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Harlepolis

Carlos Santana Fans: Whats The Most Consistent Compilation?

Well? hmmm
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Reply #1 posted 12/17/09 3:37pm

diamondpearl1

Harlepolis said:

Well? hmmm


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

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The reissue that is...

I don't care for his Maria Maria output or whatever... just the 'old' solid Santana cool
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Reply #3 posted 12/17/09 3:40pm

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 touched
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Reply #4 posted 12/17/09 3:54pm

diamondpearl1

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I literally cried when one of the podcasts I follow played this track....


This def one of the most beautiful solos I ever heard touched


These are the ones that tear me up everytime.....cry










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Reply #5 posted 12/17/09 4:09pm

Harlepolis

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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.
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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

peace Tribal Records
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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
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Reply #8 posted 12/17/09 11:39pm

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lotusflower said:



The reissue that is...

I don't care for his Maria Maria output or whatever... just the 'old' solid Santana cool



i've got that one as well. i wouldn't mind Sanatna a box set . drool
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Reply #9 posted 12/18/09 1:13am

Harlepolis

theAudience said:

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

peace Tribal Records
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Reply #10 posted 12/23/09 4:30am

SoulAlive

diamondpearl1 said:

Harlepolis said:

Well? hmmm


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.




yeah,I think the box set is a great place to start.
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