze on the inside cover cannot be completed: a wall at about a half radius in from the lower left corner means one can never arrive at the goal labeled "It's Here" in the centre of the maze.

The album cover featured a three-dimensional picture of the band on the cover by Michael Cooper. When viewed in a certain way, the lenticular image shows the band members' faces turning towards each other with the exception of Jagger, whose hands appear crossed in front of him. Looking closely on its cover, one can see the faces of each of the Beatles, reportedly a response to the Beatles' inclusion of a Shirley Temple doll wearing a "Welcome the Rolling Stones" sweater on Sgt. Pepper.