El Camino Real
Santana - Santana [MFSL 1-303 USA 2007 24-Bit 176.4kHz FLAC]
As a young lad, I spent quite a bit of time in California just south of San Francisco - a long way from my home in rainy Manchester, England. The Bay Area has become a special place for me since, especially the history surrounding San Francisco, it's culture, it's sports teams and subsequently it's music. Once back in blighty, I caught Michael Wadleigh's Woodstock doc on late night TV and there was one particular segment which stood out for me...
Afro-Cuban Mexican-American rock, Santana's live performance of their Soul Sacrifice just blew me away. I've always love percussive music (musicians hitting things) but this was something else. The combination of Michael Shrieve's unique drumming style, and the congas & timbale duel from José Chepitó Areas & Mike Carrabello had me hooked.
I own every album, some in multiple versions, up until and including their 1976 album, Festival. From then on they went a bit too AOR for me, and also I couldn't get into the spiritual Devadip phases. Here is their debut - I have two copies, a 1968 UK original pressing and this 2007 Mobile Fidelity remaster. Today, I've gone with the Mofi.
A1 Waiting
A2 Evil Ways
A3 Shades Of Time
A4 Savor
A5 Jingo
B1 Persuasion
B2 Treat
B3 You Just Don't Care
B4 Soul Sacrifice
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ReplyDeleteI agree with you, Santana's Woodstock performance made most the others appear very dull in comparison. Granted, I wasn't there, but you can see the look on the face behind the drum kit that they are all in perfect sync with each other, and something special is happening. Carlos himself is completely unhinged. I wouldn't want to follow that act cause everyone's mind had already been blown apart.
ReplyDeleteApparently both drummer Mike Shrieve and Carlos were out of their minds on acid, so I've always enjoyed their facial expressions whilst watching the films.
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