RODRIGUEZ - COLD FACT - Ltd.Ed. 180g. French Vanilla Colored Vinyl - DISCOUNTED
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SUCH A DEAL ... Sixto Rodriguez - Cold Fact – extremely limited edition (750) - FRENCH VANILLA – colored – 180g. Vinyl LP - Newbury Comics Exclusive Limited Edition of 750. Pressed on 180 gram "french vanilla" vinyl. ATTENTION: SOME OTHER SELLERS WERE GETTING COMPLAINTS ABOUT THEIR VINYL NOT BEING THE LIMITED EDITION, FRENCH VANILLA COLORED VERSION. TO AVOID ANY PROBLEMS, I OPENED THE SHRINK WRAP TO INSPECT IT. YES, IT IS PERFECT. "FRENCH VANILLA VINYL" I DID FIND A SMALL SEAM SPLIT ON ONE SIDE OF THE LINER. I DIDN'T HAVE A REPLACEMENT FOR IT, SO I ATTACHED A PIECE OF CLEAR SCOTCH TAPE ALONG THE EDGE. NOT A BIG DEAL AND YOU CAN REPLACE IT IF IT BOTHERS YOU. AFTER INSPECTION I PUT IT IN A CLEAR RECORD BAG COVER. I SUPER DUPER PACKAGED IT AND IT IS WAITING FOR YOU TO ENJOY. I HAVE DISCOUNTED IT, FOR THIS INCONVENIENCE. SUCH A DEAL. IT IS THE “REAL DEAL” AND YOU WILL BE VERY HAPPY. I WILL MAIL IT TO YOU WITH TENDER LOVING CARE, INCLUDING USPS TRACKING. I WILL EVEN INSURE IT FOR LOSS AND DAMAGE, WHILE IN THE HANDS OF THE USPS, FOR THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE AMOUNT, FOR FREE. WHO ELSE DOES THAT? THIS HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE, LIMITED EDITION IS VERY HARD TO FIND, ESPECIALLY BRAND SPANKIN’ NEW. YOU WILL LOVE IT. Color: French Vanilla. A Newbury Comics exclusive colored vinyl pressing. Rodriguez 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. When the follow-up, 1972’s Coming From Reality, also sold poorly, Rodriguez called an end to his recording career. He’d never even played a proper gig. And he got on with life. Over the years, he turned his hand to local politics, gaining a degree in philosophy, factory work and eventually, hard labor. As his music career became a memory, Rodriguez’s legend was growing – on the other side of the world. In South Africa, 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 drug overdose or burned to death on stage. Others said he was in a mental institution, or in prison for murdering his girlfriend. Barring a couple of sold out Australian tours in 1979 and 1981, nothing had been heard of him for almost 30 years. 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.
· Number of discs: 1
· Limited edition of: 750
· Label: Light In The Attic
· Mono/Stereo: Stereo
· Catalog Number: LITA 036NC
1. Sugar Man
2. Only Good For Conversation
3. Crucify Your Mind
4. This Is Not A Song, It's An Outburst: Or, The Establishment Blues
5. Hate Street Dialogue
6. Forget It
7. Inner City Blues
8. I Wonder
9. Like Janis
10. Gommorah (A Nursery Rhyme)
11. Rich Folks Hoax
12. Jane S. Piddy
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