Santana

Some time ago I got on a crazy Santana kick and started buying all their albums in sight. Since then I've calmed down, although I still own quite a bit of crappy vinyl Santana records, most of which will probably never get upgraded to CD.

"Abraxas"

  1. "Singing Winds, Crying Beasts"--instrumental (4:48)
  2. "Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen" (5:17)
  3. "Oye Como Va" (4:17)
  4. "Incident at Neshabur"--instrumental (4:58)
  5. "Se a Cabo"--instrumental (2:49)
  6. "Mother's Daughter" (4:25)
  7. "Samba Pa Ti"--instrumental (4:46)
  8. "Hope You're Feeling Better" (4:10)
  9. "El Nicoya"--instrumental (1:29)

Probably the best-known of all Santana records, featuring the famous "Black Magic Woman". The rest is quite a mixed bag, with latin-flavored instrumentals and ambient noises interpolating more straightforward rock numbers--Greg Rollie's vocals on "Hope You're Feeling Better", for example, is clear foreshadowing of what early Journey would sound like.

"Santana" [III]

  1. "Batuka"--instrumental (3:35)
  2. "No One to Depend On" (5:31)
  3. "Taboo" (5:33)
  4. "Toussant L'Overture"--instrumental (5:54)
  5. "Everybody's Everything" (3:27)
  6. "Guajira" (5:42)
  7. "Jungle Strut"--instrumental (5:20)
  8. "Everything's Coming Our Way" (3:15)
  9. "Para los Rumberos" (2:46)

During my Santana craze, I bought this CD when I couldn't find a vinyl copy. It's a lot more latin-instrumental oriented than their first two albums, a direction the band took further in years to come. This one features Neal Schon on guitar, as well as Greg Rollie, and soon afterwards both these guys left the band to form Journey.


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