JEFF BECK Truth (Columbia SX 6293) Rod Stewart RARE UK MONO 1st Pressing MINT-
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JEFF BECK Truth (Columbia SX 6293) Rod Stewart RARE UK MONO 1st Pressing MINT-
RARE very first UK MONO pressing of Jeff Beck`s genre-defining debut album "Truth" on Columbia Records (November 1968).
A difficult find in such fine condition. And in the even rarer, collectable MONO version, no less!
"The album that catapulted John Mayall and Eric Clapton to fame, The Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton, was a special one. It hipped the U.S. to two good blues interpreters, held a fresh approach to the blues, and was performed by good musicians all around. Two months ago everyone was saying “Jeff Beck’s in town and you must see his group . . . blah, blah, blah.”
It was an unnerving experience to hear the Beck group. I had to leave after three numbers. The band was blowing changes, the bass player was losing time, Beck was uncomfortably and bitingly over-volumed, the singer was doing deep knee-bends holding the mike stand like a dumbbell (original, but so what.) It didn’t make a hell of a lot of sense to me.
When his album came out, I expected to hear England’s revenge for Blue Cheer or Jimi Hendrix and his Electric Period. Not a chance. This album is quite another story. It’s called Truth.
I wonder what is the truth: the record or what I saw that night? This remains to be seen. However, this album is a classic, much the way the Clapton-Mayall album is. Truth is probably the current equivalent of that album.(...) As a group they swing like mad on this record. It remains to be seen what will happen to them in person. I hope the public is honest enough to make them work out." - Al Kooper in Rolling Stone Magazine, September 28th, 1968.
GRADING:
EX+ COVER in very well-kept condition. Please see photos for details.
- Original front-laminated first-pressing sleeve, "Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. Patents pending."
- Original first-pressing "flipback"-style sleeve with impeccable back cover.
- Very minor record imprint on front cover only.
- Two or three very small creases along the spine and on top edge, as shown.
- Tiny bit of corner wear at bottom right.
- Includes the original custom-printed Columbia Records inner sleeve in EX+ condition, with no seam splits.
MINT- RECORD, practically perfect. Very difficult to find in this condition!
- Near-perfect vinyl on both sides, with impeccable audio reproduction throughout.
- Superficial thumbnail scuff (35mm long) across "Beck`s Bolero": Visually a nuisance, but absolutely inaudible. Please see photo.
- One or two lightest hairlines from sleeve removal only.
- Other than that, no scuffs, scratches or any other visible signs of previous play.
- Original UK first-pressing Columbia Records labels ("Sold in UK subject to resale price...") with a few light spindle lines.
- The matrix stamps in the run-off grooves read "XAX 3706 - 1" and "XAX 3707 - 1".
- The mothers and stampers are "1 / O" on Side One and "1 / A" on Side Two.
- This record is fully certified to be a first UK MONO pressing of "Truth", released in July 1968.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________ PLEASE NOTE: REGISTERED DELIVERY TO THE BRITISH ISLES WILL BE MORE THAN THE £9.50 OFFICIALLY INDICATED
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