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Thread started 12/17/09 3:23pm

Harlepolis	Carlos Santana Fans: Whats The Most Consistent Compilation? Well?
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Reply #1 posted 12/17/09 3:37pm

diamondpearl1

Harlepolis said:

Well?

I have a lot of his albums on vnyl and out of all the "best of's" out there, the most consistent u can get is the box set "Dance Of The Rainbow Serpent" IMO. Not only does it obviously have more room 4 the album cuts and lesser known tunes as well as the hits,you also get 2 see that Carlos was/is more than just the "latin rock guy". He and all the cats he's played with over the years are forward thinking spirits/musicians in the same class as his heroes John Coltrane, Charlie Mingus and Miles Davis.

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Reply #2 posted 12/17/09 3:40pm

lotusflower	The reissue that is... I don't care for his Maria Maria output or whatever... just the 'old' solid Santana
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Harlepolis	I literally cried when one of the podcasts I follow played this track.... This def one of the most beautiful solos I ever heard
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Reply #4 posted 12/17/09 3:54pm

diamondpearl1	Harlepolis said: I literally cried when one of the podcasts I follow played this track.... This def one of the most beautiful solos I ever heard These are the ones that tear me up everytime..... [Edited 12/17/09 15:56pm]
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Reply #5 posted 12/17/09 4:09pm

Harlepolis	diamondpearl1 said: WHOA! This is heavy. I can't believe I missed all this But then again, being partial to keyboardists, I'm not surprised by my slackness.
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Reply #6 posted 12/17/09 5:31pm

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As far as what I like personally, which is the 1st album through the 70s period, these look pretty good.

...The Collection: Santana/Abraxas/Santana III (the first 3 albums)

...Original Album Classics: Caravanserai/Love Devotion Surrender/Welcome/Borboletta/Amigos (albums 3, 4, 5, 7 & 8)

That pretty much covers that period except for the missing album 6 in the second comp...

...Illuminations (a tribute to the music of John Coltrane w/Alice Coltrane)

Rounding out the 70s...

Festival - 1977
Moonflower - 1977 (part live, part studio)
Inner Secrets - 1978
Oneness: Silver Dreams Golden Realities - 1979
Marathon - 1979

The only essential in this group might be Moonflower as it was the first Santana album to feature live performances.

Music for adventurous listeners

tA

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Reply #7 posted 12/17/09 6:53pm

diamondpearl1

Harlepolis said:

diamondpearl1 said:

WHOA! This is heavy.

I can't believe I missed all this disbelief

But then again, being partial to keyboardists, I'm not surprised by my slackness.

lol Oh I wouldn't call it slackness. See, when I 1st started tryin 2 play music all I would hear when I'd listen 2 albums were the guitars. lol It wasn't untill I bought both "Lotus" and"Moonflower" in 03' and applied it 2 what I was tryin 2 do that I started listenin 2 the WHOLE band.lol After that as crazy as I was about Carlos' axe, I became a fan of Mike Shrieve,(Drums), Greg Walker (Vocals),David Brown/Pablo Tellez,(Bass),Tom Coster,(Organ/Keyboards), Chester Thompson,(Organ/Keyboards),and I wanted 2 learn all I could about Pete Escovedo(Timbales, Congas) and Armando Peraza (Congas). smile