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Truth (1968) was the first full-length album by Jeff Beck
Jeff Beck

Geoffrey Arnold "Jeff" Beck is an England rock music guitarist. He was one of the three noted guitarists — the others being Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page — to have played with The Yardbirds....
 and his backing group
The Jeff Beck Group

The Jeff Beck Group were an England rock band formed in London in January 1966 by ex-Yardbirds guitarist Jeff Beck. Their innovative approach to heavy-sounding blues was a major influence on popular music during the late 1960s and early 1970s....
. Enjoying strong reviews upon its release, Truth is now widely regarded as one of the first heavy metal
Heavy metal music

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in England and the United States. With roots in blues-rock and psychedelic rock, the bands that created heavy metal developed a thick, massive sound, characterized by highly amplified Distortion , extended guitar solos, emphatic beats, and overall...
 albums, due to its blending of hard rock
Hard rock

Hard rock is a sub-genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock and psychedelic rock and is considerably harder than conventional rock music....
 and blues
Blues

Blues is a music genre based on the use of the blues chord progressions and the blue notes. Though several blues musical form s exist, the 12-bar blues chord progressions are the most frequently encountered....
.

The album featured three original songwriting collaborations between Jeff Beck and singer Rod Stewart
Rod Stewart

Roderick David "Rod" Stewart Order of the British Empire is a British singer and songwriter born and raised in London, England and currently residing in Epping....
, "Let Me Love You", "Blues Deluxe", and "Rock My Plimsoul". Highlighted by a re-recording of the Yardbirds
The Yardbirds

The Yardbirds are an England Rock music band, noted for starting the careers of three of rock's most famous guitarists: Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page....
' "Shapes of Things", Willie Dixon
Willie Dixon

William James "Willie" Dixon was a well-known United States blues bassist, singing, songwriter, arranger and record producer. His songs, including "Little Red Rooster", "Hoochie Coochie Man", "Evil ", "Spoonful", "Back Door Man", "I Just Want to Make Love to You", "I Ain't Superstitious", "My Babe", "Wang Dang Doodle", and "Bring It on Home"...
's "I Ain't Superstitious" and the traditional "Greensleeves
Greensleeves

"Greensleeves" is a traditional Folk Music of England and tune, a Ostinato#Ground bass of the form called a romanesca.A Broadside by this name was registered at the London Stationer's Company in 1580 as "A New Northern Dittye of the Lady Greene Sleeves"....
."

Guests include both guitarist Jimmy Page
Jimmy Page

James Patrick Page Order of the British Empire is an English guitarist, composer and record producer. He began his career as a studio session guitarist in London and was subsequently a member of The Yardbirds from 1966 to 1968, after which he co-founded the English rock band Led Zeppelin....
 and keyboardist John Paul Jones
John Paul Jones (musician)

John Paul Jones is an England musician, composer, orchestration, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist musician.Best known as the bass guitarist, keyboardist and, less often, mandolin player for Led Zeppelin, Jones has since developed a successful Solo career, and is widely respected as both a musician and a producer....
 on "Beck's Bolero", originally recorded in 1966 with Keith Moon
Keith Moon

Keith John Moon was the drummer of the rock group The Who. He gained notoriety for exuberant drumming and his destructive lifestyle. Moon joined The Who in 1964, replacing Doug Sandom....
 on drums and Nicky Hopkins
Nicky Hopkins

Nicky Hopkins He recorded and performed on some of the most important British and American popular music recordings of the 1960s and 1970s, and is widely regarded as one of the most important session musicians in rock and roll history....
 on piano, and released as the B side to Beck's first solo release, "Hi Ho Silver Lining
Hi Ho Silver Lining

"Hi Ho Silver Lining" is an iconic 1960s rock song, written by Scott English and Larry Weiss, first released as a single in March 1967 by The Attack and a few days later by Jeff Beck, whilst Jeff Beck's version charted....
" in 1967.

Tom Scholz
Tom Scholz

Donald Thomas "Tom" Scholz , is an United States rock music musician, songwriter, guitarist, inventor, and electronics engineer. He is best known as the founder of the hard rock band Boston and inventor of the Rockman guitar amplifier....
 of Boston
Boston (band)

Boston is an United States Rock music band from Boston, Massachusetts that achieved its most notable successes during the 1970s and 1980s. Centered on guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter, and record producer Tom Scholz, the band is a staple of classic rock radio playlists....
 has listed Truth as his favorite album, stating, "I knew Jeff Beck's Truth album inside and out."

