The Jeff Beck Group : Truth (Deluxe Edition)

I'VE BEEN DRINKIN' AGAIN

AND THINKIN' OF WHEN

OF WHEN YOU

LEFT ME

AND THAT WEREN'T 

SO LONG AGO

 After leaving the Yardbirds

 as lead guitarist

 in 1967, 

Jeff Beck 

formed

 the Jeff Beck Group

 featuring 

Rod Stewart 

on vocals

 and 

Ron Wood 

on bass,

 releasing two albums 

'Truth'

 in 1968 

and

 'Beck-Ola' 

in 1969.

 This long-awaited 

24-bit 

digitally remastered version 

of 

'Truth'

 is released 

with 

8 bonus tracks. 

This album was

 Rod Stewart's

 first-ever 

album-length

 lead

 vocal showcase

 as an artist, 

and is regarded, 

along with

 'Beck-Ola' 

as a 

musical touchstone

 for hard rockers

 in the years

 that followed

Collaborators 

on this album 

(and bonus tracks)

 include 

Keith Moon, 

Jimmy Page, 

John Paul Jones, 

Nicky Hopkins,

 Aynsley Dunbar

 and 

Madeline Bell.

 Jeff Beck's

 three singles

 'Tallyman',

 'Love Is Blue'

 and

 'Hi Ho Silver Lining' 

(First Stereo Mix) 

have been added 

as bonus tracks

 along with

 'I've Been Drinking'

 (New Stereo Mix),

 'You Shook Me' 

(Take One Mix), 

'Rock My Plimsoul' 

(Stereo Mix),

 'Beck's Bolero' 

(Mono Single Version with Backwards Guitar),

 'Blues Deluxe' 

(Take 1 Mix)

 plus the

 gorgeous ballad

 'I've Been Drinking'

 (B-side on 'Love Is Blue') 

which was omitted

 from the original album.

album.

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