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Thursday, August 14, 2008
 

 

For about the last week Noah (SOTO's Saturday Columnist, if you didn't already know) has been nagging me to no end to check out Light In The Attic's latest reissue.  Normally, he isn't so insistent, so just to mess with his head and nerves I didn't bother giving Sixto Rodriguez's Cold Fact a listen for at least a good five days or so.  Unfortunately, the joke ended up being on me, as that guy's long lost album is somewhere beyond brilliant, and I should not have robbed myself of the precious time I could have spent with it.  In any case, to reclaim a little dignity I'm sharing it with all of you, and I'm slapping the label of super highly recommended on it.  Mark your calendars (and click on the picture to read the his crazy story), Noah's employer will be releasing the album next week.  Enjoy.

:Sixto Rodriguez - Sugar Man:  First of all, it took me about half of this gem's runtime to realize that it's rather fantastic, so the fact that it was wildly ignored in the 60s does nothing but boggle my mind.  What in the world were people thinking back then!?  Anyhow, if you can find a better psychedelic folk song that sweeps you away and defines an era like this one then you should go work at Light In The Attic, because I'm sure they could use someone else who knows the best of the forgotten - which is exactly what Rodriguez is.

As it turns out, someone actually managed to make the exact video that I (and maybe you?) was imagining in my head the first time that I gave Sugar Man A listen.  Give it some attention.

 

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