Rodriguez cold fact cd

The album sold poorly in the United States, but performed better in South Africa and Australia, [8] with Rodriguez touring Australia in

It's one of the lost classics of the '60s, a psychedelic masterpiece drenched in color and inspired by Life, Love, Poverty, Rebellion, and, of course, "Jumpers, Coke, Sweet Mary Jane". The album is Cold Fact, and what's more intriguing is that it's maker, a shadowy figure known as Rodriguez was, for many years, lost too. A decade ago, he was rediscovered working on a Detroit building site, unaware that his defining album had become not only a cult classic, but for the people of South Africa, a beacon of revolution. To report an issue with this product or seller, click here. Customer Reviews, including Product Star Ratings help customers to learn more about the product and decide whether it is the right product for them. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. It also analyzed reviews to verify trustworthiness.

Rodriguez cold fact cd

Cold Fact on 8-track, South Africa, Discogs. Hard words on a new label with a totally different trip. Sussex Records operated from Hollywood, and was first distributed by Buddah Records. Catalogue number changed to AMLS In , several thousand copies of Cold Fact were found in a New York warehouse and sold out in Australia in a few weeks. It went to 23 on the Australian album charts, staying on the charts for 55 weeks!! Both are virtually in mint condition as I've maybe played them 3 or 4 times between the both of them. They are distributed by Festival records in New Zealand. Not sure if any cassettes were released. Catalogue number on the CD is Cold Fact, South Africa Cold Fact was awarded a platinum disc in South Africa on the 9th March , for in excess of 50 units of the CD sold. The actual figure is probably far higher.

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Rodriguez cold fact cd

The hardest thing about telling the story of Sixto Rodriguez is deciding whether to start in Mexico, South Africa, Australia, or Detroit. He was born in Detroit to Mexican immigrant parents and spent his entire musical career there in the s and early 70s. Rodriguez made two albums of socially conscious rock, which flopped, in part because his label, Sussex, was distributed by Buddah Records, an AM radio powerhouse that had little access to the adventurous FM spectrum for which Rodriguez's music was better suited. Though he was shut out from his audience at home, a curious thing happened in the Southern Hemisphere.

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Dipped sweetly in the psychedelia of the sixties, this the first album from a mysteriously unknown artist, mingles simply folk guitar with astonishing lyrics about drugs, depression and inner city blues. Tools Tools. His life remains the same. If you like your rock modern-but-retro, grungy-yet-tuneful, this album is for you. He is currently touring here till the end of September and I will watch him in Pretoria this Sunday. Hidden categories: CS1 errors: missing periodical Use mdy dates from February Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata Articles with hAudio microformats Album articles lacking alt text for covers Album chart usages for Australia Album chart usages for Flanders Album chart usages for Wallonia Album chart usages for Denmark Album chart usages for Netherlands Album chart usages for Finland Album chart usages for France Album chart usages for New Zealand Album chart usages for Spain Album chart usages for Sweden Album chart usages for Germany4 Certification Table Entry usages for Australia Pages using certification Table Entry with shipments figures Certification Table Entry usages for United Kingdom Pages using certification Table Entry with sales figures Pages using certification Table Entry with sales footnote Pages using certification Table Entry with shipments footnote Articles with MusicBrainz release group identifiers. Title Length 1. Summer of The truth as I see it, though, says that Cold Fact deserves a 6th Star for having one of the best album covers ever. Customer Service. But he was a father to several daughters, whom he instilled with curious minds and confidence that goes beyond class or race, bringing them to the museums of arts and sciences and to all the cultural wonders Detroit had gathered when it was a wealthy center of world industry. How could he have been overlooked and where did the money go from the sales in South Africa. Miles Davis.

The album sold poorly in the United States, but performed better in South Africa and Australia, [8] with Rodriguez touring Australia in

Good quality, heavyweight, plastic-lined white paper inner sleeve. The Sydney Morning Herald. Dipped sweetly in the psychedelia of the sixties, this the first album from a mysteriously unknown artist, mingles simply folk guitar with astonishing lyrics about drugs, depression and inner city blues. For many, this album is one magnificent trip, lost in the haze of hippiness, and indeed the album is laced with narcotic references, but as far as talent goes, Cold Fact is a remarkable album perfect for idealists and dreamers. Could this mean a policeman "pigs" was hippy slang for cops and a piece of hose-pipe? Sold by: mymediaworld. Rodriguez is a well respected man in Zimbabwe! Sussex Records operated from Hollywood, and was first distributed by Buddah Records. What a surprising and fantastic vinyl collection addition! On the Australian CD the lyrics are on the back cover, though very small.