Jeff Beck - Truth (2LP, 45RPM)
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Jeff Beck – electric guitars, acoustic guitar on "Greensleeves"; pedal steel guitar on "Shapes of Things"; bass guitar on "Ol' Man River"; lead vocals on "Tallyman" and "Hi Ho Silver Lining", co-lead vocals on "Let Me Love You" [click here to see more vinyl featuring Jeff Beck]
Rod Stewart – lead vocals, backing vocals on "Hi Ho Silver Lining", possible backing vocal on "Tallyman" [click here to see more vinyl featuring Rod Stewart]
Ronnie Wood – bass guitar [click here to see more vinyl featuring Ronnie Wood]
Micky Waller – drums
John Paul Jones – bass guitar on "Hi Ho Silver Lining" and "Beck's Bolero"; Hammond organ on "Ol' Man River" and "You Shook Me"; arrangements on "Hi Ho Silver Lining"
Nicky Hopkins – piano on "Morning Dew", "You Shook Me", "Beck's Bolero" and "Blues Deluxe"
"You Know Who" (Keith Moon) – drums on "Beck's Bolero"; timpani on "Ol' Man River"
2 LPs, gatefold sleeve
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 45RPM
Size : 12”
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : unspecified
Label : MOFI
Original Label : Columbia
Recorded 16 May 1966 and 14–26 May 1968 at Studio Abbey Road, Olympic and De Lane Lea, London
Engineered & mixed by Ken Scott
Produced by Mickie Most
Remastered by Krieg Wunderlich
Originally released in 1968
Reissued in 2021
Awards:
1000 Recordings you must hear before you die - Ranked 128
Stereophile Records to Die For - 2019
Tracks:
Side A:
- Shapes Of Things
- Let Me Love You
Side B:
- Morning Dew
- You Shook Me
- Ol' Man River
Side C:
- Greensleeves
- Rock My Plimsoul
- Beck's Bolero
Side D:
- Blues Deluxe
- I Ain't Superstitious
Reviews :
"Despite being the premiere of heavy metal, Jeff Beck's Truth has never quite carried its reputation the way the early albums by Led Zeppelin did, or even Cream's two most popular LPs, mostly as a result of the erratic nature of the guitarist's subsequent work. Time has muted some of its daring, radical nature, elements of which were appropriated by practically every metal band (and most arena rock bands) that followed. Truth was almost as groundbreaking and influential a record as the first Beatles, Rolling Stones, or Who albums. Its attributes weren't all new -- Cream and Jimi Hendrix had been moving in similar directions -- but the combination was: the wailing, heart-stoppingly dramatic vocalizing by Rod Stewart, the thunderous rhythm section of Ron Wood's bass and Mickey Waller's drums, and Beck's blistering lead guitar, which sounds like his amp is turned up to 13 and ready to short out. Beck opens the proceedings in a strikingly bold manner, using his old Yardbirds hit "Shapes of Things" as a jumping-off point, deliberately rebuilding the song from the ground up so it sounds closer to Howlin' Wolf. There are lots of unexpected moments on this record: a bone-pounding version of Willie Dixon's "You Shook Me"; a version of Jerome Kern's "Ol' Man River" done as a slow electric blues; a brief plunge into folk territory with a solo acoustic guitar version of "Greensleeves" (which was intended as filler but audiences loved); the progressive blues of "Beck's Bolero"; the extended live "Blues Deluxe"; and "I Ain't Superstitious," a blazing reworking of another Willie Dixon song. It was a triumph -- a number 15 album in America, astoundingly good for a band that had been utterly unknown in the U.S. just six months earlier -- and a very improbable success." AllMusic Review by Bruce Eder
Ratings :
AllMusic : 5 / 5 , Discogs : 4,27 / 5