Counterfeit Guide
The Rolling Stones — Beggars Banquet
Decca SKL 4955
Last updated June 4, 2026
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The 1968 UK Beggars Banquet on Decca SKL 4955 originally appeared in the white 'RSVP' invitation-card sleeve after the band's preferred toilet-wall graffiti cover was rejected. The earliest stereo copies carry the unboxed Decca label with 'Made in England' rim text. Genuine firsts show the gatefold invitation design and hand-etched SKL 4955 matrices; later reissues used the restored toilet artwork.
Matrix / Runout
UK stereo firsts carry SKL 4955 hand-etched matrices with the appropriate ZAL suffixes and Decca tax codes. Counterfeits show uniform typeset runouts and reproduction sleeves.
3 Tells That Reveal a Fake
- 1
The 'RSVP' invitation sleeve is grubby reproduction card with soft type rather than the clean original litho print, or the wrong (later) cover is presented as the first.
- 2
The label is the boxed Decca design being sold as the unboxed first, or the rim credits are mis-set.
- 3
The runout is machine-typeset rather than the hand-etched SKL 4955 matrix with Decca tax codes.
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