'70s ORIG COLD FACT + REALITY + NON LP SONGS RODRIGUEZ BURIED PSYCH TREASURE
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RARE & SOUGHT AFTER '70s FIRST PRINT!
AN EXTINCT AUSTRALIAN ORIGINAL - SURVIVOR!
With UNRELEASED TRACKS
RODRIGUEZ
"At HIS Best "
\ AUSTRALIA - BLUE GOOSE - BGM 001
A buried treasure worth its weight in gold -- one of those rare lost albums that turns out to be a genuine classic ...
SUPER RARE AUSTRALIAN ONLY '70s PRESSING...South Africa & Australia was where RODRIGUEZ first had a cult following, here is one of the surviving Australian first pressings with different cover graphics.
Includes the RARE double sided LYRICS insert
RODRIGUEZ "AT HIS BEST" contains 3 NEVER RELEASED tracks plus 5 tracks from his first LP "COLD FACT", 3 songs from his "REALITY" LP ... all from the late'60s/early '70s!
It’s one of the lost classics of the ‘60s, a psychedelic masterpiece drenched in colour and inspired by life, love, poverty, rebellion. The album is Rodriguez AT HIS BEST, and what’s more intriguing is that its maker – a shadowy figure known as Rodriguez – was, for many years, lost too. A decade ago, he was rediscovered working as a day laborer in Detroit, Michigan. He was unaware that his defining album had become not only a cult classic, but for the people of South Africa & Australia, a beacon of revolution. 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 labour. 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, his songs 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 rumours 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.
- Crucify Your Mind (2.30)
- Sugar Man (3.45)
- Sandrevan Lullaby - Lifestyles (5.05)
- Inner City Blues(3.23)
- Can't Get Away(3.50)
- I Wonder (2.30)
- I'll Slip Away(2.50)
- Street Boy (3.44)
- Cause (5.08)
- Jane S. Piddy(2.54)
- Establishment Blues(2.05)
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CONDITION: The cover: very fragile, a unique laminated designed picture cover, thin and delicate, as seen before has small lamination ripples by poor manufacturing, nothing to do with wear - this is how the cover was made...rate it VG++ as a result. Still solid & colorful all over, which is pretty amazing when 45near 30 year old Lp's from "down under" don't come in much better condition than this and nearly always in rough shape. Here's a unique collection copy from Australia, the site of the earliest cult following for Rodriguez ...remarkably no alarming issues, no split seams, no delete marks...
The vinyl: very shiny over both sides, VG++ with only a few light top surface soft scuffs that do not affect audio; plays real nice and enjoyable without surface noise. ... clean Australian "Blue Goose" labels
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
SEE: SELLERS OTher items for similar cool sounds for "head" people...
EFFICIENT/CAREFUL GRADING
All imperfections are noted both cover & record
NOTE: All Items backed by money back guarantee! IF you have a problem PLEASE let us solve for you BEFORE leaving ANY negative feedback. Thanks! GRADING SCALE: M, M-, EX, VG++,VG+, VG, VG- M Completely clean, no marks M- Carefully used, looks clean, plays clean, shiny gloss, no marks EX Faint scuff or superficial mark, near M-, high gloss, plays clean VG++ Glossy with minimal scuffing or light mark playing very nice, clean VG+ a bit more scuff or markls still plays well with very minimal surface at worse VG more marks/scratches only minor, nothing deep, no loud clicks or pops this grade is abused by many, VG here does not mean "trashed" VG- surface noise present, will not have skips or jumps ALL PAYMENTS SHOULD BE MADE WITHIN 5 DAYS Of AUCTIONS END BIDDERS PLEASE = Do Not Bid If You Are Not Serious About Following Through The Transaction! ALL ITEMS GUARANTEED FOR WINNING BID - LESS SHIPPING!
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