Cold Fact

Cold Fact
Studio album by Rodriguez
Released	March 1970
Recorded	August–September 1969
Genre	Rock
Length	32:23
Label	Sussex Light In The Attic (US, 2008) Blue Goose/RCA (Australia) A&M Records (South Africa)
Producer	Mike Theodore & Dennis Coffey.
Rodriguez chronology
Cold Fact (1970) Coming from Reality (1971)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Pitchfork	(8.0/10)[2]

Cold Fact is the debut album from American singer-songwriter, Rodriguez. It was released in the USA on the Sussex label in March 1970. It is notable that while the album sold very poorly in the United States (Rodriguez was himself an unknown in the States), it managed to sell well in both South Africa and Australia without Rodriguez himself even knowing.

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In South Africa and Australia

In 1971 the album was released in South Africa by A&M Records, who were by then the owners of the Sussex label. In 1976, 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.In 1998 Cold Fact was awarded a platinum disc in South Africa, and was 5 x platinum in Australia. Rodriguez has since toured South Africa and Australia with much success, and remains relatively unknown in his native country of USA.

Cold Fact was featured as a "Buried Treasure" in the August 2002 issue of Mojo.

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Personal

There were no musicians credited on the original album sleeve, but Rodriguez & Mike Theodore have filled in the gaps...

Rodriguez: Vocals, acoustic guitar Dennis Coffey: Electric guitar Mike Theodore: Keyboards Andrew Smith: Drums Bob Pangborn: Percussion Bob Babbitt: Bass Brass and string arrangements: Mike Theodore Detroit Symphony (Leader Gordon Staples): Strings Horns - 3 trombones, baritone sax: Leader Carl Reatz Childrens choir on "Gommorah": Friends & family of Joyce Vincent & Telma Hopkins

Recorded in Detroit in August & September 1969. Arranged and produced by Mike Theodore and Dennis Coffey. Engineering by Mike Theodore at Tera-Shirma Studio - Detroit, Michigan. Remix: Ray Hall at R.C.A. New York. Photography: Ransier and Anderson Cover design: Nancy Chester, See / Hear! & How!

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Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Sugar Man"	3:45
2.	"Only Good For Conversation"	2:25
3.	"Crucify Your Mind"	2:30
4.	"This Is Not a Song, It's an Outburst: Or, The Establishment Blues"	2:05
5.	"Hate Street Dialogue"	2:30
6.	"Forget It"	1:50
7.	"Inner City Blues"	3:23
8.	"I Wonder"	2:30
9.	"Like Janis"	2:32
10.	"Gommorah (A Nursery Rhyme)"	2:20
11.	"Rich Folks Hoax"	3:05
12.	"Jane S. Piddy"	2:54

Samples

"Sugar Man" was sampled in "You're Da Man", from the 2001 Nas album Stillmatic.

1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ Pitchfork review
3. ^ http://www.sugarman.org/coldfact.html
4. ^ http://www.sugarman.org/coldfact.html
5. ^ http://www.sugarman.org/coldfact.html