Truth | 
 enlarge | Artist: Jeff Beck
Label: Sony
Category: Music
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Rating:  28 reviews
Sales Rank: 12777
Format: Extra Tracks, Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 77352
UPC: 828767735221
EAN: 0828767735221
ASIN: B000I0QKDS
Release Date: October 10, 2006
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| Tracks:
| • | Shapes Of Things | | • | Let Me Love You | | • | Morning Dew | | • | You Shook Me | | • | Ol' Man River | | • | Greensleeves | | • | Rock My Plimsoul | | • | Beck's Bolero | | • | Blues De Luxe | | • | I Ain't Superstitious | | • | Bonus Track: I've Been Drinking (Stereo Mix) | | • | Bonus Track: You Shook Me (Take 1) | | • | Bonus Track: Rock My Plimsoul (Stereo Mix) | | • | Bonus Track: (Beck's Bolero) | | • | Bonus Track: Blues De Luxe (Take 1) | | • | Bonus Track: Tallyman | | • | Bonus Track: Love Is Blue | | • | Bonus Track: Hi Ho Silver Lining |
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Album Description
After leaving the Yardbirds as lead guitarist in 1967, Jeff Beck formed The Jeff Beck Group featuring Rod Stewart on vocals and Ron Wood on bass, releasing two albums 'Truth' in 1968 and 'Beck-Ola' in 1969. This long-awaited 24-bit digitally remastered version of 'Truth' is released with 8 bonus tracks. This album was Rod Stewart's first-ever album-length lead vocal showcase as an artist, and is regarded, along with 'Beck-Ola' as a musical touchstone for hard rockers in the years that followed. Collaborators on this album (and bonus tracks) include Keith Moon, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, Nicky Hopkins, Aynsley Dunbar and Madeline Bell. Jeff Beck's three singles 'Tallyman' , 'Love Is Blue' and 'Hi Ho Silver Lining' (First Stereo Mix) have been added as bonus track along with 'I've Been Drinking' (New Stereo Mix), 'You Shook Me' (Take One Mix), 'Rock My Plimsoul' (Stereo Mix), 'Beck's Bolero' (Mono Single Version With Backwards Guitar), 'Blues Deluxe' (Take 1 Mix) plus the gorgeous ballad 'I've Been Drinking' (B-side on 'Love Is Blue') which was omitted from the original album. The liner notes have been upgraded by Charles Shaar Murray and feature an extensive interview with Jeff Beck. All tracks produced by Mickie Most. Remastered by Peter Mew at Abbey Road. EMI. 2005
Album Details
24 Bit Digitally Remastered Version of the Guitar Master's Debut Solo Album from 1968 is also Singer Rod Stewart's First-ever Album-length Lead Vocal Showcase as an Artist. This Album, Along with It's Follow-up "Beck-ola", Are Regarded as Musical Touchstones for Hard Rockers in the Years that Followed. Collaborators on this Album (And Bonus Tracks) Include Keith Moon, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, Nicky Hopkins, Aynsley Dunbar and Madeline Bell. Beck's Three Singles "Tallyman", "Love is Blue" and "hi Ho Silver Lining" Are Included in the Bonus Section Along with the Gorgeous Ballad "i've Been Drinking" (B-side on "Love is Blue") which was Omitted from the Original Album. All Tracks were Produced by Mickie Most.
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 (4.5 stars) THE TRUTH IS... August 12, 2008
ol' nuff n' den sum (the Virginia coast, USA)
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
Jeff Beck's Truth (1968), is a critically acclaimed and influential piece of work that features some great performances and historically rocks the blues. There are some great moments on this album, that's for sure.
It also frustratingly lacks direction and purpose as a whole album. Truth is all over the place and there's not a lot of cohesiveness, and no concept. At times, it seems like it's a well organized all-star jam session that doesn't have any mission at all, other than to highlight the great performances.
Jeff Beck had already made a name for himself as a guitar hero while working as a session player and as a member of The Yardbirds when he replaced Eric Clapton in the group. After leaving The Yardbirds, he formed The Jeff Beck Group featuring vocalist Rod Stewart, bassist Ronnie Wood, pianist Nicky Hopkins, and drummer Micky Waller. A "back before they were famous" group of rock n' roll hall of famers. Truth was the The Jeff Beck Group's first album.
The best songs on Truth are the heavy blues-rockers. Let Me Love You, You Shook Me, Blues De Luxe, and I Ain't Superstitious are all great stuff. The album's opener, Shapes Of Things, is a great rockin' track, and the Beck/Stewart original, Rock My Plimsoul, is a solid piece of work, too.
