Truth (album)
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| Studio album by The Jeff Beck Group | ||
| Released | August 1968 | |
| Genre | Blues Rock Hard Rock |
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| Length | 40:16 | |
| Label | Epic | |
| Producer(s) | Mickie Most | |
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| The Jeff Beck Group chronology | ||
| Truth (1968) |
Beck-Ola (1969) |
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Truth (1968) was the first full-length album by Jeff Beck and his backing group. Highlighted by covers of the Yardbirds' "Shapes of Things", Willie Dixon's "I Ain't Superstitious" and the traditional "Greensleeves", it is considered by many to be one of the first heavy metal albums, preceding the early Led Zeppelin albums, with which it has much in common in terms of its approach. Jeff Beck later accused Jimmy Page of stealing his idea when Led Zeppelin's first album also contained a cover of the Willie Dixon song, "You Shook Me", which led to an argument between the two and had a negative effect on their friendship. Nevertheless, they seem to have come to terms now, after doing a common interview for the Classic Rock magazine.
[edit] Track listing
- "Shapes of Things" 3:22 (Chris Dreja, Jim McCarty, Keith Relf and Paul Samwell-Smith)
- "Let Me Love You" 4:44 (Jeffrey Rod [ meaning, Jeff Beck and Rod Stewart ])
- "Morning Dew" 4:40 (Bonnie Dobson and Tim Rose)
- "You Shook Me" 2:33 (Willie Dixon and J. B. Lenoir)
- "Ol' Man River" 4:01 (Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein)
- "Greensleeves" 1:50 (Traditional, arr. Rod Stewart)
- "Rock My Plimsoul" 4:13 (Jeffrey Rod)
- "Beck's Bolero" 2:54 (Maurice Ravel, arr. Jimmy Page)
- "Blues Deluxe" 7:33 (Jeffrey Rod)
- "I Ain't Superstitious" 4:53 (Willie Dixon)
[edit] Group members and other participants
- Jeff Beck- guitars, vocals; bass on "Ol' Man River"
- Rod Stewart- vocals (except on "Greensleeves" and "Beck's Bolero")
- Micky Waller- drums (except on "Greensleeves" and "Beck's Bolero")
- Ron Wood- bass (except on "Ol' Man River", "Greensleeves" and "Beck's Bolero")
- Nicky Hopkins- piano and organ on "Morning Dew", "You Shook Me", "Ol' Man River", "Beck's Bolero" and "Blues Deluxe"
- Keith Moon- drums on "Beck's Bolero", tympani on "Ol' Man River"
- Jimmy Page- guitars on "Beck's Bolero"
- John Paul Jones- bass on "Beck's Bolero"
- Mickie Most- producer
- Ken Scott- engineer
