Name: Cold Fact
Brand: Rodriguez

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Catalogue number

7707737

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2019-08-30

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Supplier US

Unive­rsal

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

602577077371

Total Cap

B003056202

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Rodriguez

Genre US

60s & 70s

Label US

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Rodriguez is a renowned artist who has made significant contributions to the music industry. Born in [birthplace], he rose to fame in the late 1960s with his unique blend of folk and rock music. Despite his initial lack of commercial success, Rodriguez's powerful lyrics and soulful voice resonated with audiences around the world.
His debut album, [album name], gained critical acclaim but failed to achieve mainstream success. Unbeknownst to Rodriguez, his music had become incredibly popular in South Africa during apartheid, where it served as an anthem for social change. Years later, a documentary titled "Searching for Sugar Man" brought him international recognition and led to sold-out concerts across the globe.
Today, Rodriguez continues to captivate audiences with his timeless songs that tackle themes of love, politics, and human struggle. His influence can be heard in the works of countless musicians who have been inspired by his raw talent and poetic storytelling. With a career spanning several decades, Rodriguez remains an iconic figure in the music industry.

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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"

It was the real deal, he was compared to Dylan, Billboard gave the album 4 stars and then it sunk without trace. The album is Cold Fact, and what's more intriguing is that its maker - a shadowy figure known as <a href="https://roughtrade.com/us/artist/rodriguez">Rodriguez</a> - 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. <a href="https://roughtrade.com/us/artist/rodriguez">Sixto Diaz Rodriguez</a> 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. but the album sank without trace, thanks, in part, to some of <a href="https://roughtrade.com/us/artist/rodriguez">Rodriguez's</a> more idiosyncratic behaviour, like performing at an industry showcase with his back to the audience throughout. As his music career became a memory, <a href="https://roughtrade.com/us/artist/rodriguez">Rodriguez's</a> 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. <a href="https://roughtrade.com/gb/artist/rodriguez">Rodriguez</a> 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.

Cold Fact

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