It’s the 50-year anniversary of Sixto Rodriguez’s “Cold Fact,” co-produced with Motown Funk Brother Dennis Coffey. Although the album took off internationally, it’s still a Detroit story. One of music’s most fascinating stories originated in Detroit, but unfolded in South Africa…
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50 Years Ago Today: Cold Fact | Billboard March 28, 1970
Billboard March 28, 1970 ‘COLD FACT‘ LP in 2 page Buddah ad Words from the city. Hard words on a new label with a totally different trip. Read more about this classic album, at SugarMan.org. Cold Fact was recorded in…
22 Years Ago, This Weekend, Rodriguez Came To Cape Town
22 Years Ago, This Weekend, Rodriguez Came To Cape Town
Searching For Sugar Man | Radio Vagabond Podcast
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Posted in Mabu Vinyl (Music Store), News, Reviews & Interviews, Searching For Sugar Man Film
Early ‘Sugar Man’ cover version by Ronnie Jones
Our thanks to Lee Shaw in London who alerted us to this rare cover of ‘Sugar Man’ by Ronnie Jones, off his 1975 4-track 7” single, which was (apparently) only released in Brazil.
Sugar Man song featured in trailer for “Moffie” film
The year is 1981 and South Africa’s white minority government is embroiled in a conflict on the southern Angolan border. Like all white boys over the age of 16, Nicholas Van der Swart (Kai Luke Brummer) must complete two years…
- COVID-19 Corona Virus South African Resource Portal March 27, 2020
- Abstract Truth – 50 Years Ago | Brian Currin March 13, 2020
- RUSTIN REINERS’ “MEMORY IS FICTION” IS A MELANCHOLIC CONTEMPLATION OF TIME AND EXISTENCE | Texx & The City February 27, 2020
- Searching For Sugar Man | Radio Vagabond Podcast February 24, 2020
- Government Car – Like The Dawn [1997] February 18, 2020
- Early ‘Sugar Man’ cover version by Ronnie Jones December 17, 2019
- Sugar Man song featured in trailer for “Moffie” film December 13, 2019
- Vinyl, CD’s, Books & Bric-a-Brac at Bothasig Market every Saturday November 10, 2019
- A Spoonful Of Sugar And James returns to the Alma Café in Mowbray on Friday Sept 27th at 8pm September 24, 2019
- Piet Botha – The Road (Documentary) Now Available September 12, 2019
