Rodriguez* – Coming From Reality

Very rare the original Australian 1st pressings from 1973 here on the 'A&M' 'Sussex' labels

What a great sounding AAA reissue. The sound quality is not the best because of tape degradation but it sounds like an audiophile lofi quality if that makes sense.

Very beautiful highs, a bit muddy mid and good bass. Vocal sounds like he is singing in the room. Very alive and punchy.

For a record which is itself made from a needle drop, it doesn't sound too bad. For the best quality you'll need hundreds for an original press or the South African 1991 CD, since the tapes are all gone.

I got a returned copy by chance for a good price and can confirm the poor pressing ( porotikos).

In my opinion, the sound quality is as good as the recording allows: if you listen to the CD/streaming version, the vocals are quite poor in sound. The vinyl remaster here once again puts this in the foreground due to the very bright mix, and you have to live with a lot of ess and hissing sounds (in the vocals as said).

But to come back to the poor press quality, I find the crackling almost atmospheric in combination with the more or less lo-fi sound. ;) Warping of the record is also within reasonable limits ... so I can enjoy the pressing, but if I had the opportunity to get another pressing at a moderate price, I'd probably go for it.

So much better than the Australian release! The cover is also quite cool...

so, i am at my 6th replacement. all copies i got are warped, some extremely... All suffer from sound issues. repeated ticks pops etc. i havent found one copy yet, that is listenable. i am so desperate and nagry. Anyone managed to get a copy that isnt warped and plays without issues?
it is really nicely mastered, sound is great but there are defects...

Interestingly producer Steve Rowland used five Sixto Rodriguez songs on his own 1972 Family Dogg album.

Does this edition of the album also come with a lyric sheet or inner sleeve?

I watched the movie, I heard the stream. The tracks are amazing, the vinyl sound is rich, probably better than everything else I have heard!

So are these later LP pressings mastered from good tapes, or still needle drops like the LITA reissues are said to be?