Product details
- Label Columbia
- Artist Carlos Santana
- Format 1LP
- Country United States
- Released Date 2013
- Genre Blues
- Sealed No
- Media Condition Near Mint (NM)
- Sleeve Condition Near Mint (NM)
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Condition: Used
Media Condition: Near Mint (NM)
Sleeve Condition: Near Mint (NM)
Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles: Live! by Carlos Santana featuring Buddy Miles.
Captured live at the Diamond Head Crater in Hawaii on January 1, 1972, this collaboration pairs two of the era's most magnetic performers at the height of their powers. It's a document of a genuine event rather than a studio construction, and this particular pressing carries a special distinction for collectors: the cover bears no title or artist names, marking it as an earlier issue before later presses added that text. Included with it is an 8 x 11 color printed credit list sheet, a nice touch that rounds out the package.
Musically, this is a record built on groove and interplay. Buddy Miles anchors things from the drum kit while handling lead vocals, and Carlos Santana's guitar weaves through the arrangements with the fluid intensity he's known for, joined by Neal Schon on second guitar. The rhythm section runs deep, with Ron Johnson on bass, Greg Errico on drums, and a formidable percussion battery of Michael Carabello, Mingo Lewis, and Victor Pantoja on congas, Coke Escovedo on timbales. Hadley Caliman's saxophone and flute and Luis Gasca's trumpet lend a horn-driven, jazz-inflected color throughout.
The result is a warm, expansive live set that rewards repeated listening, full of extended playing and open-air energy. For any collector chasing Santana's early-'70s work, this cleanly identifiable early press is a genuinely desirable find.
Pressing Details:
Track Listing:
A1. Marbles
A2. Lava
A3. Evil Ways
A4. Faith Interlude
A5. Them Changes
B. Free Form Funkafide Filth
Credits:
Richard Upper - Artwork
Robert Knight (3) - Artwork
Ron Johnson - Bass
Michael Carabello - Congas
Mingo Lewis - Congas
Victor Pantoja - Congas
Joan Chase - Design, Photography By
Greg Errico - Drums
Neal Schon - Guitar
Bob Hogins - Organ
Barbara Baker (4) - Photography By
Richard Clark (7) - Photography By
Mike Larner - Producer [Assistant], Remix
Glen Kolotkin - Producer [Assistant], Remix, Photography By
Buddy Miles - Producer, Remix, Drums, Lead Vocals
Carlos Santana - Producer, Remix, Guitar
Hadley Caliman - Saxophone, Flute
Jack DiGiovanni - Supervised By [Assistant]
Ron Estrada - Supervised By [Assistant]
Stan Marcum - Supervised By [Assistant]
Coke Escovedo - Timbales
Luis Gasca - Trumpet
Notes:
Recorded in Diamond Head Crater January 1, 1972
Includes an 8 x 11 color printed credit list sheet.
Does not have title or artist names written on cover as later presses do.
Artist: Carlos Santana
Supporting Artists: Buddy Miles
Format: 1LP
Genre: Blues
Label: Columbia
Catalog Number: FRM-31308
Release Year: 2013
Country: United States
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