 twseel wrote:
ClemofNazareth wrote:
I was a little surprised by the movie. Rodriguez albums were issued and reissued many times in the 70s, 80s, and 90s. Cold Fact was like Val Stoecklein's Grey Life and Skip Spence's Oar in that dudes who hung around used record stores in those days knew those albums existed. Personally I was not interested in any of them at the time, so the movie was good in that it told a story that I didn't know about. He was definitely not unknown and presumed dead though, the film took a little bit of creative license on that count. |
Seriously? I recall the movie even said it sold under ten copies, pure lies? |
I remember that from the film too. Keep in mind South Africa was pretty culturally isolated in the 70s and 80s because of apartheid so I don't think the average citizen there really had objective or accurate information about what was going on in the rest of the world (this point was made in the movie as well). But Rodriguez was signed to A&M and his album was released in several countries so it's implausible to think it only sold 10 copies. I know I've seen more than that in cutout bins or used promo copies over the years.
Also, I read an article about him after the film came out that said he was well known in Venezuela, Australia and New Zealand and toured in those places in the 80s and 90s and his albums were reissued in those countries well before the film was recorded.
It's a great story and he's a really cool dude, and I don't think the guy who made the movie intended to mislead. I think he just didn't know the whole history of Sixto Rodriguez and didn't bother to ask.
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