The Rolling Stones – Gimme Shelter (VG/VG+) – LP, AU 1971

Gimme Shelter is an LP by The Rolling Stones from 1971 released on the Decca label.

About this album

Gimme Shelter is a strong Rolling Stones compilation that distils the band’s late-1960s run into one concise package. Issued in 1971, it draws together era-defining singles and key album cuts such as Jumpin' Jack Flash, Street Fighting Man, Sympathy For The Devil and the title track, showing how the group fused blues, country, soul and hard rock into something dangerous and immediate. The selection highlights Mick Jagger and Keith Richards at their most confrontational and inventive, while also tracing the Stones’ shift from British rhythm-and-blues devotees to one of rock’s most influential bands. As a snapshot of their peak years, it remains a useful entry point into the catalogue.