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The Rolling Stones have turned 50. (As a collective entity, of course. The individual members are mostly basking in their late 60s and early 70s.) I don’t think it takes anything away from that feat of longevity — though it may annoy some fans — to suggest that the Stones were a truly great rock band for about one-fifth of that time, from “Beggars Banquet” in 1968 to “Some Girls” a decade later. Afterward, they became their own best cover act, performing their hits for arenas full of fans. Before, in the mythic ’60s, they were a polished and energetic pop group, one of many that bubbled out of England in those years.