Sticky Fingers is the ninth British and eleventh American studio album by the English rock band [a20991]. The Stones recorded 22–31 March 1969, 2–4 December 1969 and 17 February – 31 October 1970, released it on 23 April 1971 on their new, and own label [l33962]. They had been contracted by [l5320] and [l1060] in the UK and the US since 1963. Performed by: [a90541] – lead vocal (all tracks), backing vocals (2–5, 9), acoustic guitar (9, 10), castanets (1), maracas (1), electric guitar (2), percussion (3) [a166570] – electric guitar (1, 3–7, 9), acoustic guitar (1, 3, 5, 8, 9), backing vocals (1–7, 9) [a300117] – electric guitar (1, 2, 4–7, 9, 10), acoustic guitar (3) [a299325] – drums (all tracks) [a272814] – bass guitar (all but 5), electric piano (5) On this album [a300117] made his second full-length appearance on a Rolling Stones album (after the live album [m30405]). It was the first studio album without [a409290] who died two years earlier. Model \ Actor [a=Joe Dallesandro] was featured and used as the model for the [a=Andy Warhol] cover artwork. The very first UK edition did NOT have the inscription "A Promotone N.V. RECORD" on the label, because the Promotone company was founded only a few months (in September 1971, exactly, in Amsterdam, Netherlands) after the album "Sticky Fingers" was released (April 1971).