Jeff Beck — Truth
Another good one. I think this is the Jeff Beck Group’s first album. It features Rod Stewart on vocals, who joined the group in 1967.
Give it a listen; I think you might enjoy it.
Side one
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. “Shapes of Things” Jim McCarty, Keith Relf, Paul Samwell-Smith 3:22
2. “Let Me Love You” Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart 4:44
3. “Morning Dew” 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
Side two
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. “Greensleeves” Traditional 1:50
2. “Rock My Plimsoul” Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart 4:13
3. “Beck’s Bolero” Jimmy Page 2:54
4. “Blues De Luxe” Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart 7:33
5. “I Ain’t Superstitious” Willie Dixon 4:53
Personnel
Jeff Beck – electric guitars, acoustic guitar on “Greensleeves”; pedal steel guitar on “Shapes of Things”; bass guitar on “Ol’ Man River”; co-lead vocals on “Let Me Love You”
Rod Stewart – lead vocals
Ronnie Wood – bass guitar
Micky Waller – drums
Additional credited personnel
John Paul Jones – bass guitar on “Beck’s Bolero”; Hammond organ on “Ol’ Man River” and “You Shook Me”
Nicky Hopkins – piano on “Morning Dew”, “You Shook Me”, “Beck’s Bolero” and “Blues Deluxe”
Keith Moon (credited as “You Know Who”) – drums on “Beck’s Bolero”; timpani on “Ol’ Man River”
Additional uncredited personnel
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Aynsley Dunbar – “Rock My Plimsoul (single version)“
Jimmy Page – 12-string electric guitar on “Beck’s Bolero“
unknown Scottish bagpipe player – bagpipes on “Morning Dew”
Production personnel
Mickie Most – producer
Ken Scott – engineer
Stephen Goldblatt — front cover photograph
Released July 29, 1968
Recorded May 16, 1966; May 14–26, 1968
Studio Abbey Road, Olympic and De Lane Lea, London
Label EMI Columbia (UK), Epic (US)
Producer Mickie Most
