Let It Bleed is an album by The Rolling Stones, released in 1969. The follow up to 1968's Beggars Banquet, it appeared shortly after the band's 1969 American Tour, their first in the U.S. in three years.

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The cover displays a surreal sculpture designed by Robert Brownjohn. The image consists of the Let It Bleed record being played by the antique tone-arm of a turntable, which is fitted with a tall record-changer-style spindle supporting, in place of a stack of records, a number of items stacked on a dinner plate (bottom-to-top): a magnetic tape/movie reel canister labelled Stones - Let It Bleed; a clock face; a pizza; a small tyre; a cake with kitsch icing, reminiscent of art-deco-style plaster rendering; and the band itself in the form of wedding-style topping figures. The cake parts of the album cover construction were prepared by then unknown cookery writer Delia Smith [2]. The artwork is inspired by the working title of the album, which was "Automatic Changer" (source: Bill Wyman, Rolling with the Stones).
The reverse of the LP sleeve shows the same "record-stack" melange partially "consumed", with a slice of the uppermost cake layer removed; the tyre hacked and nailed, bandaged and patched; film stray from the tape/film canister; and the supporting plate chipped; a slice of pizza with a bite taken lies on the shattered vinyl; along with the detached tone-arm -- as if evidence of the aftermath of a wild party.
The track listing on the record sleeve does not follow the tracklisting on the record. According to Brownjohn, he altered the track listing purely for visual reasons.

Cover
All songs by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, except where noted. The order in which track titles appeared on the back of the LP sleeve did not reflect their actual order of play -- not unusual in its day. The correct orders were shown on the record's label.

Track listing

"Gimme Shelter" – 4:32

• Features Merry Clayton on backing vocals
  "Love in Vain" (Robert Johnson) – 4:22
  
  
  
  • Features Ry Cooder on mandolin
    "Country Honk" – 3:10
    
    
    
    • Country version of "Honky Tonk Women", features Mick Taylor on guitar
      "Live With Me" – 3:36
      
      
      
      • Features both Leon Russell and Nicky Hopkins on piano with Keith Richards on bass and Mick Taylor on guitar
        "Let It Bleed" – 5:34
        
        
        
        • Features Ian Stewart on piano Side two
          
          Mick Jagger – vocals, harmonica, backing vocals
          Keith Richards – acoustic guitar, backing vocals, electric guitar, slide guitar, vocals, bass
          Charlie Watts – drums
          Bill Wyman – bass, autoharp, vibes
          Brian Jones - autoharp, percussion (congas)
          Mick Taylor – electric guitar, slide guitar
          Madeline Bell – backing vocals
          Byron Berline – fiddle
          Merry Clayton – vocals, backing vocals
          Ry Cooder – mandolin
          Rocky Dijon – congas, maracas
          Nicky Hopkins – piano, organ
          Bobby Keys – tenor saxophone
          Al Kooper – piano, organ, French horn
          London Bach Choir – backing vocals
          Jimmy Miller – drums, percussion, tambourine
          Nanette Newman – backing vocals
          Leon Russell – piano
          Ian Stewart – piano
          Doris Troy – backing vocals
          Tom Pollard – backing vocals Personnel
          
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