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country: us
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Until recently a mysterious figure, Sixto Rodriguez was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1942 to Mexican immigrant parents - his first name chosen because he was their sixth child. Possessed of an distinctive voice, Rodriguez was a singer / songwriter steeped in the folk and blues traditions of his times and comparisons with Dylan and Donovan are inevitable and not undeserved. However, a profoundly working class upbringing in this industrial - and musical - heartland helped to make his work quite unique.
In April 1967 he recorded five original songs for the local Impact label. The 'A' side of the resulting single, I'll Slip Away (later re-cut in the mid-seventies), was an atmospheric number with considerable commercial potential, the 'B' side, You'd Like To Admit It, a contrasting folk-rocker in which the singer berated an ex-girlfriend for going of with a 'hick'. Unfortunately it became Impact's penultimate release before the label went under. Of the remaining tracks Forget It would later be re-recorded for his first LP and To Whom It May Concern for the second, but the intriguingly titled That Discoteque remains unreleased in any form.
Undaunted, two years later Rodriguez found himself signed to the newly founded Hollywood label, Sussex (Bill Withers' first label), and the classic Cold Fact LP emerged as their first release. Recorded in 1969 and skilfully produced by two other Impact refugees, Mike Theodore and Dennis Coffey, it opened with the trippy but dark Sugar Man. Over a subtle backing of acoustic guitar and electronic effects Rodriguez's lyrics were starkly honest.
01. "Sugar Man" 3:50
02. "Only Good For Conversation" 2:24
03. "Crucify Your Mind" 2:33
04. "This Is Not A Song, Its An Outburst: Or, The Establishment Blues" 2:07
05. "Hate Street Dialogue" 2:34
06. "Forget It" 1:57
07. "Inner City Blues" 3:27
08. "I Wonder" 2:34
09. "Jane S Piddy" 2:36
10. "Gommorah (A Nursery Rhyme)" 2:21
11. "Rich Folks Hoax" 3:03
12. "Like Janis" 2:56
SIXTO RODRIGUEZ acc. gtr
ANDREW SMITH drms
MIKE THEODORE keyb'ds
SIXTO RODRIGUEZ acc. gtr
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