Santana (1969 album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Santana
Type = Album
Artist = Santana


Recorded = May 1969 at Pacific Recording, San Mateo, California
Released = 1969
Genre = Blues Rock
Length = 37:29
Label = Columbia
Producer = Carlos Santana, Brent Dangerfield
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:lqfibkg9dak0 link]
*Review-Christgau|C-|album=10886
*"Rolling Stone" (favorable) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/santana/albums/album/218685/review/6068262/santana Nov 25, 1971]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|4|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/santana/albums/album/218685/review/6821926/santana Jan 27, 2005]
Last album =
This album = "Santana"
(1969)
Next album = "Abraxas"
(1970)

"Santana" is the debut album released 1969 of the San Francisco rock group Santana. The album features the line-up of Carlos Santana (guitar,vocals), Gregg Rolie (organ, piano, vocals), David Brown (bass guitar), Michael Shrieve (drums), Michael Carabello (timbales, congas, percussion) and Jose 'Chepito' Areas (timbales, congas, percussion).

It is a release of largely instrumental music, recorded by what was originally a purely free-form jam band. At the suggestion of manager Bill Graham, the band took to writing more conventional songs for more impact, but managed to retain the essence of improvisation in the music.

The album was destined to be a major release, given a headstart by the band's seminal performance at the Woodstock Festival in August the previous month. The single "Evil Ways", taken from the album, was a Top 10 hit.

The album was the first of Santana's two self-titled albums, the other being their third album in 1971.

Track listing (1969 original issue (Columbia CS 9781))

ide one

#"Waiting" (Santana Band) - 4:07
#"Evil Ways" (J. Zack) - 4:00
#"Shades of Time" (Santana Band) - 3:13
#"Savor" (Santana Band) - 2:47
#"Jingo" (Babatunde Olatunji) - 2:43

ide two

#"Persuasion" (Santana Band) - 2:36
#"Treat" (Santana Band) - 4:46
#"You Just Don't Care" (Santana Band) - 4:37
#"Soul Sacrifice" (Santana Band) - 6:38

Track listing (1999 reissue)

#"Waiting" - 4:07
#"Evil Ways" - (Henry/Zack) – 4:00
#"Shades of Time" - 3:13
#"Savor" – 2:47
#"Jingo" - 4:23
#"Persuasion" - (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve) – 2:36
#"Treat" - (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve) – 4:46
#"You Just Don't Care" - (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve) – 4:37
#"Soul Sacrifice" - (Brown, Malone, Rolie, Santana) – 6:38
#"Savor" (live) - (Brown, Carabello, Malone, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve) – 5:29
#"Soul Sacrifice" (live) - (Brown, Malone, Rolie, Santana) – 11:38
#"Fried Neckbones" (live) - (Bobo, Correa, Lastie) – 7:13

The last three bonus tracks on the CD release are from Santana's performance at the Woodstock festival.

Track listing (2004 Legacy Edition)

"Disc 1":
#"Waiting" - (Santana) – 4:07
#"Evil Ways" - (Henry/Zack) – 4:00
#"Shades of Time" - (Rolie/Santana) – 3:13
#"Savor" - (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve) – 2:46
#"Jingo" - (Olatunji) – 4:23
#"Persuasion" - (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve) – 2:36
#"Treat" - (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve) – 4:46
#"You Just Don't Care" - (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve) – 4:37
#"Soul Sacrifice" - (Brown, Malone, Rolie, Santana) – 6:38
#"Savor" (Alternate Take #2) - (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve) – 2:57
#"Soul Sacrifice" (Alternate Take #4) - (Brown, Malone, Rolie, Santana) – 8:50
#"Studio Jam" - (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve) – 7:09

"Disc 2":
#"Fried Neckbones" - (Willie Bobo/William Correa/Melvin Lastie) – 7:41
#"Soul Sacrifice" - (Brown, Malone, Rolie, Santana) – 9:06
#"Persuasion" - (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve) – 3:52
#"Treat" - (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve) – 6:49
#"Shades of Time" - (Rolie/Santana) – 2:29
#"Jingo" - (Olatunji) – 5:20
#"Waiting" (live) - (Santana) – 4:44
#"You Just Don't Care" (live) - (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve) – 4:55
#"Savor" (live) - (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve) – 5:25
#"Jingo" (live) - (Olajunti) – 5:14
#"Persuasion" (live) - (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve) – 3:05
#"Soul Sacrifice" (live) - (Brown, Malone, Rolie, Santana) – 11:49
#"Fried Neckbones" (live) - (Willie Bobo/William Correa/Melvin Lastie) – 7:13"Tracks 1 - 6 are from the original studio sessions for the album""Tracks 7 - 14 are from Santana's performance at the Woodstock Festival"