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Cold Fact
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MSRP: $21.98
Your Price: $18.99
Savings: $ 2.99 ( 14% )
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Manufacturer: Light In The Attic
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Additional Cold Fact Information
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It s one of the lost classics of the 60s, a psychedelic masterpiece drenched in colour 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 its 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. Sixto Diaz Rodriguez was born in 1942 to Mexican immigrant parents in Detroit, Michigan. He recorded Cold Fact his debut album in 1969, and released it in March 1970. It s crushingly good stuff, filled with tales of bad drugs, lost love, and itchy-footed songs about life in late 60s inner-city America. Gun sales are soaring/Housewives find life boring/Divorce the only answer/Smoking causes cancer, says the Dylan-esque Establishment Blues. But the album sank without trace, thanks, in part, to some of Rodriguez s more idiosyncratic behavior, like performing at an industry showcase with his back to the audience throughout. As his music career became a memory, Rodriguez s legend was growing on the other side of the world. In South Africa and, to a lesser extent, Rhodesia, Australia and New Zealand, Cold Fact had become a major word of mouth success, particularly among young people in the South African armed forces, who identified with its counter-cultural bent. But Rodriguez was an enigma not even the label knew where to find him and his demise became the subject of debate and conjecture. Some rumors said he d died of a heroin overdose or burned to death on stage. But the tide began to turn in 1996, when journalist Craig Bartholemew set out to get to the bottom of the mystery. After many dead ends, he found Rodriguez alive, well, free and perfectly sane in Detroit, ending years of speculation. Rodriguez himself had no idea about his fame in South Africa (the album had gone multi-platinum, Rodriguez has received not so much as a Rand in royalties), and embarked on a triumphant South African tour followed, filling 5,000 capacity venues across the country. Rodriguez was still largely unknown in the northern hemisphere until 2002, when Sugar Man, the album s extra-terrestrially wonderful lead track, was picked up by David Holmes. The DJ discovered the album in a New York record store, and included it on his Come Get It, I Got It compilation, re-recording the song with Rodriguez for his Free Association project a year later. Now, Light In The Attic is set to commit Cold Fact to CD for audiences in the UK and America, who can finally find out why halfway across the world Rodriguez is spoken of in the same reverent tones as The Doors, Love and Jimi Hendrix.
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What Customers Say About Cold Fact:
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Rocking the life of a street poet, Rodgriguez' takes on life, love and mindbending are as fresh and current today as when it was recorded (1970). Recorded during the heyday of Detroit Rock this album has a life of its own. Cold Fact is the long-lost album from Detroiter Rodrguez. "Sugarman", the album opener is an instant classic. It cannot die or pass away from neglect. Each song is a revelation in lyrical songwriting. My fave track is "I Wonder", the song that kept this album alive half way round the world. This is a collector's dream and a must-have for anyone interested in purity, honesty and jams.
A friend suggested that I check Rodriguez out, and I have already passed in along to at least 3 other friends. This album is something special, and it's been out since the early 70's. His story is interesting and that makes the songs that much more so. I love this album.
Damn I can't believe he is now getting some eposure from this, this cd rocks.
This is a fantastic CD with lyrics that sound eerily relevant today. Sixto is an engaging artist. Very enjoyable.
Also heard it on NPR and discovered it. It's a brilliant album, cover-to-cover, one of the true ones you can listen to in order and just sit back and enjoy. It really has a theme and a progression.Beautiful stuff.
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