Jeff Beck - Truth
Our Price: $14.98
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $2.00 (click here)
Category: Music CD
See more new music releases
Buy this Music CD at online store in your country
Canadian Music Store
Canadian Music Store
Music CD Cover
Artist: Jeff BeckEdition: Music CD
Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2000-07-04
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
- Shapes of Things
- Let Me Love You
- Morning Dew
- You Shook Me
- Ol' Man River
- Greensleeves
- Rock My Plimsoul
- Beck's Bolero
- Blues Deluxe
- I Ain't Superstitious
Free Music Notes for Truth
Free Music Review: A great album.
Hit: 5 Stars
I own 5 Jeff Beck albums and in a way, this one is the most fascinating of them. Possibly because as a Led Zeppelin fan, this album is soundwise, a precurser to Led Zeppelin. That being said, it has a life and fire all it's own. Jeff Beck is one of the greatest guitarists ever to pick up the instrument. The album keeps me whipping along, though I get a little lost on "Old Man River".
"Shape of Things" is a great re-working of the Yardbirds tune. This is the introduction of the world to Rod Stewart, who sings with a passion that does this song justice. The song was also covered in this form by Gary Moore and Jimmy Page and the Black Crowes.
"Let Me Love You" is another great tune. Comes in with a rocking guitar riff and contains some tasty guitar and vocal interplay between Beck and Stewart.
"Morning Dew" fades in with a haunting sound followed by a bass and drum beat before going into the song. The song, while played in a major key, has an extremely haunting flavor to it. A prime cut from the band.
"You Shook Me"-This is NOTHING like the Led Zeppelin version. Jeff Beck boasts that he wanted to make the rudest and sickest sounds with his guitar on this song. And he did that. It is sad that this song became a major point of contension between Beck and Page when Page recorded his own version for Zeppelin. Back on topic though, this is a great rendition of the song and is worth listening to just to juxtapose with Zeppelin.
"Old Man River"-Probably my least favorite track from the album. In this case, the only real positive is the fact that Rod Stewart sings it with such passion. Sadly, he hasn't sung with that kind of passion since his early solo/Faces days.
"Greensleeves"-Not familiar with the traditional version, but I love the way Beck takes some time to show off his skills on an acoustic guitar. It has a very medieval and majestic feel to it.
"Rock My Plimsoul"-Back to the straightahead blues rock. Another track with vocal and guitar interplay between Beck and Stewart. Beck's guitar playing was top notch here.
"Beck's Bolero"-An excellent instrumental featuring Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and Keith Moon. The interplay between Beck and Page alone make this one worthwhile, however everybody contributed greatly. It is very evocative of early Zeppelin. This track was not recorded during the "Truth" sessions. There are some differing accounts to when it was recorded. Probably in 1966 or 1967. Another point of contension between Beck and Page. Mainly over the writing credit. This bolero rhythm was used on "How Many More Times" from Zeppelin I.
"Blues Deluxe"-The longest track on the album. This is supposed to be the blues in a live setting, however, many believe that the audience was dubbed in to give it the feel of a live track. However it is still a great track. Being the longest song on the album, it has the feel of being improvised. Joe Bonamassa also covered this song for his album of the same name.
"I Ain't Superstitious"-IMO, the best track on the album. The leads that Beck pulls out during the course of this song are great. In many ways this is the tastiest sounding Beck's guitar playing has been during the course of this album. Stewart's voice here shows that he was meant to be a bluesman. And the grand finale capped this song off well. Megadeth also covered this song for their 1986 album "Peace Sells...But Who's Buying".
Truth Poster
Jeff Beck, as visionary a guitarist, in his own way, as Jimi Hendrix, certainly heads anyone's list of most exciting rock 'n' roll fretboard whizzes ever. Beck made his name as the second of three hall of fame stringbenders for the equally legendary Yardbirds (following in the shoes of Eric Clapton and preceding the pre-Zep Jimmy Page). Known for his blistering leads and the wild chances he took as one of the first axemen to widely employ feedback during a solo, Beck hit the ground running when he left the Yardbirds in 1967 and would cut a pair of solo albums that didn't miss a beat from the greatness of his previous work.With future Stone Ron Wood on bass and Mickey Waller on drums, Beck was free to blow the roof off the studio with razor-sharp guitar work on his 1968 solo debut, Truth. The album's ace in the hole, of course, was the rise to fame of gravel-voiced singer Rod Stewart. Cuts like "Beck's Bolero" and the wah-wah infused genius of "I Ain't Superstitious" would show the way, beacon-like, to rock bands for years to come. This edition of Truth is the never-before-released MONO version of the Jeff Beck classic.
