Such commercial success may have eluded Truth, yet few platters remain more revered by listeners, critics, and fellow musicians. The latter’s fabled combination of ragged looseness, soulful shouting, and organic rasp first make their appearance on Truth – and would soon help him land his gig with the Faces, not to mention catapult him to global stardom.

Ditto Wood’s steadying rhythms, and the grit and grain present in Stewart’s deliveries. The full measure of Waller’s foundation-busting percussive thunder, for example, can now be enjoyed without limitations. Truth towers above nearly every other one of the British icon’s records due to the cohesiveness of its songs and chemistry shared by the band members – as well as several choice guests. Of course, Beck’s charismatic contributions aren’t the only dramatically elevated features. You can practically hear his fingertips on the frets while savoring the endless tones echoing from his notes, sustains, bends, glissandos, slides, and major and minor chords. As scribe Gene Santoro writes in his essay for Beckology, “The guitar may slash and burn or sigh an aching melody, blaze a fusillade or arc a lyrical air – but from the touch, the phrasing, you know it’s him.” And Mobile Fidelity’s meticulously engineered reissue lets you identify Beck with unsurpassed certainty and intimacy. Steeped in blues, swing, heaviness, and firepower, Beck’s six-string voodoo pushed conventions and boundaries at the time – and still does now. Just as crucially, and in line with Beck’s request in the original liner notes, this audiophile release can be played loud without harshness and distortion. Free of the haze, thinness, and constrained nature of many prior editions, it presents the music with three-dimensional depth, revealing texture, and unmistakable liveliness. Mastered from the original master tapes, Mobile Fidelity’s hybrid SACD puts you in Abbey Road and Olympic Sound Studios with the band. MASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES, LIMITED TO 2,500 NUMBERED COPIES: SACD PRESENTS MUSIC WITH UNLIMITED DYNAMICS AND EXCEPTIONAL CLARITY Samplerate: 2822400 Hz / PCM Samplerate: 88200 Hz

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