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Light In The Attic

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Rodriguez
Coming From Reality
CD
£ 9.99
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FORMAT INFO: CD release includes deluxe booklet and three bonus tracks recorded in Detroit in 1972 with "Cold Fact" collaborators Mike Theodore and Dennis Coffey.
CAT NUMBER: LITA038CD
RELEASE DATE: 18 May '09
Ltd LP
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FORMAT INFO: Features 180g wax, liner notes, lyrics and original gatefold art in stunning die-cut, fold-out, tip-on sleeve.
CAT NUMBER: LITA038LP
RELEASE DATE: 13 Aug '12 (originally released 15 Jun '09)
STAFF COMMENTS

Andy says: Some gorgeous tracks on this follow-up to an album to "Cold Fact". And then: silence. 40 years later the world catches up to the genius which is Sixto Rodriguez.

ABOUT THIS ITEM

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 (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".

TRACK LISTING

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

11. Can't Get Away (Bonus Track, Circa 1972)
12. Street Boy (Bonus Track, Circa 1972)
13. I'll Slip Away (Bonus Track, Circa 1972)