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Title: Rodriguez - Cold Fact
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1970, Folk, Psychedelic Folk Rock, Detroit, Michigan 7/26
Matrix #: LITA036
Condition: EX, sounds great, looks great (CC) | Members: Sixto R (42' - 23')
Cultural Facts:

1. Personal Struggle: After his records failed in America, Rodriguez returned to demolition and construction work in Detroit, living modestly while unknowingly becoming a huge cult figure overseas.
2. Media Narrative: In South Africa, rumors spread that Rodriguez had died onstage, while bootlegs and word of mouth turned Cold Fact into a generational anti-establishment classic.
3. Studio Lore: Recorded in Detroit with producers Dennis Coffey and Mike Theodore, the album mixed street poetry, fuzz guitar, orchestration, and working-class anger into something far stranger than standard folk.

7/9/2026 CC