Truth - Original 1968 UK Columbia label 10-track Stereo LP

Rare 1968 UK Columbia label first pressing 10-track stereo LP of Jeff beck debut album - recorded after leaving The Yardbirds in 1966 with Led Zeppelin members Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones, as well as Rod Stewart, Ron Wood a. o. ? British blues rock with psychedelic leanings and a definite hard rock angle.

Vinyl has the generic black and silver printed company labels with turquoise large fonted, capital lettered company name at top label and circular ?Magic Notes? logo.

Vinyl has machine stamped matrix information:
Side 1: YAX 3707-1, mother/stamper 1 G
Side 1: YAX 3708-1, mother/stamper 1 G

Basically stressing that this is the very first pressing - manufactured from the first set of master matrices, the first set of mothers and stampers - within the first few hundred copies pressed.

Vinyl is housed in a front laminated Garrod & Lofthouse ?Patents Pending? texted, pinched spine flipback picture cover manufactured from 2-piece cover stock - upper and lower extention flips are glued on top of spine extension flip - all glued on top of back card cover. Lower bottom flipback has 6811 print

Condition: VG+(+) (Vinyl and Labels)/VG+(+) (Cover):
Vinyl is still superlustrous and has a few superficial marks of which the vast majority seems to be sleeve induced. Marks are at least very light and vinyl plays great without any noise or clicks. Labels has a very light degree of spindletraces ? labels are graded straight near perfect, vinyl overall close to near perfect/excellent.

Front cover has just a touch of laminate wear ? a little wrinkling from edges and almost none along opening. Front has almost no creasing and superficial when so - a very small area of laminate lift along lower pinched part of spine. Back cover is remarkable clean with only a couple of light age stains and very faint age discolouration to the unprotected, matt back cover part. Seams are intact and straight, corners with only very marginal rubbing or denting, except lower opening corner which has a little. Cover is way above awerage and graded close to near perfect7excellent ? a very nice copy.

Tracklisting:

Side 1:
1. Shapes Of Things
2. Let Me Love You
3. Morning Dew
4. You Shook Me
5. Ol' Man River

Side 2:
1. Greensleeves
2. Rock My Plimsoul
3. Beck's Bolero
4. Blues De Luxe
5. I Ain't Superstitious

Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London, 1966-68

Credits:
Jeff Beck - electric guitars, acoustic guitar on "Greensleeves"| pedal steel guitar on "Shapes of Things"| bass guitar on "Ol' Man River"| lead vocals on "Tallyman" and "Hi Ho Silver Lining", backing vocals on "Let Me Love You"
Rod Stewart - lead vocals, possible backing vocal on "Tallyman"
Ronnie Wood - bass guitar except where noted
Micky Waller - drums
Additional Musicians:
Madeline Bell - backing vocals on "I've Been Drinking"
John Carter and Ken Lewis - backing vocals on "Tallyman"
Clem Cattini - drums on "Hi Ho Silver Lining"
Aynsley Dunbar - drums on "Tallyman" and "Rock My Plimsoul (single version)"
Nicky Hopkins - piano on "Morning Dew", "You Shook Me", "Beck's Bolero" and "Blues Deluxe"
John Paul Jones - bass guitar on "Hi Ho Silver Lining" and "Beck's Bolero"| Hammond organ on "Ol' Man River" and "You Shook Me"| arrangements on "Hi Ho Silver Lining"
Keith Moon - drums on "Beck's Bolero"| timpani on "Ol' Man River"
Jimmy Page - 12-string electric guitar on "Beck's Bolero"
Unknown Scottish bagpipe player - bagpipes on "Morning Dew"
Unknown studio orchestra - orchestra on "Love Is Blue"

Technical Credits:
Mickie Most - production
Ken Scott - engineer

Artwork:
Stephen Goldblatt ? Front Cover Photography
Jef beck - Liner notes