  • "Shapes of Things
    Shapes of Things

    "Shapes of Things" is a song written by Paul Samwell-Smith, Keith Relf, and Jim McCarty, originally recorded by The Yardbirds and released as a single in 1966 in music....
    " 3:22 (Chris Dreja
    Chris Dreja

    Chris Dreja is former rhythm guitarist, and later bassist for the mid 1960s UK band , The Yardbirds.His father was of Polish people birth. Dreja was born in Surbiton, and raised in nearby Kingston upon Thames....
    , Jim McCarty
    Jim McCarty

    Jim McCarty is a UK musician, best known as the drummer for The Yardbirds and Renaissance ....
    , Keith Relf
    Keith Relf

    Keith Relf, born Keith William Relf , is most widely known as the lead singer and harmonica player of The Yardbirds. After the Yardbirds broke up Relf formed the acoustic duo Together with fellow Yardbird Jim McCarty, followed by Renaissance which also featured his sister, singer Jane Relf, then hard rock group Armageddon ....
    , Paul Samwell-Smith
    Paul Samwell-Smith

    Paul Samwell-Smith is best known as a Founder and bassist of the 1960s England band, The Yardbirds, a group that spawned such noteworthy musicians as Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, and Jimmy Page, of Led Zeppelin fame, and as a youth, attended Hampton Grammar School with The Yardbirds drummer Jim McCarty....
    )
  • "Let Me Love You" 4:44 (Jeff Beck
    Jeff Beck

    Geoffrey Arnold "Jeff" Beck is an England rock music guitarist. He was one of the three noted guitarists — the others being Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page — to have played with The Yardbirds....
    .






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    Truth (1968) was the first full-length album by Jeff Beck
    Jeff Beck

    Geoffrey Arnold "Jeff" Beck is an England rock music guitarist. He was one of the three noted guitarists — the others being Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page — to have played with The Yardbirds....
     and his backing group
    The Jeff Beck Group

    The Jeff Beck Group were an England rock band formed in London in January 1966 by ex-Yardbirds guitarist Jeff Beck. Their innovative approach to heavy-sounding blues was a major influence on popular music during the late 1960s and early 1970s....
    . Enjoying strong reviews upon its release, Truth is now widely regarded as one of the first heavy metal
    Heavy metal music

    Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in England and the United States. With roots in blues-rock and psychedelic rock, the bands that created heavy metal developed a thick, massive sound, characterized by highly amplified Distortion , extended guitar solos, emphatic beats, and overall...
     albums, due to its blending of hard rock
    Hard rock

    Hard rock is a sub-genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock and psychedelic rock and is considerably harder than conventional rock music....
     and blues
    Blues

    Blues is a music genre based on the use of the blues chord progressions and the blue notes. Though several blues musical form s exist, the 12-bar blues chord progressions are the most frequently encountered....
    .

    The album featured three original songwriting collaborations between Jeff Beck and singer Rod Stewart
    Rod Stewart

    Roderick David "Rod" Stewart Order of the British Empire is a British singer and songwriter born and raised in London, England and currently residing in Epping....
    , "Let Me Love You", "Blues Deluxe", and "Rock My Plimsoul". Highlighted by a re-recording of the Yardbirds
    The Yardbirds

    The Yardbirds are an England Rock music band, noted for starting the careers of three of rock's most famous guitarists: Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page....
    ' "Shapes of Things", Willie Dixon
    Willie Dixon

    William James "Willie" Dixon was a well-known United States blues bassist, singing, songwriter, arranger and record producer. His songs, including "Little Red Rooster", "Hoochie Coochie Man", "Evil ", "Spoonful", "Back Door Man", "I Just Want to Make Love to You", "I Ain't Superstitious", "My Babe", "Wang Dang Doodle", and "Bring It on Home"...
    's "I Ain't Superstitious" and the traditional "Greensleeves
    Greensleeves

    "Greensleeves" is a traditional Folk Music of England and tune, a Ostinato#Ground bass of the form called a romanesca.A Broadside by this name was registered at the London Stationer's Company in 1580 as "A New Northern Dittye of the Lady Greene Sleeves"....
    ."

