Truth is the debut studio album by English guitarist Jeff Beck, released on 29 July 1968 in the United States on Epic Records and on 4 October 1968 in the United Kingdom on Columbia Records. It introduced the talents of his backing band the Jeff Beck Group, specifically vocalist Rod Stewart and bassist/guitarist Ronnie Wood, to a larger audience, and peaked at number 15 on the Billboard Top LPs chart. In retrospect, Truth has been widely hailed as classic of its era and one of the earliest examples of heavy metal music.
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", co-lead vocals on "Let Me Love You" Rod Stewart – lead vocals, backing vocals on "Hi Ho Silver Lining", possible backing vocal on "Tallyman"[citation needed] Ronnie Wood – bass guitar Micky Waller – drums 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" Nicky Hopkins – piano on "Morning Dew", "You Shook Me", "Beck's Bolero" and "Blues Deluxe" Keith Moon (credited as "You Know Who") – drums on "Beck's Bolero"; timpani on "Ol' Man River" 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)" 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" Mickie Most – producer Ken Scott – engineer Stephen Goldblatt — front cover photograph
