Coming from Reality

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For his second album, Rodriguez decamped to London at the request of producer Steve Rowland, who had heard Cold Fact and wanted to produce him. Since Cold Fact had made little in the way of commercial movement, Rodriguez jumped at the opportunity. Session musicians like renowned guitarist Chris Spedding lent a hand on production, which was overseen by Steve Rowland. Curiously, the latter would go on to use about half of Cold Fact for Family Dogg's oddity The View from Roland's Head. By far not as striking as his debut, Coming from Reality offers up some haunting stream-of-consciousness gems in "Sandrevan Lullaby" and "Cause." Rodriguez's lyrics still come off as mildly anti-establishment; "Heikki's Suburbia Bus Tour" ...
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Editorial Reviews

All Music Guide
For his second album, Rodriguez decamped to London at the request of producer Steve Rowland, who had heard Cold Fact and wanted to produce him. Since Cold Fact had made little in the way of commercial movement, Rodriguez jumped at the opportunity. Session musicians like renowned guitarist Chris Spedding lent a hand on production, which was overseen by Steve Rowland. Curiously, the latter would go on to use about half of Cold Fact for Family Dogg's oddity The View from Roland's Head. By far not as striking as his debut, Coming from Reality offers up some haunting stream-of-consciousness gems in "Sandrevan Lullaby" and "Cause." Rodriguez's lyrics still come off as mildly anti-establishment; "Heikki's Suburbia Bus Tour" apparently recalls a trip Rodriguez and friends undertook to Grosse Pointe to retaliate against the rich folks who often came to the inner city of Detroit to make fun of the hippies. He also spends lots of time with the low life, as he reminisces in the prologue to "A Most Disgusting Song": "I've played every kind of gig there is to play now/I've played faggot bars, hooker bars, motorcycle funerals, opera houses, concert houses, halfway houses." Slightly more slick than the debut, but still retaining the haunted personality if not the gritty funk, the album sadly went nowhere in the United States and Europe. Faced, however, with the unexpected success of Cold Fact in South Africa, Sussex re-released Coming from Reality in 1976 as After the Fact. It lay out of print worldwide for several decades until 2009, when Light in the Attic resurrected it, along with the debut, and added three bonus tracks recorded during 1972-1973, back in Detroit, with Mike Theodore and Dennis Coffey again producing. ~ Quint Kik & John Bush
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 5/5/2009
  • Label: Light In The Attic
  • UPC: 826853003827
  • Catalog Number: 38
  • Sales rank: 2,333

Album Credits

Performance Credits
Rodriguez Primary Artist
Gary Taylor Bass
Chris Spedding Guitar
Jimmy Horowitz Violin
Tony Carr Percussion
Phil Dennys Keyboards
Andrew Steele Drums
Los Rodriguez Acoustic Guitar, Vocals
Technical Credits
Dennis Coffey Arranger, Producer, Audio Production, Photo Courtesy, Archival Materials
Jimmy Horowitz Arranger
Mike Theodore Arranger, Producer, Audio Production, Photo Courtesy, Archival Materials
Phil Dennys Arranger
Steve Rowland Producer, Audio Production
John MacSwith Engineer
Dave Cooley Remastering
Hal Wilson Illustrations, Original Photography
Clarence Avant Photo Courtesy, Archival Materials
Milton Sincoff Merchandising
Matt Sullivan Reissue Producer
Josh Wright Executive Producer
Chris Ferraro Executive Producer
Vincent Cook Graphic Design
Tim Forster Photo Courtesy, Archival Materials
John Samson Photo Courtesy, Archival Materials
Sixto Rodriguez Composer
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