JEFF BECK Truth LP 1967 UK 1st Press MONO SX 6293

	£		102
	$		135

JEFF BECK "Truth" 1968 UK COLUMBIA 1st *MONO* PRESS
FRONT LAMINATED G&L FLIPBACK, CORRECTED MONO MATRIX


JEFF BECK
Truth

 UK COLUMBIA FIRST *MONO* PRESSING (November 1968) OF JEFF BECK'S LEGENDARY SOLO DEBUT, "Truth"

PRESSED ON QUALITY HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL
THE LP HAS THE FIRST ISSUE BLUE/BLACK COLUMBIA LABELS
FIRST ISSUE CORRECTED MONO MATRIX:
XAX 3606 - 1 - XAX 3706 - 1 (side one)
XAX 3607 - 1 (3607 crossed out), XAX 3707 - 1 (side two)
MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1/A and 1/O (very early press)
AND IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL, FRONT LAMINATED TRI-FLIPBACK SLEEVE "Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. Patents pending" WITH TOP AND BOTTOM 'PINCHED' SPINE

Truth was the first full-length album by Jeff Beck and his backing group. Enjoying strong reviews upon its release, Truth is now widely regarded as one of the first heavy metal albums, due to its blending of hard rock and blues.
The album featured three original songwriting collaborations between Jeff Beck and singer Rod Stewart, "Let Me Love You", "Blues Deluxe", and "Rock My Plimsoul". Highlighted by a re-recording of the Yardbirds' "Shapes of Things", Willie Dixon's "I Ain't Superstitious" and the traditional "Greensleeves."
Guests include both guitarist Jimmy Page and keyboardist John Paul Jones on "Beck's Bolero", originally recorded in 1966 with Keith Moon on drums and Nicky Hopkins on piano, and released as the B side to Beck's first solo release, "Hi Ho Silver Lining" in 1967.

Despite being the premiere of heavy metal, Jeff Beck's Truth has never quite carried its reputation the way the early albums by Led Zeppelin did, or even Cream's two most popular LPs, mostly as a result of the erratic nature of the guitarist's subsequent work.
Time has muted some of its daring, radical nature, elements of which were appropriated by practically every metal band (and most arena rock bands) that followed.
Truth was almost as groundbreaking and influential a record as the first Beatles, Rolling Stones, or Who albums.
Its attributes weren't all new — Cream and Jimi Hendrix had been moving in similar directions — but the combination was: the wailing, heart-stoppingly dramatic vocalizing by Rod Stewart, the thunderous rhythm section of Ron Wood's bass and Mickey Waller's drums, and Beck's blistering lead guitar, which sounds like his amp is turned up to 13 and ready to short out.
Beck opens the proceedings in a strikingly bold manner, using his old Yardbirds hit "Shapes of Things" as a jumping-off point, deliberately rebuilding the song from the ground up so it sounds closer to Howlin' Wolf.
There are lots of unexpected moments on this record: a bone-pounding version of Willie Dixon's "You Shook Me"; a version of Jerome Kern's "Ol' Man River" done as a slow electric blues; a brief plunge into folk territory with a solo acoustic guitar version of "Greensleeves" (which was intended as filler but audiences loved); the progressive blues of "Beck's Bolero"; the extended live "Blues Deluxe"; and "I Ain't Superstitious," a blazing reworking of another Willie Dixon song

Track Listing:
Side 1: SHAPES OF THINGS / LET ME LOVE YOU / MORNING DEW / YOU SHOOK ME / OL' MAN RIVER
Side 2: GREENSLEEVES / ROCK MY PLIMSOUL / BECK'S BOLERO / BLUES DE LUXE / I AIN'T SUPERSTITIOUS

LABELS: The KT Tax labels are in SUPERB condition - CLEAN and BRIGHT with just a little hole wear and a few very monor spindle traces

VINYL Visual: The surfaces are CLEAN and BRIGHT and still retain their GLOSSY SHEEN but they do carry the odd tiny faint line. EX+

SLEEVE: The cover is in VERY GOOD++condition. The front surface has a BEAUTIFUL, DEEP GLOSSY SHEEN and the unlaminated back is almost CLEAN and FRESH. The (pinched) spine is straight and true and displays all the text CLEAR and BOLD. VERY GOOD++ SLEEVE

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