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Santana Santana III - Silver Label Series - Sealed US vinyl LP album (LP record)
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The Last Santana Album Recorded With Famed Woodstock Band: Santana III Features Musical Magic That Spans the Globe Years Before "World Music" Became a Genre
Mastered on Mobile Fidelity's World-Renowned Mastering System: Silver Label Numbered-Edition 33RPM LP Breathes with Warmth and Openness
Side A: 1/4" 15 IPS Dolby A analog copy to DSD 64 to analog console to lathe; Side B: 1/4" 15 IPS analog master to DSD 64 to analog console to lathe
The final Santana album recorded with the leader's famed Woodstock lineup, one of the most capable and explosive bands ever assembled, Santana III (commonly referred to as The Third Album) is a beacon of Latin-tinged rock, melodic creativity, and cohesive interplay. The record also marks the debut of young guitar virtuoso Neal Schon, who functions as the ideal foil to Santana, whose playing on this 1971 set rivals that of the finest in his career. If not for arriving after the monumental Abraxas, it is likely Santana III would be mentioned in the same breath as groundbreaking psychedelic classics such as Bitches Brew. It's that good.
Embracing the concept that all of the members should share their musical ideas, Santana added two crucial components to his band: Schon, discovered at the age of 15 playing in a Palo Alto club, and Thomas "Coke" Escovedo, who during the sessions temporarily replaced ill percussionist Chepito Areas, and whose percussive assistance helped define the album's feel. With Schon in the fold, Santana strives for the unknown, and yet, manages to stave off the numbing excesses that define much of the period's output.
From the opening "Batuka," peppered with Schon's stirring guitar lines, to the sensitive "Everything Is Coming Our Way," infused with a mesmerizing Hammond organ underpinning that supports Santana's vocal pathos, the record teams with inventiveness. Involving albeit accessible concoctions of funk, jazz, rock, blues, and soul run throughout the set. Spanish-styled flavors infuse a majority of the material, ranging from the salsa piano on "Guarjira" to the distinctive "No One to Depend On," a lively take on the cha-cha-cha.
A globe-spanning armada of percussive instruments – timbales, congas, drums, vibes, tambourines, and more – as well as the existence of a three-person percussion team that fits in harmoniously with Santana, Schon, and company makes Santana III a masterful accomplishment in musical chemistry and the exploration of true world craft.
Mobile Fidelity's Silver Label Series LP of Santana III breathes with sumptuous warmth and you-are-there realism. The tension of Schon's guitar lines, the album's open sound, and extensive use of studio echoes (check the presence of the backward echo on "No One to Depend On") fill the soundstage, replete with the kind of depth and dynamics one expects from a first-rate audiophile recording.
Side One
1. Batuka
2. No One to Depend On
3. Taboo
4. Toussaint L'Overture
Side Two
1. Everybody's Everything
2. Guajira
3. Jungle Strut
4. Everything's Coming Our Way
5. Para los Rumberos
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| Condition : |
Factory sealed from new. This item is unplayed. Click here for more info. |
| Availability: |
In Stock - Buy Now for shipping on Friday 13th March
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| Year of Release: |
2013 |
| Artist: |
Santana (click here for complete listing) |
| Title: |
Santana III (click here for more of the same title) |
| Price: |
£ 49.99, US$ 66.99
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| Format: |
vinyl LP album (LP record) |
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| Record Label: |
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab |
| Catalogue No: |
MOFI1-039 |
| Country of Origin: |
USA
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| Language: |
Regardless of country of origin all tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description. |
| Date of Release: |
Unconfirmed
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| EIL.COM Ref No |
SNTLPSA639705 (quote this reference in any e-mails, letters, faxes or phone calls to help identify this item) |
| Barcode : |
886919990515 |
| Genres: |
60s Rock, 70s Rock, 70s Artists
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| Related Artists: |
Amazonas, Creation (70S), Fania All Stars, Jorge Santana, Jose 'Chepito' Areas, Luis Gasca, Malo, Michael Shrieve, Orianthi, Salvador Santana Band |
| Complete Stock List: |
Santana |
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sales@eil.com to contact our sales team. |
| Alternative Names: |
CARLOS SANTANA |
| To order by phone: |
Call +44 1474 815010 quoting EIL.COM reference number SNTLPSA639705 |
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