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 Inseveral thousand copies of Cold Fact were found in a New York warehouse and sold out in Australia in a few weeks. It went to No. In Cold Fact was awarded a platinum disc in South Africa, and was five-times platinum rodriguez cold fact cd Australia.

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.

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

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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. The blunt urban commentary and the unique sound of his debut, Cold Fact , struck a chord in Australia and New Zealand, to the degree that in and , Rodriguez, who had built himself as a musician playing dives, gay bars, strip clubs, and other out-of-the-way corners of Detroit, was able to mount a theater tour in Australia. The real surprise, though, was lying thousands of miles across the Indian Ocean, in South Africa, where Cold Fact became a counterculture hit and was accepted as a rock classic. It sold about 60, copies during the Apartheid era very good numbers for South Africa and was bootlegged many more times than that. So how did that happen? Well, the reasons are all audible on the record-- for one, there's the aforementioned uniqueness of its sound.

Rodriguez cold fact cd

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Listen Now with Amazon Music. The New Zealand Herald. MP3 Music, March 5, "Please retry". Piddy" actually plays followed by the spoken words "Thanks for your time I know what is coming up next. Could this mean a policeman "pigs" was hippy slang for cops and a piece of hose-pipe? British Phonographic Industry. The lyrics were originally printed on the backcover of the albums, however on the South African CDs they appear inside the booklet. Sticker indicates it was made in the Czech Republic. Only 18 left in stock more on the way. Buy and enjoy. Detroit was a center of black American culture, and for immigrants from Latin America and Eastern Europe as well. Customer reviews.

The album sold poorly in the United States, but performed better in South Africa and Australia, [8] with Rodriguez touring Australia in In , several thousand copies of Cold Fact were found in a New York warehouse and sold out in Australia in a few weeks.

The South African and Australian CD re-issues in the 90s never bothered to rectify these errors and omissions. Listening this record gives me a sense of both nostalgia and discovery. If you know you know. Piddy and Forget It are both poignant and subtly beautiful. Get it Mar 6 - According to one trader in the Portobello Road in London, about one customer each week is enquiring about Rodriguez and his music. This is on both the LP and the CD. Cold Fact has sold , since Nielsen SoundScan started tracking in , , of those after the film opened, 98, in the wake of the Oscar win. Unfortunately his band doesn't exist anymore! GfK Entertainment Charts. Sixto Rodriguez. But it was built on industries that left for cheaper automobiles or more glamorous music locales. In other words track 3 on side two of the cassette is titled "Like Janis" but plays "Jane S.