I'll Slip Away by Rod Riguez in 1967
- I'll Slip Away / You'd Like To Admit It (Impact 1031) August 1967 (USA)
Cash Box, September 23, 1967 Rod Riguez could make a name for himself with this bluesy, mid-tempo rock ballad. Keep it in sight. Flip: "You'd Like To Admit It".
These 2 songs were released as a single in 1967 and credited to Rod Riguez. The lyrics for 'You'd Like To Admit It' were transcribed by Glenn Coggin in January 2005.
Both songs are available as bonus tracks on the digital download release of Cold Fact by Light In The Attic Records.
The 1967 version of I'll Slip Away was released on The Best Of Impact Records CD (Collectables COL-5883) in November 1997. Also released as a bonus track on Sugar Man: The Best Of Rodriguez (South Africa) in September 2005.
The 1967 single features more upfront Byrds-type jangly guitar, vocal harmonies and a subdued organ in the background, when compared to the early 70's version. The strings that are so prominent on the later version are absent on the 1967 version.
-- Brian Currin
I'll Slip Away was re-recorded in 1972/73 and released on the Australian At His Best album. It is available on the 2009 re-issue of Coming From Reality and the Searching For Sugar Man soundtrack.
I'll Slip Away: As far as the Rodriguez Impact single, "I'll Slip Away" is concerned,I would highly suspect that both sides of that single were probably recorded at Terra Shirma Studios, since most of all of the later Impact records were recorded there. But it is possible that it may have been recorded at United Sound Studios in Detroit, since Harry Balk recorded many of his artists there as well.
The "B" side of the Impact 45, "I'll Slip Away" is a song titled, "You'd Like To Admit It". Both sides were produced by Harry Balk (the owner of Impact). To my knowledge, the record was only issued as a "promotional" 45, and not sold commercially to the public (see note below). The record is "near-impossible" to find, due to the fact that few copies were pressed, and Impact records went out of business shortly after the record was released. By the way, the song, "You'd Like To Admit It" was also written by Rodriguez.
I'm afraid that I can't help you out with the lyrics to the song (read them here),"You'd Like To Admit It", because I don't own a copy of the single. In my many years of collecting records, I have only seen ONE copy of that record for sale, and it was much too expensive for me to buy. (IT WAS ABOUT $175.00 U.S. DOLLARS!)...
-- Jerry Schollenberger, "Best of Impact Records" CD producer, May 1999
Read some more comments from Jerry Schollenberger
Read Tim Forster's article about these Impact releases.
I can confirm that a regular (NOT a promo) release of Impact #1031 does exist. A speculation to the contrary exists on your Sixto R. page. Thanx for the info on this artist that you supplied; you have added to my enjoyment of record collecting, and listening.
-- Steve Jones, Canada, August 2003
I'LL SLIP AWAY
And I'll forget about the girl that said no
Then I'll tell who I want where to go
And I'll forget about your lies and deceit
And your attempts to be so discreet
Maybe today, yeah
I'll slip away
And you can keep your symbols of success
Then I'll pursue my own happiness
And you can keep your clocks and routines
Then I'll go mend all my shattered dreams
Maybe today, yeah
I'll slip away
Cause you've been down on me for too long
And for too long I just put you on
Now I'm tired of lying and I'm sick of trying
Cause I'm losing who I really am
And I'm not choosing to be like them
And if you get bored or got loneliness
Or it's dislike for me you express
I won't care if you're right or you're wrong
I won't care cause you see I'll be gone
Maybe today, yeah
I'll slip away
Maybe today, yeah (I'll slip away)
Maybe today, yeah
Maybe today, yeah
Maybe today, yeah
YOU'D LIKE TO ADMIT IT
You were the girl that laughed when I tried
You were the one that smiled when I sighed
You didn't like my style or my songs
Now tables turned and you find you were wrong
So when I see you again I'll just grin
Cos' I'm glad that you had better sense than to mess up my life.
You haven't changed and I know that you won't
You stare at my back, then pretend that you don't
You were too cute and correct to be mine
Now I'm kinda glad that we didn't find time
So when I see you again I'll just grin
And you know why it is, cos' I'm glad that you're his and not mine
I'm in the mood to reveal how I feel
You weren't that sharp, but you had some appeal
Now there's a hint of regret in your eyes
But you won't tell me, and your smile's your disguise
So when I see you again I'll just grin
Cos' I'm happy I'm here and that you're way the heck over there!
All lyrics written by Rodriguez
