Sixto Rodriguez
Coming From Reality (CD)
LabelLight In The AtticGenreFolk & Traditional
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Back in 1971, Coming From Reality was Rodriguez’s last gasp, the follow-up to Cold Fact and the final album he was allowed to record for the Sussex label. Unearthed, once again, by Light In The Attic Records, it’s another treat for fans new and old, designed – at the time – as Rodriguez’s vision of a perfect pop album.
Coming From Reality found Rodriguez decamping from Detroit to London’s Lansdowne Studios, where the album was recorded with some of the UK’s top talent including Chris Spedding (Sex Pistols, Dusty Springfield, Harry Nilsson) and producer Steve Rowland (The Pretty Things, PJ Proby and the man who discovered The Cure), who recalls Coming From Reality as his favourite ever recording project.
Highlights include the super-poppy “To Whom It May Concern”, the “Rocky Raccoon”-inspired “A Most Disgusting Song” and period piece “Heikki’s Suburbia Bus Tour”. The CD reissue also includes three previously unreleased bonus tracks recorded in Detroit in 1972 with Cold Fact collaborators Mike Theodore & Dennis Coffey, representing the last thing they ever did together.
Meanwhile, the Rodriguez story keeps gathering pace. A Swedish documentary company are working on a feature length documentary about the enigmatic performer’s life and music, and Rodriguez is planning to bring his live show to the UK and Europe come Spring/Summer 2009, along with further North America touring.
“It’s an extraordinary trip,” says Rodriguez of his new lease on life. “It feels like Picasso, Monet. All these exciting new thoughts coming at me. It’s global. I’m lucky to have this second chance. It’s very real and totally unexpected.”
Sixto Rodriguez, then. Still coming from reality, and bigger than ever before.
Format
℗ + © 2009 Light In The Attic Records & Distribution, LLC (printed on the bottom of the back cover of the digipak, on the disc media label and on the bottom of the back cover of the booklet)
Packaging: Digipak with 24-page booklet including lyrics and with Obi.
'Recorded in 1970 at Lansdowne Recording Studios, London, England.
Originally Released on Sussex Records, November 1971 as SXBS 7012.
Remastered [...] at Elysian Masters, Los Angeles, CA'
Tracks 1 to 10: 'Strings and additional musicians unknown'
Tracks 11 to 13: 'Previously Unreleased'* 'Recorded circa 1972/1973 at GM Recording Studios, East Detroit, MI. Other musicians unknown
During the production of this project, every effort was made to contact the appropriate parties. However, we were unable to locate certain individuals.'
* This statement is spurious as these three tracks appeared on [r2169571] in 1979.
All songs published by Interior Music (BMI)
Licensed courtesy of Hey Day Entertainment, LLC
Release notes
℗ + © 2009 Light In The Attic Records & Distribution, LLC (printed on the bottom of the back cover of the digipak, on the disc media label and on the bottom of the back cover of the booklet) Packaging: Digipak with 24-page booklet including lyrics and with Obi. 'Recorded in 1970 at Lansdowne Recording Studios, London, England. Originally Released on Sussex Records, November 1971 as SXBS 7012. Remastered [...] at Elysian Masters, Los Angeles, CA' Tracks 1 to 10: 'Strings and additional…
| 1 | Climb Up On My Music | ||
| 2 | A Most Disgusting Song | ||
| 3 | I Think Of You | ||
| 4 | Heikki's Suburbia Bus Tour | ||
| 5 | Silver Words? | ||
| 6 | Sandrevan Lullaby-Lifestyles | ||
| 7 | To Whom It May Concern | ||
| 8 | It Started Out So Nice | ||
| 9 | Halfway Up The Stairs | ||
| 10 | Cause | ||
| Bonus Tracks | |||
| 11 | Can't Get Away | ||
| 12 | Street Boy | ||
| 13 | I'll Slip Away | ||
- Sixto Rodriguez
- Acoustic Guitar (1 to 10), Guitar (11 to 13), Photography By [Photos/Archival Material Courtesy Of], Vocals, Written-By
- Jimmy Horowitz
- Arranged By (6, 8, 10), Violin
- Phil Dennys
- Arranged By (3, 5, 7, 9), Keyboards [Keys] (1 to 10)
- Milton Sincoff
- Art Direction [Director Of Creative Packaging & Merchandising]
- Gary Taylor
- Bass (1 to 10)
- Rainy M. Moore
- Coordinator [Creative], Other [Album Title]
- Andrew Steele
- Drums (1 to 10)
- Jim Burzese
- Engineer (11 to 13)
- John Macswith
- Engineer (1 to 10)
- Milan Bogden
- Engineer (11 to 13)
- Chris Ferraro
- Executive-Producer [Reissue Executive Producer]
- Josh Wright
- Executive-Producer [Reissue Executive Producer]
- Matt Sullivan
- Executive-Producer [Reissue Executive Producer], Reissue Producer
- Vincent Cook
- Graphics
- Chris Spedding
- Guitar (1 to 10)
- Kevin "Sipreano" Howes
- Liner Notes [Essay]
- Tony Carr
- Percussion (1 to 10)
- Hal Wilson
- Photography By [Original Album], Illustration [Original Album]
- Dennis Coffey
- Photography By [Photos/Archival Material Courtesy Of], Producer, Arranged By (11 to 13)
- John Samson
- Photography By [Photos/Archival Material Courtesy Of]
- Mike Theodore
- Photography By [Photos/Archival Material Courtesy Of], Producer, Arranged By (11 to 13)
- Rayma Rawa
- Photography By [Photos/Archival Material Courtesy Of]
- Regan Rodriguez
- Photography By [Photos/Archival Material Courtesy Of]
- Tim Forster
- Photography By [Photos/Archival Material Courtesy Of]
- Clarence Avant
- Photography By [Photos/Archival Material Courtesy Of], Other [Impresario]
- Steve Rowland
- Producer (1 to 10)
- Jessica Whyte
- Reissue Producer [Assistant]
- Dave Cooley
- Remastered By