Old Man River seems oddly out of place on the album, but Rod Stewart's moving vocal performance saves the song, and makes it surprisingly good. Beck tacks on the solo acoustic guitar instrumental, Gleensleeves, at the end of River, and that's pretty good. The Spanish influenced electronic-effects guitar instrumental, Beck's Bolero, sort of comes out of nowhere, too, but it's a solid track, and features performances by Keith Moon, Jimmy Page, and John Paul Jones.
Truth was Rod Stewart's first full album recording ever, and his gritty, authentically bluesy, and passionate vocal performance actually saves the album from being little more than an interesting, although distinctive, early heavy-metal and blues-rock guitar artifact. Ron Wood's bass playing on the album is also remarkable, and that it doesn't get any more attention than it does is puzzling. At times, he even outshines Beck, who's guitar playing is extraordinarily spot on, especially considering this was 1968.
This 2006 remastered reissue is the definitive edition, and the sound is excellent. It also includes eight bonus tracks, and the best of these are the bluesy I've Been Drinking, and the outtake versions of You Shook Me and Blues De Luxe. Beck's take on Love Is Blue is also interesting in a quirky sort of way.
Truth is a must-have album for Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart, and Ron Wood fans or anybody who's interested in the early evolution of heavy-metal and blues-rock guitar and the conception of the Led Zeppelin sound. But besides it's influence and importance, Truth also just has a lot of great blues-rock tunes that are definitely worth hearing. Jeff Beck would later move on to his true calling of jazz fusion and record Wired and Blow by Blow, two of his most popular and critically aclaimed albums, but Truth still stands as a pre-heavy metal blues-rock monument, and his most influential work.
My opinion of Jeff Beck, Truth CD July 21, 2008
Nick Plaskon (Surprise, Arizona)
Plenty of Good tracks, only 1 or 2 I think could have been left off (Old Man River?). You'll enjoy if you're a Blues fan- rare chance to hear Rod Stewart (before he became a Pop Idol) sing the Blues, & he does it well. Some great piano work too!
AIN'T IT THE TRUTH June 8, 2008
COMPUTERJAZZMAN (Cliffside Park, New Jersey United States)
1968 SOLO EFFORT FROM JEFF BECK, FEATURING ROD STEWART ON VOCALS, KEITH MOON, AYNSLEY DUNBAR, JOHN PAUL JONES, JIMMY PAGE, NICKY HOPKINS, AND OTHERS. GREAT ALBUM, VERY BLUESY. THIS IS JEFF BECK, POST-YARDBIRDS, AND PRE JAZZ FUSION MUSIC MODE. IF YOU WANT TO HEAR SOME GREAT BRIT BLUES STARS, THIS IS THE ALBUM FOR YOU. MY FAVORITE CUT IS "AIN'T SUPERSTITIOUS", A CLASSIC. PLUS BONUS TRACKS THAT WEREN'T ON THE ORIGINAL ALBUM.
 Nothing special May 3, 2008
Jed (UK)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
Yeah, yeah, I know; Jeff Beck the guitarists guitarist, the guy rock poseurs like to namedrop to impress their friends "Oh wow I think it's so cool that you like Jeff Beck"
The problem with this album is that it may be a competent enough piece of late 1960s proto hard rock, but....well it's actually nothing special. Jeff Beck can play the guitar well enough, but so what, he wasn't the best either of his era or later eras. The songs themselves aren't particularly memorable, the two most interesting being a different take on The Yardbirds (Becks previous band) Shapes Of Things, and a rollicking bluesy jam on Ain't Superstious. There are no real classics here, just earthy blues based rock songs that past muster, but not much beyond that. There are no particularly strong melodies, hooks or riffs, it's all either slow or mid tempo, there are no quirks, the sound quality is only adequate, the guitar tone is non descript, it's just largely mediocre. In fact it says a lot when the strongest feeling this evokes is a slight nod of approval in seeing Rod Stewart actually being a real musician rather than his later role as Los Angelese socialite/ talk show guest.
Influential, so what, this is to hard rock what the Lascaux cave paintings are to fine art. This album may have been part of the emergence of hard rock, but I can't really recommend this much beyond a mildy interesting curio from rock & rolls past.
 A waste April 8, 2008
Slickorich (Ashland, OR, USA)
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
It is hard to understand why this is titled for Jeff Beck. It really is a poor tribute to early Rod Stewart with Jeff Beck apparently in the background. A waste of money to me. I'm not sure where the "Truth" is.
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