Written against the backdrop of economic decline and social tensions in Detroit, as the spiritual optimism and promises of the late 60s counterculture began to fade, Rodriguez’s 1970 debut channelled psychedelic folk, soulful arrangements and poignant social observation into a deeply intimate portrait of urban disillusionment, poverty and spiritual searching.
Despite initially disappearing without commercial success, the record later gained near-mythical status through word-of-mouth devotion in South Africa and Australia, with songs like “Sugar Man” and “Crucify Your Mind” eventually transforming Rodriguez into one of music’s great rediscovered cult figures.
Label: Sussex
Format: 12” vinyl LP
Tracklist:
A1 Sugar Man
A2 Only Good For Conversation
A3 Crucify Your Mind
A4 Establishment Blues
A5 Hate Street Dialogue
A6 Forget It
B1 Inner City Blues
B2 I Wonder
B3 Like Janis
B4 Gommorah (A Nursery Rhyme)
B5 Rich Folks Hoax
B6 Jane S. Piddy
Written against the backdrop of economic decline and social tensions in Detroit, as the spiritual optimism and promises of the late 60s counterculture began to fade, Rodriguez’s 1970 debut channelled psychedelic folk, soulful arrangements and poignant social observation into a deeply intimate portrait of urban disillusionment, poverty and spiritual searching.
Despite initially disappearing without commercial success, the record later gained near-mythical status through word-of-mouth devotion in South Africa and Australia, with songs like “Sugar Man” and “Crucify Your Mind” eventually transforming Rodriguez into one of music’s great rediscovered cult figures.
Label: Sussex
Format: 12” vinyl LP
Tracklist:
A1 Sugar Man
A2 Only Good For Conversation
A3 Crucify Your Mind
A4 Establishment Blues
A5 Hate Street Dialogue
A6 Forget It
B1 Inner City Blues
B2 I Wonder
B3 Like Janis
B4 Gommorah (A Nursery Rhyme)
B5 Rich Folks Hoax
B6 Jane S. Piddy
