santana: love, devotion, surrender

[Jacques de Doozu]

yesterday i was going to my friends records (he collects mostly new beat) and found this record. he didn't care for it much and he let me have it. just listened to it and i really like it! who else is into this one. do you feel they do the coltrane compositions any good? or more harm?
peace

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Originally posted by Tom D:
yesterday i was going to my friends records (he collects mostly new beat) and found this record. he didn't care for it much and he let me have it. just listened to it and i really like it! who else is into this one. do you feel they do the coltrane compositions any good? or more harm?
peace This was Santana and Mclaughlin at their WORST.

Coltrane does an OK "Welcome" on the self-titled LP.

[Jacques de Doozu]

Originally posted by Mykhal:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Tom D:
yesterday i was going to my friends records (he collects mostly new beat) and found this record. he didn't care for it much and he let me have it. just listened to it and i really like it! who else is into this one. do you feel they do the coltrane compositions any good? or more harm?
peace This was Santana and Mclaughlin at their WORST.

Coltrane does an OK "Welcome" on the self-titled LP. </font>[/QUOTE]ok. i enjoyed the improvisational aspect of the record. there's a weird balance on this record between 'expression' and virtuosity.

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I liked the concept. But the execution was total self-indulgence. Oops meant to say Santana doing "Welcome" It's got McLaughlin on it as well. It's an interesting Santana record and has Leon Thomas(Creator Has A Master Plan) singing on a few tracks. Flora Purim is on it too. Track it down if you can. "Caravanseri" is another people sleep on.

[Jacques de Doozu]

Originally posted by Mykhal:
I liked the concept. But the execution was total self-indulgence. Oops meant to say Santana doing "Welcome" It's got McLaughlin on it as well. It's an interesting Santana record and has Leon Thomas(Creator Has A Master Plan) singing on a few tracks. Flora Purim is on it too. Track it down if you can. "Caravanseri" is another people sleep on. self-indulgence: often a problem with such virtuose guitar players and concept albums. there are some passages i like, i also enjoyed the organ on some parts, wich is very subtle.
are the two records you mentioned both albums? i really don't know alot of santana's work, but i think he's seriously inderrrated and very versatile. it's hard finding that kind of stuff around here.
thanks.

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Yep, Caravanserai(1972) and Welcome(1973) and the live double LP, Lotus(1973) is ridiculous. He got away from the latin tinged sound of his earlier work on these and seemed to have absorbed a lot of the Pharoah Sanders/Lonnie Liston Smithesque spiritual jazz vibe.

Caravanserai should be easy to find on vinyl. Welcome may be a bit toughter. Caravanseri is available on CD but Welcome, to my knowledge, is an import and may be out of print. Lotus is like 20-30 on vinyl and I think the double CD may be out of print too.