EPIC EN 661: JEFF BECK - TRUTH - 7-1/2 IPS 4-TRACK REEL TO REEL TAPE

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EPIC EN 661:
JEFF BECK - TRUTH
(1968) Truth
is Jeff Beck's debut album  This powerhouse guitarist is equaled by Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood (Rolling Stones) and peaked at number 15 on the
Billboard
200.
This album rocks! I am shocked I have never heard this before and a little embarrassed to admit it.
I enjoyed playing
Truth
this morning. I especially like the Yardbirds' classic “Shapes of Things to Come”, but all the songs are good. In my opinion Rod Stewart’s best work was with the Jeff Beck group
The sound quality of this 7 1/2 ips tape album is excellent, it sits easily on the top shelf of 7 1/2 IPS tape rock albums - Thx Mickie Most :)
Both sides of this 4-track tape play from start to finish with zero problems.
The tape itself looks fresh; it’s flat, supple and shiny, packed perfectly flat on the reel.
Please see the photos to check the very good condition of the box and reel.
Truth
is the debut studio album by English guitarist Jeff Beck, released in 29 July 1968 in the United Kingdom on Columbia Records and in the United States on Epic Records. It introduced the talents of his backing band the Jeff Beck Group, specifically Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood, to a larger audience, and peaked at number 15 on the
Billboard
200.
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 Water’s “You Shook Me" and Howlin’ Wolf’s “I Ain’t Superstitious". The album started with a song from Beck's old band: “Shapes of Things". Three originals were credited to "Jeffrey Rod", a pseudonym for Beck and Stewart, all reworkings of previous blues songs: "Let Me Love You" the song of the same title by Buddy Guy; "Rock My Plimsoul" from “Rock Me Baby" by B.B. King; and "Blues Deluxe" similar to another song by B.B. King, "Gambler's Blues". "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".
Reviewing for
Rolling Stone
in 1968, Al Kooper called
Truth
a "classic" and a contemporary version of the 1966 LP
Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton
, saying the Beck group "swing like mad on this record."
Truth
has since been regarded as a seminal work of heavy metal because of its use of blues mixed with a hard rock approach.
According to Pete Brown and HP Newquist, "although some have claimed that this disc was the first metal album, the sound actually leaned more towards a heavy brand of blues rock."
Classic Rock
magazine ranked
Truth
eighth on its list of the 30 greatest British blues rock albums; an accompanying blurb read, "it was an album that not only helped establish the British blues rock sound, but featured many of its best exponents."
Tom Scholz of Boston has listed it as his favorite album on Gibson’s online magazine, stating, "I know Jeff Beck's
Truth
album inside out…”. The album's title inspired the name of Iowa band Truth and Janey
.
Blues guitarist Joe Bonamassa recorded a studio version of "Blues Deluxe" on his 2003 album
Blues Deluxe
and recorded live versions on
Live at Rockpalast
(2005), and
Live from the Royal Albert Hall
(2009). Bonamassa also played "Beck's Bolero", "Let Me Love You Baby" (and "Spanish Boots" and "Plynth (Water Down the Drain)" from the Beck-Ola album) in his Salute to the British Blues Explosion tour featuring the music of Beck, Clapton and Page in July 2016.
1.
“Shapes of Things"
Jim McCarty, Keith Relf, Paul Samwell-Smith
3:22
2.
"Let Me Love You"
Jeffrey Rod
4:44
3.
“Morning Dew" Bonnie Dobson
Bonnie Dobson
4:40
4.
“You Shook Me"
Willie Dixon, J.B. Lenoir
2:33
5.
“Ol’ Man River”
Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II
4:01
1.
“Greensleeves"
Traditional
1:50
2.
"Rock My Plimsoul"
Jeffrey Rod
4:13
3.
“Beck’s Bolero"
Jimmie Page
2:54
4.
"Blues Deluxe"
Jeffrey Rod
7:33
5.
“I Ain’t Superstitious"
Willie Dixon
4:53
Geoffrey Arnold Beck
(born 24 June 1944) is an English rock guitarist. He is one of the three noted guitarists to have played with the Yardbirds (the other two being Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page). Beck also formed the Jeff Beck Group, and with Tim Bogert and Carmine Appice, he formed Beck, Bogert and Appice.
Much of Beck's recorded output has been instrumental, with a focus on innovative sound, and his releases have spanned genres ranging from blues rock, hard rock, and an additional blend of guitar-rock and electronica. Although he recorded two hit albums (in 1975 and 1976) as a solo act, Beck has not established or maintained the sustained commercial success of many of his contemporaries and bandmates. Beck appears on albums by Rod Stewart, Mick Jagger, Tina Turner, Morrissey, Donovan, Diana Ross, Jon Bon Jovi, Malcolm McClaren,Kate Bush, Roger Waters, Stevie Wonder, Les Paul, Zucchero, Cyndi Lauperm Brian May, Roger Taylor, Stanley Clarke, Screaming Lord Sutch, ZZ Top, and Toots and the Maytalls.
He was ranked fifth in
Rolling Stone
's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and the magazine, upon whose cover Beck has appeared three times, has described him as "one of the most influential lead guitarists in rock". He is often called a "guitarist's guitarist". Beck has earned wide critical praise and received the Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance six times and Best Pop Instrumental Performance once. In 2014 he received the British Academy’s Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music. Beck has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice: as a member of the Yardbirds (1992) and as a solo artist (2009).