An exact replica of this albums is now available on pristine High-Definition Vinyl. Taken from the original analog master tapes, loaded and ready for anyone's marathon rave-up, guaranteed to get quick results.
At first glance, the first group effort helmed by guitar god Jeff Beck upon his rocky departure from the Yardbirds has more than a few striking parallels with the debut of fellow ex-Yardbird Jimmy Page's Led Zeppelin. But the blues-rock of the Rod Stewart-fronted Jeff Beck Group's freshman effort far outshines Zep's riff and wail, infusing its guitar heaviness with subtle jazz and R&B shadings that foreshadow much of Beck's later work. Kicking off with a drastic, almost mournful rethink of the Yardbirds staple "Shapes of Things" and veering as far afield as Gershwin's "Ol' Man River," Truth was one of the late 1960s' most promising debuts. The laconic roadhouse booziness of "You Shook Me," the blues standard also covered with shrill abandon on Zeppelin's debut, best points up the stark differences between Beck and Page, making one wonder whether the '70s weren't dominated by the wrong supergroup. --Jerry McCulley
Classic Rock Music CDs
Music Genres
Top music charts in Classic Rock Music CDs
Paul Mccartney, Wings - Wings at the Speed of SoundRelease date: 1996-09-24; Music CD
Best price: $149.99
Small Faces - BoxedRelease date: 1997-11-01; Music CD
Best price: $39.95
Dr John - Gris GrisRelease date: 1994-07-15; Music CD
Price in other shops:
![Eric Clapton: Live in Hyde Park [VHS] Image](/images/Eric-Clapton-Live-in-Hyde-Park-VHS-6304817037-X.jpg){kind=small}
Eric Clapton: Live in Hyde Park [VHS]Warner Bros / Wea; Release date: 1998-02-17; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $13.50
Price in other shops:
![Human Highway [VHS] Image](/images/Human-Highway-VHS-6303589219-X.jpg){kind=small}
Human Highway [VHS]Warner Bros / Wea; Release date: 1995-08-08; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $153.94
![The Monkees - Head [VHS] Image](/images/The-Monkees-Head-VHS-6303337023-X.jpg){kind=small}
The Monkees - Head [VHS]Rhino / Wea; Release date: 1995-01-25; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $14.40
Price in other shops:
![Live & Loud [VHS] Image](/images/Live-Loud-VHS-630276193X-X.jpg){kind=small}
Ozzy Osbourne - Live & Loud [VHS]Sony; Release date: 1993-05-25; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $3.96
Price in other shops:
![Unplugged [VHS] Image](/images/Unplugged-VHS-6302639859-X.jpg){kind=small}
Bruce Springsteen - Unplugged [VHS]Sony; Release date: 1992-12-15; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $2.75
Price in other shops:
![Peter Gabriel - P.O.V. [VHS] Image](/images/noimg.gif)
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel - P.O.V. [VHS]Virgin Records Us; Release date: 1992-06-29; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Price in other shops:
![Past to Present [VHS] Image](/images/Past-to-Present-VHS-6301817664-X.jpg){kind=small}
Toto - Past to Present [VHS]Sony; Release date: 1991-07-01; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $77.99
Top Rated Albums
Bob Dylan - Slow Train Coming (Reis)Release date: 2004-06-01; Music CD
Best price: $4.23
Price in other shops:
Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic PillowRelease date: 2003-08-19; Music CD
Best price: $3.43
Price in other shops:
Janis Joplin - PearlJOPLIN,JANIS; Release date: 1999-08-31; Music CD
Best price: $3.84
Price in other shops:
The Alan Parsons Project - I RobotRelease date: 2007-03-20; Music CD
Best price: $4.25
Price in other shops:
Simon & Garfunkel - Sounds of SilenceSIMON & GARFUNKEL; Release date: 2001-08-21; Music CD
Best price: $4.75
Price in other shops:
Santana - AbraxasSANTANA; Release date: 1998-03-31; Music CD
Best price: $4.50
Price in other shops:
Super SessionKOOPER/BLOOMFIELD/STILLS; Release date: 2003-04-08; Music CD
Best price: $4.12
Price in other shops:
Jeff Beck - Beck-Ola (Exp)Release date: 2006-10-10; Music CD
Best price: $5.77
Price in other shops:
Jeff Beck - Blow By BlowRelease date: 2001-03-27; Music CD
Best price: $4.67
Price in other shops:
Jeff Beck - WiredRelease date: 2001-03-27; Music CD
Best price: $4.33
Price in other shops: