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Gotta Start Somewhere...

William Penn Fyve
Swami / Blow My Mind
Shapiro (2:59) / Cox-Leindenthal-Rolie-Shapiro (2:12)
Thunderbird 502, 3/67

Gregg Rolie was in this group

The Glass Managerie
End Of The Line / Troubled Mind
Hardy (4:32) / ? (2:33)
Revolvo RV-208, ?/68

Michael Shrieve was in this group

The Sky River Rock Festival and Lighter Than Air Fair(8/31-9/1/68)

 ➜ Live: 12/19-22/68, Fillmore West; released 1997: Live At The Fillmore 1968 
Note: This was one of the earliest Santana concerts and has five songs never recorded in the studio.
Band included Doc Livingstone on drums and Marcus Malone on congas.
 

Northern California Folk-Rock Festival(5/24/69)
Seattle Pop Festival(7/25, 26/69)
Atlantic City Pop Festival(8/3/69)
Woodstock Music & Art Fair(8/16/69)
Texas International Pop Festival(8/31/69)

Santana
Columbia CS-9781
9/69 T20 RS500 [UK: 11/69] UK
Back Cover

Side One
Waiting Santana Band 4:07
Evil Ways Zack 4:00
Shades Of Time Santana Band 3:14
Savor Santana Band 2:46
Jingo Copland 4:23
Side Two
Persuasion Santana Band 2:37
Treat Santana Band 4:46
You Just Don't Care Santana Band 4:37
Soul Sacrifice Santana Band 6:38
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Carlos Santana-guitar, vocals
Gregg Rolie-organ, piano, lead vocals
David Brown-bass
Michael Shrieve-drums, percussion
José Chepitó Areas-percussion, conga, timbales
Mike Carabello-percussion, conga
§Cover Art-Lee Conklin
Produced by: Brent Dangerfield

Note: Early pressings contained some wacky composer credits.
Jingo by modern classical composer Aaron Copland? His Statements For Orchestra did contain a section with the same name.
Real composer is Babatunde Olatunji (1960 album, Drums Of Passion as Jin-Go-Lo-Ba (Drums Of Passion)).

Jimmie Zack & The Blues Rockers' rockabilly disc from 1959 Evil Ways, while nothing like Santana's, is pretty cool.
Real composer is Sonny Henry (and introduced by Willie Bobo 10/67). Later pressing corrected the credits.
[Info from Steve Hoffman Forum, 45cat, and lookin' stuff up]

 

Jingo³ / Persuasion
Olatunji (2:40) / Santana (2:32)
Columbia 45010, 10/69 BB

Some pressing show the title as Jin-Go-Lo-Ba
The Ed Sullivan Show: 10/26/69,
Persuasion, Jingo
Altamont Speedway Free Festival(12/6/69)
Miami Rock Festival(12/29/69)
Evil Ways³ / Waiting
Zack (2:35) / Santana (4:02)
Columbia 45069, 1/70 T20

wrong writer credit on a-side
Woodstock(3/26/70)
From Richie to Jimi—3 days of music, mud, and meandering
4/18/70: Royal Albert Hall, London
The Sound Of The Seventies festival, with Taj Mahal & It's A Beautiful Day

Abraxas
Columbia KC-30130
9/70  #1  RS500 [UK: 11/70] T20
Full Cover

 
Inside Cover

 
Poster

 
Mati Klarwein "Annunciation" (1961)


Used for cover art
Side One
Singing Winds, Crying Beasts Carabello 4:48
Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen Green/Szabo 5:24
Oye Como Va Puente 4:19
Incident At Neshabur Gianuinto-Santana 5:02
Side Two
Se A Cabo Areas 2:51
Mother's Daughter Rolie 4:28
Samba Pa Ti Santana 4:47
Hope You're Feeling Better Rolie 4:07
El Nicoya Areas 1:32
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Carlos Santana-guitar, vocals
Gregg Rolie-organ, piano, lead vocals
David Brown-bass
Michael Shrieve-drums, percussion
José Chepitó Areas-percussion, conga, timbales
Mike Carabello-percussion, conga
with:
Alberto Gianquinto-piano (Incident At Neshabur)
Rico Reyes-percussion, vocals (Oye Como Va, El Nicoya)
Tito Puente-vibes
§Cover Painting-Annunciation (1961) by Mati Klarwein
Produced by: Fred Catero, Santana

 

Black Magic Women³ / Hope You're Feeling Better
Green (3:16) / Rolie (4:13)
Columbia 45270, 10/70 T20

 
Oye Como Va³ / Samba Pa Ti
Puente (2:59) / Santana (4:46)
Columbia 45330, 2/71 T20

 

Hmmm, I wonder what Santana was up to for the 4th of July ?? 

