On August 30, 1968, “Columbia” label released “Truth” the debut Jeff Beck album. It was recorded May 1966, June 1967, December 1967, May 1968 at the “Abbey Road Studios”; “Olympic Sound Studios”and “De Lane Lea Recording Studios” in London, and was produced ny Mickey Most.
Personnel
- Jeff Beck– lead and backing vocals, electric, acoustic and pedal steel guitar, bass guitar
- Jimmy Page– 12-string electric guitar
- Rod Stewart– lead vocals
- Nicky Hopkins– piano
- John Paul Jones– bass guitar, Hammond organ, arrangements
- Ronnie Wood– bass guitar
- Micky Waller– drums
- Clem Cattini– drums
- Aynsley Dunbar– drums
- Keith Moon– drums, timpani
- Unknown studio orchestra
- Madeline Bell– backing vocals
- John Carter, Ken Lewis – backing vocals
Track listing
- Shape of Things – Jim McCarty, Keith Relf, Paul Samwell-Smith
- Let Me Love You – Jeffrey Rod
- Morning Dew – Bonnie Dobson
- You Shook Me – Willie Dixon, J.B.Lenoir
- Ol’ Man River – Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II
- Greensleeves – traditional
- Rock My Plimsoul – Jeffrey Rod
- Beck’s Bolero – Jimmy Page
- Blues Deluxe – Jeffrey Rod
- I Ain’t Superstitious – Jeffrey Rod
Truth is a gem.