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Sixto Rodriguez – vocals, acoustic guitar
Dennis Coffey – electric guitar
Mike Theodore – keyboards
Bob Babbitt – bass
Andrew Smith – drums
Bob Pangborn – percussion
Carl Reatz – baritone saxophone, trombone
Detroit Symphony, led by Gordon Staples – strings
Friends and family of Joyce Vincent and Telma Hopkins – children’s choir (B4)
Arranged by Mike Theodore and Dennis Coffey; brass and string arrangements by Mike Theodore
Written by Sixto Rodriguez (A1 to B1, B3, C1-3, D2-3), Dennis Coffey (B2, D1), Gary Harvey (B2, D1), Mike Theodore (B2, D1)
2 LPs, Gatefold jacket by Stoughton Printing
Limited to 4,000 numbered copies
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33RPM
Size : 12”
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Fidelity Record Pressing
Label : Mobile Fidelity
Original Label : Sussex Records
Recorded at Tera Shirma Studio, Detroit, Michigan, in August and September 1969; original album remixed at RCA Studios, New York City
Engineered by Mike Theodore and Milan Bogdan
Produced by Mike Theodore and Dennis Coffey
Photography by Bob Flath of Ransier and Anderson
Design by Nancy Chester, See/Hear! & How!
Originally released in March 1970
Reissued in 2026
Tracks:
Side A:
- Sugar Man
- Only Good for Conversation
- Crucify Your Mind
Side B:
- This Is Not a Song, It's an Outburst: Or, the Establishment Blues
- Hate Street Dialogue
- Forget It
Side C:
- Inner City Blues
- I Wonder
- Like Janis
Side D:
- Gommorah (A Nursery Rhyme)
- Rich Folks Hoax
- Jane S. Piddy
Reviews :
“There was a mini-genre of singer/songwriters in the late '60s and early '70s that has never gotten a name. They were folky but not exactly folk-rock and certainly not laid-back; sometimes pissed off but not full of rage; alienated but not incoherent; psychedelic-tinged but not that weird; not averse to using orchestration in some cases but not that elaborately produced. And they sold very few records, eluding to a large degree even rediscovery by collectors. Jeff Monn, Paul Martin, John Braheny, and Billy Joe Becoat were some of them, and Sixto Rodriguez was another on his 1970 LP, Cold Fact. Imagine an above-average Dylanesque street busker managing to record an album with fairly full and imaginative arrangements, and you're somewhat close to the atmosphere. Rodriguez projected the image of the aloof, alienated folk-rock songwriter, his songs jammed with gentle, stream-of-consciousness, indirect putdowns of straight society and its tensions. Likewise, he had his problems with romance, simultaneously putting down (again gently) women for their hang-ups and intimating that he could get along without them anyway ("I wonder how many times you had sex, and I wonder do you know who'll be next" he chides in the lilting "I Wonder"). At the same time, the songs were catchy and concise, with dabs of inventive backup: a dancing string section here, odd electronic yelps there, tinkling steel drums elsewhere. It's an album whose lyrics are evocative yet hard to get a handle on even after repeated listenings, with song titles like "Hate Street Dialogue," "Inner City Blues" (not the Marvin Gaye tune), and "Crucify Your Mind" representative of his eccentric, slightly troubled mindset. As it goes with folk-rock-psych singer/songwriters possessing captivating non sequitur turns of the phrase, he's just behind Arthur Lee and Skip Spence, but still worth your consideration.” AllMusic Review by Richie Unterberger
Ratings :
AllMusic : 4 / 5 , Discogs : 4.62 / 5