    Guests include both guitarist Jimmy Page
    Jimmy Page

    James Patrick Page Order of the British Empire is an English guitarist, composer and record producer. He began his career as a studio session guitarist in London and was subsequently a member of The Yardbirds from 1966 to 1968, after which he co-founded the English rock band Led Zeppelin....
     and keyboardist John Paul Jones
    John Paul Jones (musician)

    John Paul Jones is an England musician, composer, orchestration, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist musician.Best known as the bass guitarist, keyboardist and, less often, mandolin player for Led Zeppelin, Jones has since developed a successful Solo career, and is widely respected as both a musician and a producer....
     on "Beck's Bolero", originally recorded in 1966 with Keith Moon
    Keith Moon

    Keith John Moon was the drummer of the rock group The Who. He gained notoriety for exuberant drumming and his destructive lifestyle. Moon joined The Who in 1964, replacing Doug Sandom....
     on drums and Nicky Hopkins
    Nicky Hopkins

    Nicky Hopkins He recorded and performed on some of the most important British and American popular music recordings of the 1960s and 1970s, and is widely regarded as one of the most important session musicians in rock and roll history....
     on piano, and released as the B side to Beck's first solo release, "Hi Ho Silver Lining
    Hi Ho Silver Lining

    "Hi Ho Silver Lining" is an iconic 1960s rock song, written by Scott English and Larry Weiss, first released as a single in March 1967 by The Attack and a few days later by Jeff Beck, whilst Jeff Beck's version charted....
    " in 1967.

    Tom Scholz
    Tom Scholz

    Donald Thomas "Tom" Scholz , is an United States rock music musician, songwriter, guitarist, inventor, and electronics engineer. He is best known as the founder of the hard rock band Boston and inventor of the Rockman guitar amplifier....
     of Boston
    Boston (band)

    Boston is an United States Rock music band from Boston, Massachusetts that achieved its most notable successes during the 1970s and 1980s. Centered on guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter, and record producer Tom Scholz, the band is a staple of classic rock radio playlists....
     has listed Truth as his favorite album, stating, "I knew Jeff Beck's Truth album inside and out."

    Track listing

    1. "Shapes of Things
      Shapes of Things

      "Shapes of Things" is a song written by Paul Samwell-Smith, Keith Relf, and Jim McCarty, originally recorded by The Yardbirds and released as a single in 1966 in music....
      " 3:22 (Chris Dreja
      Chris Dreja

      Chris Dreja is former rhythm guitarist, and later bassist for the mid 1960s UK band , The Yardbirds.His father was of Polish people birth. Dreja was born in Surbiton, and raised in nearby Kingston upon Thames....
      , Jim McCarty
      Jim McCarty

      Jim McCarty is a UK musician, best known as the drummer for The Yardbirds and Renaissance ....
      , Keith Relf
      Keith Relf

      Keith Relf, born Keith William Relf , is most widely known as the lead singer and harmonica player of The Yardbirds. After the Yardbirds broke up Relf formed the acoustic duo Together with fellow Yardbird Jim McCarty, followed by Renaissance which also featured his sister, singer Jane Relf, then hard rock group Armageddon ....
      , Paul Samwell-Smith
      Paul Samwell-Smith

      Paul Samwell-Smith is best known as a Founder and bassist of the 1960s England band, The Yardbirds, a group that spawned such noteworthy musicians as Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, and Jimmy Page, of Led Zeppelin fame, and as a youth, attended Hampton Grammar School with The Yardbirds drummer Jim McCarty....
      )
    2. "Let Me Love You" 4:44 (Jeff Beck
      Jeff Beck

      Geoffrey Arnold "Jeff" Beck is an England rock music guitarist. He was one of the three noted guitarists — the others being Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page — to have played with The Yardbirds....
      . Rod Stewart
      Rod Stewart

      Roderick David "Rod" Stewart Order of the British Empire is a British singer and songwriter born and raised in London, England and currently residing in Epping....
      )
    3. "Morning Dew
      Morning dew

      Morning Dew can refer to:*Dew*A Morning Dew by Bonnie Dobson and covered by the band The Grateful Dead on their first album release in 1967.*Slang for sexual arousal in a woman, comparable to erection for a man....
      " 4:40 (Bonnie Dobson
      Bonnie Dobson

      Bonnie Dobson is a Canada folk music songwriter, singer, and guitarist, most known in the 1960s for composing the songs "I'm Your Woman" and "Morning Dew"....
      , Tim Rose
      Tim Rose

      Timothy Alan Patrick Rose , best known professionally as Tim Rose, was an United States singer-songwriter, who spent much of his life in London, England and had more success in Europe than in his native country....
      )
    4. "You Shook Me
      You Shook Me

      "You Shook Me" is a blues song written by Willie Dixon and J. B. Lenoir. Earl Hooker first recorded it as an instrumental which was then Overdubbing with vocals by Muddy Waters in 1962....
      " 2:33 (Willie Dixon
      Willie Dixon

