“Exile” was released on May 22nd in the U.S. (the 26th in the U.K.), not May 12th:

No 50th anniversary today!
Once again, no matter what most of the media reports, the EXILE ON MAIN ST album wasn't actually released on May 12 1972, but on the 26th (UK) And four days earlier in the US. @RollingStones #rollingstones pic.twitter.com/LMxO1IeQhR

— Rolling Stones Data (@StonesData) May 12, 2022

I guess you can’t trust the “Wall Street Journal,” where I read about the anniversary.

Then again, it didn’t ring right. I wondered why I didn’t buy the album while I was still at school. I distinctly remember buying it at Korvette’s in Trumbull when the semester was over, and I’m not one to wait.