Santana - Transmission Impossible (3 CD, 2016) [FLAC + 320]

 This 3 CD collection features a number of live appearances made by Santana at various junctures across their lengthy career, all of which were the subject of FM radio broadcasts at the time of the shows in question, and which make plain what a timeless, artful and graceful group of master musicians this collective have always been. Kicking off with a delightful performance the band gave at the Berkeley Community Theater, on 6th February 1970, six months after their stunning appearance at Woodstock in August 69, which bought Santana worldwide attention.

 

 

Santana - At Budokan: Live In Tokyo 1991 (DVDRIP video)

 

By 1991 the band Santana had evolved from latin organ and percussion grooves through trippy jazz-fusion and arrived at a form of high energy latin soul/rock. It’s a journey few watching them at Woodstock in 1969 would have predicted. Twenty-two years and countless albums later Carlos Santana himself was the only original member present in Tokyo. A close friend of Miles Davis and devotee of John Coltrane, he had regularly incorporated elements of jazz into his music, so it is no surprise to see Japan’s greatest living saxophonist, Sadao Watanabe, added here. For his part Watanabe is happy to play latin, funk and fusion, his solos easily matching Santana’s overdriven guitar for invention and energy. The tunes are taken from the Santana albums Freedom (1987) and Spirits Dancing In The Flesh (1990) as well as classics from their LPs Abraxas (1970) and Amigos (1976). 

Performed at the Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan 21st May 1991 and broadcast on NHK radio.

    Bass – Benny Rietveld

    Congas – Raul Rekow

    Drums – Gaylord Birch

    Guitar – Carlos Santana

    Keyboards – Chester Thompson 

    Percussion – Karl Perazzo, Raul Rekow

    Saxophone – Sadao Watanabe

    Timbales – Karl Perazzo

    Vocals – Tony Lindsay

 

Santana - The Birth Of Santana - The Complete Early Years (3 CD, 2003/FLAC)

 For more than five decades, the band Santana, led by guitar virtuoso Carlos Santana, have fused rock, blues, and Latin styles into a percussive, colorful and unique collage of sound. Inducted into the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame in 1998, Santana has released a total of 36 albums, collectively selling more than 50 million copies. And it all started right here...

The Birth Of Santana is an essential compilation and a true artifact of rock music, documenting the rise of one of its most beloved artists. The first two discs features recordings from 1969 sessions at Pacific Recording Studios in San Mateo, CA and are believed to be the original demo tapes that landed Santana their deal with Columbia Records. An early incarnation of Jingo, the Top 40 single from Santana s self-titled debut album appears here, as does the impressive Soul Sacrifice. The third disc is the legendary live recording at the Fillmore Theater in San Francisco. While the exact date of these recordings is unknown, this live performance also predates the group s self-titled debut album on Columbia. Carlos and the boys are indeed in fine form. Highlights include an outstanding rendition of Evil Ways, a song that went on o be a standard in the annals of rock history. Young, raw and on the brink of superstardom, this is Santana like you ve never heard them before!

 

VA - The Many Faces of Santana (3 CD, 2017/FLAC)

 

In the late 1960s, when acid rock reigned and the British Invasion was still raging, Carlos Santana and his band introduced a Latin-based rock sound featuring an Afro-Cuban beat. Carlos Santana was a fourth-generation musician and the son of a violinist who played mariachi music. His father tried for many years to teach him violin, but at age eight, Santana discovered the guitar and started listening to the electric blues of B.B. King and John Lee Hooker and that was the end of it. During his long-lasting career, Carlos Santana's name has become synonymous with some of the most important genres of music today - jazz, Latin, salsa, blues and rock. In The Many Faces of Santana we will explore Santana's inner world, including it's members' side projects, alternative versions of some of his classics y his vast range of influences who made the multifaceted artist he ended up being. With fantastic artwork and remastered sound, we welcome Santana as another essential addition to our The Many Faces collection.

 

Santana - Original Album Classics 4 (3 CD, 2011/FLAC)

 

CD1 - 1983 - Carlos Santana - Havana Moon 

CD2 - 1985 - Santana - Beyond Appearances 

CD3 - 1990 - Santana - Spirits Dancing in the Flesh 

 

 

Santana - Original Album Classics 3 (3 CD, 2010,FLAC)

CD1 - 1974 - Carlos Santana, Alice Coltrane - Illuminations 

CD2 - 1979 - Carlos Santana - Oneness. Silver Dreams - Golden Reality

CD3 - 1980 - Carlos Santana - The Swing of Delight

Santana - Original Album Classics 2 (5 CD, 2009/FLAC)

 

CD1 - 1978 - Santana - Inner Secrets 

CD2 - 1979 - Santana - Marathon 

CD3 - 1981 - Santana - Zebop! 

CD4 - 1982 - Santana - Shango 

CD5 - 1987 - Santana - Freedom 

Santana - Original Album Classics (5 CD, 2008/FLAC)

 

1972 - Santana - Caravanserai 

1973 - Carlos Santana & John McLaughlin - Love Devotion Surrender 

1973 - Santana - Welcome 

1974 - Santana - Borboletta 

1976 - Santana - Amigos 

SNACK Benefit Concert - 1975 Kezar Stadium, San Francisco, CA [5 CD, 1975]

 

S.F. SNACK Benefit Concert - Kezar Stadium, San Francisco, CA, 1975-03-23

Bob Dylan, 

Carlos Santana, 

Jefferson Starship, 

Jerry Garcia, 

Joan Baez, 

Neil Young, 

The Doobie Brothers, 

Tower of Power...

This benefit concert (S.N.A.C.K. stands for Students Need Athletics, Culture and Kicks) was organized by Bill Graham in 1975.

Santana - The Ultimate Collection [2 CD, 1998/FLAC]

 There are a couple of Santana best-of compilations out there, and even a few mastersound gold-plated CDs, but this collection is as good a place as any for a newcomer to explore. It contains the band's three essential charters--"Black Magic Woman," "Evil Ways," and "Oye Como Va"--along with some lesser hits. Santana broke barriers, making ethnic-influenced music palatable to the mainstream, but this set doesn't sound like a history lesson. Few bands have ever made better music for driving on a hot summer day, and this CD is ideal for blasting out the windows of your car on a crowded thoroughfare.