      William James "Willie" Dixon was a well-known United States blues bassist, singing, songwriter, arranger and record producer. His songs, including "Little Red Rooster", "Hoochie Coochie Man", "Evil ", "Spoonful", "Back Door Man", "I Just Want to Make Love to You", "I Ain't Superstitious", "My Babe", "Wang Dang Doodle", and "Bring It on Home"...
      , J. B. Lenoir
      J. B. Lenoir

      J. B. Lenoir was an African-United States blues guitarist, singer and songwriter who recorded in the 1950s and 1960s....
      )
    5. "Ol' Man River
      Ol' Man River

      "Ol' Man River" is a song in the 1925 Musical theater Show Boat, that tells a melancholy story of African American hardship and struggles of the time, related to the endless flow of the Mississippi River, from the view of a dock worker on a showboat....
      " 4:01 (Jerome Kern
      Jerome Kern

      Jerome David Kern was an American composer of popular music. He wrote around 700 songs, including such classics as "Ol' Man River", "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man", "A Fine Romance ", "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes", "All the Things You Are", "The Way You Look Tonight", and "Who? ", a 6-week #1 hit for George Olsen & his Orchestra in 1925....
      , Oscar Hammerstein
      Oscar Hammerstein II

      Oscar Hammerstein II was an American writer, Theatrical producer, and Theatre director of Musical theatre for almost forty years, collaborating on many of the most important pieces of musical theatre of the twentieth century....
      )
    6. "Greensleeves
      Greensleeves

      "Greensleeves" is a traditional Folk Music of England and tune, a Ostinato#Ground bass of the form called a romanesca.A Broadside by this name was registered at the London Stationer's Company in 1580 as "A New Northern Dittye of the Lady Greene Sleeves"....
      " 1:50 (Traditional, arranged by Jeff Beck
      Jeff Beck

      Geoffrey Arnold "Jeff" Beck is an England rock music guitarist. He was one of the three noted guitarists — the others being Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page — to have played with The Yardbirds....
      )
    7. "Rock My Plimsoul" 4:13 (Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart)
    8. "Beck's Bolero
      Beck's Bolero

      "Beck's Bolero" is a short, rock music-based instrumental piece heavily influenced by Maurice Ravel's Bolero , recorded by Jeff Beck with Jimmy Page on guitar, John Paul Jones on bass guitar, Nicky Hopkins on piano, and Keith Moon on Drum kit....
      " 2:54 (Jimmy Page
      Jimmy Page

      James Patrick Page Order of the British Empire is an English guitarist, composer and record producer. He began his career as a studio session guitarist in London and was subsequently a member of The Yardbirds from 1966 to 1968, after which he co-founded the English rock band Led Zeppelin....
      , Jeff Beck
      Jeff Beck

      Geoffrey Arnold "Jeff" Beck is an England rock music guitarist. He was one of the three noted guitarists — the others being Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page — to have played with The Yardbirds....
      )
    9. "Blues De Luxe" 7:33 (Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart)
    10. "I Ain't Superstitious
      I Ain't Superstitious

      "I Ain't Superstitious" is a song songwriter and performed by bluesman Willie Dixon in 1962. The song recounts various superstition, probably based in the deep south of the United States....
      " 4:53 (Willie Dixon
      Willie Dixon

      William James "Willie" Dixon was a well-known United States blues bassist, singing, songwriter, arranger and record producer. His songs, including "Little Red Rooster", "Hoochie Coochie Man", "Evil ", "Spoonful", "Back Door Man", "I Just Want to Make Love to You", "I Ain't Superstitious", "My Babe", "Wang Dang Doodle", and "Bring It on Home"...
      )


    Bonus tracks on 2006 CD reissue


    1. "Ive Been Drinking" Stereo mix - B-Side of "Love is Blue" single (3:25) (Mercer, Tauber)
    2. "You Shook Me" Take - minus piano overdub (2:31) (Willie Dixon
      Willie Dixon

      William James "Willie" Dixon was a well-known United States blues bassist, singing, songwriter, arranger and record producer. His songs, including "Little Red Rooster", "Hoochie Coochie Man", "Evil ", "Spoonful", "Back Door Man", "I Just Want to Make Love to You", "I Ain't Superstitious", "My Babe", "Wang Dang Doodle", and "Bring It on Home"...
      , J. B. Lenoir
      J. B. Lenoir

      J. B. Lenoir was an African-United States blues guitarist, singer and songwriter who recorded in the 1950s and 1960s....
      )
    3. "Rock My Plimsoul" - Faster tempo take, B-Side of "Tallyman" single (3:42) (Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart)
    4. "Beck's Bolero
      Beck's Bolero

