LPCDreissues: Looking forward to the past

• 180g audiophile vinyl
• Remastered Audio Gatefold Sleeve
• incl. 4 bonustracks* (prev. not on vinyl)

"Santana III" is an album of lasts:

It was the last album recorded with the original Woodstock-line up and the last to hit #1 in the Billboard charts until 1999's "Supernatural".

But there are also a number of important firsts on this album;

Coke Escovedo joins in for the first time on percussion, as does Neal Schon (Journey) - a mere seventeen when they recorded the album - on guitar. Santana III is seen by many as the band's commercial and creative highpoint. The band sounds darker, more raw, and more eager with the doubling up on guitar of Schon's rock?n?roll sensibilities and Santana's ecstatic high notes and soulful fills. Escovedo's and Chepito's percussion is as fast as it is furious, and the minimal production adds greatly to the timeless appeal of this album.

Track Listing:

LP1

Side A:

• A1 Batuka (3:35)
• A2 No One To Depend On (5:31)
• A3 Taboo (5:34)
• A4 Toussaint L'Overture (5:56)

Side B:

• B1 Everybody's Everything (3:31)
• B2 Guajira (5:43)
• B3 Jungle Strut (5:20)
• B4 Everything's Coming Our Way (3:15)
• B5 Para Los Rumberos (2:47)

LP2

Side A:

• C1 Gumbo (4:24)(*)
• C2 Folsom Street - One (7:08) (*)

Side B:

• D1 Banbeye (10:21) (*)
• D2 No One To Depend On (Single Version ) (*)(3:13).

(*)Bonus tracks