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Fact #62412

When:

Short story:

The Jeff Beck Group releases a new album, Truth, in the USA on Epic Records.

Full article:

Peter Grant (manager, Jeff Beck] : I produced Truth, mainly because Mickie Most wasn't available – and Zeppelin (also managed by Grant) definitely didn't rip it off. The only point of contact on the two albums is is a cover version of You Shook Me done by both acts. It's strange, really, because when Truth was finished I sent Jimmy a white label copy because I assumed he'd want to hear what Jeff had done.

Anyway, some time later, Jimmy asked me why I hadn't told him that Jeff had done You Shook Me. This was after Led Zeppelin I had been recorded. I told him about the white label, and he hadn't even gotten round to hearing it.

Truth, actually, was the only album I produced. I'm not a musician and I don't profess to know much about music … although with Truth I did make a few suggestions, such as the idea that they cover Old Man River. You know, I've managed Jeff on three separate occasions and we've never had a cross word … we're still on friendly terms.
(Raw magazine – 18 May 1989)