Jeff Beck - Truth [1968]
Band: English
Producer: Mickie Most
Band Formation: Jeff Beck, and his little band: Rod Stewart, Micky Waller, Ronnie Wood, Nicky Hopkins, Keith Moon, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones.
Position on Billboard: 15th position
60's Hotel: After leaving the Yardbirds in 1966 and releasing a single in 1967, the brilliant guitarist Jeff Beck decided to embark on a solo career. As singing wasn't really his thing, he called a certain Rod Stewart to the microphone, a hoarse kid who came from a series of small bands. For bass, he recruited Ronnie Wood, brother of Art Wood, owner of the band that would reveal Jon Lord. The drumsticks went to Micky Waller, from John Mayall's Bluesbreakers.
Then, in 1968, he released Truth, an album that preceded Led Zeppelin's debut by four months. Beck, in fact, would accuse Jimmy Page of stealing his ideas, including covering Willie Dixon's "You Shook Me". As the two were completely immersed in the London music scene and played together for almost a year, it is more likely that they developed the style in parallel.
"Truth" opens with a killer version of "Shapes of Things", a hit by the Yardbirds themselves. So striking that most subsequent re-recordings refer to Beck's version, not the original. Another highlight is "Ol' Man River", an American song composed in 1927 for the musical Show Boat and which has been covered by countless artists over the decades. The lyrics talk about the suffering of black people who worked along the Mississippi and the arrangement is simply sensational.
And it's impossible not to mention "Blues De Luxe", a long and delicious blues in which Stewart's voice shines alongside Beck's guitar and guest Nicky Hopkins' piano, omnipresent on rock records of the time.
In fact, the guests are a separate case. John Paul Jones, future bassist and keyboardist for Led Zeppelin, plays organ on "Ol' Man River", which also features the great Keith Moon playing timpani.
The version of the instrumental "Beck's Bolero" is the same as the one on the compact that the guitarist released the previous year, so it has a different lineup... Jones plays the bass, Moon the drums, Hopkins the piano and Jimmy Page on the 12-string guitar, with Beck soloing. The music, in fact, was another reason for the fight between the guitarists. It is credited solely to Page, but Beck says he also participated in its creation, contributing the riff. Perhaps in response, Page used the same riff in "How Many More Times", on Zeppelin's debut album.
Hey, you troublesome bunch... There's an obscure saying: "No one should put their finger in a God's of Guitar fight!!!".
Jeff Beck produced 'Truth' in two years, between '66 and '68, right after leaving the Yardbirds. Recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London, in several long sessions, with the various guests already mentioned. "There were too many stars for too few constellations."
https://mega.nz/file/rBdX0LrI#l_m2xqj2Nwfa1LotvuGs6O6sX3kdGcbkG8mLsPKzHi0
Jeff Beck - Truth [1968]
Band: English
Producer: Mickie Most
Band Formation: Jeff Beck, and his little band: Rod Stewart, Micky Waller, Ronnie Wood, Nicky Hopkins, Keith Moon, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones.
Position on Billboard: 15th position
60's Hotel: After leaving the Yardbirds in 1966 and releasing a single in 1967, the brilliant guitarist Jeff Beck decided to embark on a solo career. As singing wasn't really his thing, he called a certain Rod Stewart to the microphone, a hoarse kid who came from a series of small bands. For bass, he recruited Ronnie Wood, brother of Art Wood, owner of the band that would reveal Jon Lord. The drumsticks went to Micky Waller, from John Mayall's Bluesbreakers.
Then, in 1968, he released Truth, an album that preceded Led Zeppelin's debut by four months. Beck, in fact, would accuse Jimmy Page of stealing his ideas, including covering Willie Dixon's "You Shook Me". As the two were completely immersed in the London music scene and played together for almost a year, it is more likely that they developed the style in parallel.
"Truth" opens with a killer version of "Shapes of Things", a hit by the Yardbirds themselves. So striking that most subsequent re-recordings refer to Beck's version, not the original. Another highlight is "Ol' Man River", an American song composed in 1927 for the musical Show Boat and which has been covered by countless artists over the decades. The lyrics talk about the suffering of black people who worked along the Mississippi and the arrangement is simply sensational.
And it's impossible not to mention "Blues De Luxe", a long and delicious blues in which Stewart's voice shines alongside Beck's guitar and guest Nicky Hopkins' piano, omnipresent on rock records of the time.
In fact, the guests are a separate case. John Paul Jones, future bassist and keyboardist for Led Zeppelin, plays organ on "Ol' Man River", which also features the great Keith Moon playing timpani.
The version of the instrumental "Beck's Bolero" is the same as the one on the compact that the guitarist released the previous year, so it has a different lineup... Jones plays the bass, Moon the drums, Hopkins the piano and Jimmy Page on the 12-string guitar, with Beck soloing. The music, in fact, was another reason for the fight between the guitarists. It is credited solely to Page, but Beck says he also participated in its creation, contributing the riff. Perhaps in response, Page used the same riff in "How Many More Times", on Zeppelin's debut album.
Hey, you troublesome bunch... There's an obscure saying: "No one should put their finger in a God's of Guitar fight!!!".
Jeff Beck produced 'Truth' in two years, between '66 and '68, right after leaving the Yardbirds. Recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London, in several long sessions, with the various guests already mentioned. "There were too many stars for too few constellations."
Jeff Beck produced 'Truth' in two years, between '66 and '68, right after leaving the Yardbirds. Recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London, in several long sessions, with the various guests already mentioned. "There were too many stars for too few constellations."
https://mega.nz/file/rBdX0LrI#l_m2xqj2Nwfa1LotvuGs6O6sX3kdGcbkG8mLsPKzHi0
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