Rodriguez - Cold Fact Audio CD


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The folks at the modest Seattle imprint Light In The Attic have dedicated themselves to providing the public with carefully assembled re-issues of forgotten soul, reggae, and psychedelic albums, and have scored yet another triumph with their reissue of Rodirguez's neglected psychedelic folk masterpiece, COLD FACT. Born to a Mexican immigrant family in Detroit, Sixto Diaz Rodriguez honed his guitar playing skills in between shifts at Detroit's larger auto plants. In the late `60s he attracted the attention of guitar-slinger extraordinaire Dennis Coffey and soon thereafter recorded COLD FACT for Coffey's Sussex label. COLD FACT is a singular amalgamation of gentle folk and dreamy psychedelic production touches that sounds today like a more soulful variant of Donovan's psych-pop excursions of the late `60s. Arrangers: Dennis Coffey; Mike Theodore. Personnel: Sixto Rodriguez (vocals, acoustic guitar). Audio Remixer: Ray Hall. Spin (p. 104) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "COLD FACT is a psych-folk time capsule from a dark era of dreams destroyed."
Blender (Magazine) (p. 85) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Motown studio musicians made the songs weirdly elegant and lent this cracked classic enough cheap synthesizer wheezes, trombones and inner-city psychedelica to earn its place in the freak-folk pantheon."

Rodriguez - Cold Fact Album Track Listing

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Song

Time

Sugar Man See All 4

3:49

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Only Good For Conversation See All 2

Crucify Your Mind See All 5

2:32

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This Is Not A Song, It's An Outburst: Or, The Establishment Blues See All 3

Hate Street Dialogue See All 2

Forget It See All 2

Inner City Blues See All 6

3:27

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I Wonder See All 5

2:36

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Like Janis See All 5

2:36

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Gomorrah (A Nursery Rhyme)

Rich Folks Hoax See All 2

Jane S. Piddy See All 5

3:00

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Classic
Wonderful combination of 60's storytelling and melody without falling into the cliché sounds of that era.
By MO (Houston, TX, USA)

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Forgotten gem
Rodriguez' candle was snuffed out far too early. He was an incredibly talented musician, although somewhat irreverent. If you are coy, don't buy this. But if you like to listen to someone's honest heart this is truly great both lyrically and musically. I wish he had lived to perform more music. This is a classic. I am just suprised he is not better known.
By piersvan (Tennessee)

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Sound system cranked up and I'm away !!!
Unbelievable...don't even know where to find the words!!!Suffice to say that after the CBS documentary on Sugarman I ripped up the stairs to my computer and immediately bought three of the cds Rodriguez has made. For those of us who experienced the 60s and 70s, such as I did, discovering who I was, in Toronto,this music will have your mind searching for all the references ( Dylan,Beatles, Donovan.. only the obvious)of all that you loved about that time. poetic, not a moment outdated,I am loving Coming From Reality at the moment,sound system cranked up and I'm embraced by it all. What a bloody miracle ! Only adding to the amazingness of it all is Sixto's story of revival which you can read on the website.
By jdrivis (Montpelier, VT, USA)

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Who says he's dead?
Rodriguez is quite alive, was on Letterman, Summer of 2012. Was here in Park City when the documentary was released in Jan. 2012, Sundance Film Festival. This album is an all time classic.
By ljminpcut (Park City, UT)

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Rodriguez is Alive & Well!
This album is great! So too are the follow up from 1971 'Coming From Reality', a recent 'Live in South Africa' album and the Australian compilation 'At His Best'. All albums are absolutely worth searching online stores for.
By Mitch (Downunder)

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Label	Light In The Attic
Orig Year	1970
CD Universe Part number	7046168
Catalog number	36
Discs	1
Release Date	Aug 19, 2008
Studio/Live	Studio
Mono/Stereo	Stereo
Producer	Dennis Coffey; Mike Theodore
Engineer	Milan Bogden; Mike Theodore
Personnel	Sixto Rodriguez - vocals, acoustic guitar