Label: Epic Records (US), EK 66085
Style: Blues Rock, Hard Rock, Classic Rock
Country: Surrey, England (24 June 1944 - 10 January 2023)
Time: 40:30
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 254 Mb
Charts: CAN #37, US #15. US : Gold.
After
leaving the Yardbirds in late 1966, Jeff Beck had released three
commercial singles, two in 1967 featuring himself on lead vocals, and
one without vocals in 1968. All had been hits on the British singles
chart, and all were characterized by songs aimed at the pop chart on the
A-side at the behest of producer Mickie Most. Harder rock and
blues-based numbers were featured on the B-sides, and for music on the
album, Beck opted to pursue the latter course.
Recording sessions for
the album took place over four days, 14–15 May and 25–26 May 1968. Nine
eclectic tracks were taken from these sessions, including covers of
"Ol' Man River" by Jerome Kern, the Tudor period melody "Greensleeves",
and Bonnie Dobson's "Morning Dew", a 1966 hit single for Tim Rose. Beck
acknowledged two giants of Chicago blues in songs by Willie Dixon –
Muddy Waters' "You Shook Me" and Howlin' Wolf's "I Ain't Superstitious".
The
album starts with "Shapes of Things", a song from Beck's old band.
Three originals were credited to "Jeffrey Rod", a pseudonym for Beck and
Stewart, all reworkings of existing blues songs: "Let Me Love You" by
Buddy Guy; "Rock My Plimsoul" and "Blues Deluxe" which respectively
derive from "Rock Me Baby" and "Gambler's Blues" by B.B. King. For
"Blues Deluxe", Beck overdubbed audience reactions from a sound effects
record to create a live atmosphere, a choice he later regretted.
"Plimsoul"
had already been recorded for the B-side to the 1967 single "Tallyman",
and the tenth track, an instrumental featuring Jimmy Page, John Paul
Jones, Keith Moon, and future Beck group pianist Nicky Hopkins, "Beck's
Bolero", had been edited and remixed for stereo from the earlier B-side
to "Hi Ho Silver Lining". Due to contractual conflicts, Moon had been
credited on the original album as "You Know Who".
The cover art is a
double exposure photograph of model Celia Hammond, who was dating Beck
at the time, by photographer Stephen Goldblatt.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_(Jeff_Beck_album))
01. Shapes of Things (03:19)
02. Let Me Love You (04:43)
03. Morning Dew (04:41)
04. You Shook Me (02:29)
05. Ol' Man River (03:57)
06. Greensleeves (01:49)
07. Rock My Plimsoul (04:13)
08. Beck's Bolero (02:53)
09. Blues Deluxe (07:32)
10. I Ain't Superstitious (04:51)
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