I’ve seen the film when it came out and was listening to Rodriguez before it came out, but my memory must be failing me, as I thought he only sold like 10 albums in the US and hence no royalties, but how he got famous was bootlegged tapes and records in South Africa.
I’ve seen the film when it came out and was listening to Rodriguez before it came out, but my memory must be failing me, as I thought he only sold like 10 albums in the US and hence no royalties, but how he got famous was bootlegged tapes and records in South Africa.
I think that also happened…and maybe the royalties issue wasn’t as black and white as I thought.
What Likely Happened to the Royalties for “Sugar Man”?
It’s a tuff biz. I don’t think you were wrong, luck has a lot to do with it and the bootlegging certainly helped.