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The Jeff Beck Group's debut, 1968's TRUTH remains a stunner, probably the best work of the guitarist's long career. Perhaps energized by the bust-up of the Yardbirds, Beck is positively overflowing with ideas throughout the entire album, which pointedly starts with a completely different recasting of the Yardbirds hit "Shapes of Things." TRUTH then continues through an impressively varied set of tunes, ranging from an achingly slow, bluesy version of the Broadway standard "Ol' Man River" to a technically astounding acoustic solo version of "Greensleeves" and a killer pair of Willie Dixon covers including a take on "You Shook Me" that shreds Led Zeppelin's contemporaneous version. Throughout, the then-unknown Rod Stewart sings his heart out; he's as important to the album as Beck himself, and it's unsurprising that when Stewart and bassist Ron Wood left to form the Faces, the Jeff Beck Group never recovered.
Includes liner notes by Jeff Beck.
Reissue producer: Bruce Dickinson.
Personnel: Jeff Beck (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, steel guitar); Jeff Beck; Rod Stewart (vocals); Ron Wood (guitar, bass guitar); Jimmy Page (electric 12-string guitar, 12-string guitar); Mysterious Scottish Bloke (bagpipe); John Paul Jones (organ, bass guitar); J.P. Jones (timpani); Ken Lewis , Ken Lewis (background vocals); Nicky Hopkins (piano, keyboards); Keith Moon (drums, timpani); Aynsley Dunbar, Clem Cattini, Mickey Waller (drums); John Carter , Madeline Bell (background vocals).
Audio Mixer: Peter Mew.
Audio Remasterer: Peter Mew.
Liner Note Authors: Jeff Beck; Charles Shaar Murray.
Photographer: Baron Wolman.
Arrangers: Jeff Beck; Jeffrey Rod.
Personnel: Jeff Beck (guitar, bass); Rod Stewart (vocals); Nicky Hopkins (piano); John Paul Jones (Hammond organ); Ron Wood (bass); Mick Waller (drums).
Producer: Mickie Most.
Rolling Stone (9/28/68, p.29) - "...this album is a classic, much the way the Clapton-Mayall album [THE BLUES BREAKERS WITH ERIC CLAPTON] is....The singing is gorgeous and...first-rate throughout the album....As a group they swing like mad..."
Uncut (p.132) - 3 stars out of 5 - "Arriving a year before Led Zep's debut, TRUTH has a strong claim as the original template for what became heavy metal..."
Jeff Beck - Truth Songs
| 1 | Shapes of Things | 3:17 | $0.99 | |
| 2 | Let Me Love You | 4:41 | $0.99 | |
| 3 | Morning Dew | 4:38 | $0.99 | |
| 4 | You Shook Me
(with Rod Stewart, Rod Stewart) | 2:28 | $0.99 | |
| 5 | Ol' Man River | 3:56 | $0.99 | |
| 6 | Greensleeves | 1:47 | $0.99 | |
| 7 | Rock My Plimsoul
Rod Stewart, Rod Stewart / Jeff Beck | 4:11 | $0.99 | |
| 8 | Beck's Bolero | 2:51 | $1.29 | |
| 9 | Blues Deluxe | 7:30 | $0.99 | |
| 10 | I Ain't Superstitious
(with Group, the Jeff Beck Group) | 4:51 | $0.99 | |
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