      "Beck's Bolero" is a short, rock music-based instrumental piece heavily influenced by Maurice Ravel's Bolero , recorded by Jeff Beck with Jimmy Page on guitar, John Paul Jones on bass guitar, Nicky Hopkins on piano, and Keith Moon on Drum kit....
      " Mono Mix with backwards guitar ending (3:11) (Jimmy Page
      Jimmy Page

      James Patrick Page Order of the British Empire is an English guitarist, composer and record producer. He began his career as a studio session guitarist in London and was subsequently a member of The Yardbirds from 1966 to 1968, after which he co-founded the English rock band Led Zeppelin....
      )
    5. "Blues De Luxe" Take 1 (7:33) (Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart)
    6. "Tallyman" 1967 Single A-side (2:46) (Graham Gouldman
      Graham Gouldman

      Graham Gouldman is an English people songwriter and musician who is a long-time member of British band 10cc....
      )
    7. "Love is Blue" (2:57) Single A-side (Popp, Cour, Blackburn)
    8. "Hi Ho Silver Lining
      Hi Ho Silver Lining

      "Hi Ho Silver Lining" is an iconic 1960s rock song, written by Scott English and Larry Weiss, first released as a single in March 1967 by The Attack and a few days later by Jeff Beck, whilst Jeff Beck's version charted....
      " (3:46) (Scott English
      Scott English

      Scott English is an American singer-songwriter and record producer, best known as the composer of "Brandy", which became a number-one hit for Barry Manilow in 1974 under the title "Mandy "....
      , Lawrence Weiss)


    Personnel

    • Jeff Beck
      Jeff Beck

      Geoffrey Arnold "Jeff" Beck is an England rock music guitarist. He was one of the three noted guitarists — the others being Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page — to have played with The Yardbirds....
       - guitars, vocals, arranger; bass on "Ol' Man River"
    • Rod Stewart
      Rod Stewart

      Roderick David "Rod" Stewart Order of the British Empire is a British singer and songwriter born and raised in London, England and currently residing in Epping....
       - vocals (except on "Greensleeves" and "Beck's Bolero")
    • Micky Waller
      Micky Waller

      Michael Micky Waller was a drummer who played with many of the biggest names on the UK rock and blues scene since he first went professional in 1960....
       - drums (except on "Greensleeves" and "Beck's Bolero")
    • Ronnie Wood - bass (except on "Ol' Man River", "Greensleeves" and "Beck's Bolero")
    • Nicky Hopkins
      Nicky Hopkins

      Nicky Hopkins He recorded and performed on some of the most important British and American popular music recordings of the 1960s and 1970s, and is widely regarded as one of the most important session musicians in rock and roll history....
       - piano on "Morning Dew", "You Shook Me", "Beck's Bolero" and "Blues Deluxe"
    • Keith Moon
      Keith Moon

      Keith John Moon was the drummer of the rock group The Who. He gained notoriety for exuberant drumming and his destructive lifestyle. Moon joined The Who in 1964, replacing Doug Sandom....
       - drums on "Beck's Bolero", tympani on "Ol' Man River" (credited for the latter as "You Know Who")
    • Jimmy Page
      Jimmy Page

      James Patrick Page Order of the British Empire is an English guitarist, composer and record producer. He began his career as a studio session guitarist in London and was subsequently a member of The Yardbirds from 1966 to 1968, after which he co-founded the English rock band Led Zeppelin....
       - 12-string rhythm guitar on "Beck's Bolero"
    • John Paul Jones
      John Paul Jones (musician)

      John Paul Jones is an England musician, composer, orchestration, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist musician.Best known as the bass guitarist, keyboardist and, less often, mandolin player for Led Zeppelin, Jones has since developed a successful Solo career, and is widely respected as both a musician and a producer....
       - bass on "Beck's Bolero" and Hammond Organ
      Hammond organ

      The Hammond organ is an electronic organ which was invented by Laurens Hammond in 1934 and manufactured by the Hammond Organ Company. While the Hammond organ was originally sold to Church as a lower-cost alternative to the wind-driven pipe organ, in the 1960s and 1970s, it became a standard keyboard instrument for jazz, blues, Rock and r...
       on "Ol' Man River" and "You Shook Me"
    • Mysterious Scottish Bloke - bagpipes on "Morning Dew"


    Production

    • Mickie Most
      Mickie Most

      Mickie Most, born Michael Peter Hayes , was a successful English record producer, with a string of Number One singles with his own RAK Records, and with acts such as The Animals, Herman's Hermits, Donovan, and Suzi Quatro and the Jeff Beck Group....
       - producer
    • Ken Scott
      Ken Scott

      Ken Scott is an English record producer and recording engineer....
       - engineer


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