Neil Schon joins
 


Santana (AKA Santana III)
Columbia KC-30595
9/71  #1  [UK: 10/71] T20
Full Cover

 
Inside Cover

Side One
Batuka Santana 3:35
No One To Depend On Carabello-Escovedo-Rolie 5:25
Taboo Areas-Rolie 5:40
Toussaint l'Overture Santana 5:54
Side Two
Everybody's Everything Brown-Moss-Santana 3:30
Guajira Areas-Brown-Reyes 5:50
Jungle Strut Ammons 5:19
Everything's Coming Our Way Santana 3:19
Para los Rumberos Puente 2:44
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Carlos Santana-guitar, vocals
Neal Schon-guitar
Gregg Rolie-organ, piano, lead vocals
David Brown-bass
Michael Shrieve-drums, percussion, vibraphone
José Chepitó Areas-percussion, conga, flugelhorn, timbales, vocals
Mike Carabello-percussion, conga, tambourine, vocals
with:
Rico Reyes-lead vocal, percussion (Guajira)
Mario Ochoa-piano (Guajira)
Luis Gasca-trumpet (Para los Rumberos)
Tower Of Power-horns (Everybody's Everything)
Greg Errico-tamboura
Thomas "Coke" Escovedo-percussion, vocals
Linda Tillery [Loading Zone]-vocals (Everybody's Everything, Everything's Coming Our Way)
§Album Design-Heavy Water Light Show, Joan Chase, Mary Ann Mayer
Produced by: Santana

Note: "Everybody's Everything" was originally known as "Karate" by The Emperors. Carlos got permission to change the lyrics.
 

Everybody's Everything / Guajira
Brown-Moss-Santana (3:30) / Brown-Reyes-Reyes (5:43)
Columbia 45472, 9/71 T20/SPAN>
 

 

Beginning A Mystical Trip

Caravanseri was the last album to feature Rolie and Schon (they formed Journey, which thankfully is outside the scope of this website—see what I mean?) and was a transition album for Carlos, who ventured into spritualism and free-form jazz.

Killer album, mostly instrumental and no hit singles. Clive Davis told Carlos it was "commercial suicide," and Carlos shrugged.


Caravanserai
Columbia KC-31610
10/11/72 T20 [UK: 11/72] T20
Full Cover

 
Inside Cover

Side One
Eternal Caravan Of Reincarnation Rutley-Schon-Shrieve 4:25
Waves Within Rauch-Rolie-Santana 3:54
Look Up (To See What's Coming Down) Rauch-Rolie-Santana 2:55
Just In Time To See The Sun Rolie-Santana-Shrieve 2:13
Song Of The Wind Rolie-Santana-Shrieve 6:03
All The Love Of The Universe Santana-Schon 7:39
Side Two
Future Primitive Areas-Lewis 4:20
Stone Flower Jobim-Santana-Shrieve 6:05
La Fuente Del Ritmo Lewis 4:30
Every Step Of The Way Shrieve 9:06
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Carlos Santana-lead guitar, vocal (All The Love Of The Universe, Stone Flower)
Gregg Rolie-organ, piano, vocal (Just In Time To See The Sun)
Neal Schon-guitar
Douglas Rauch-bass, guitar
Tom Rutley-acoustic bass
Mike Shrieve-drums, vocals (Stone Flower)
Jose Chepito Areas-bongos, congas, timbales
James Mingo Lewis-bongos, congas, percussion, piano, vocal (All The Love Of The Universe)
with:
Hadley Caliman-sax (Eternal Caravan Of Reincarnation), flute (Every Step Of The Way)
Douglas Rodrigues-guitar (Waves Within)
Wendy Haas-piano (Eternal Caravan Of Reincarnation, Stone Flower)
Tom Coster-electric piano (La Fuente Del Ritmo)
Lenny White-castanets
Armando Peraza-bongos (La Fuente Del Ritmo)
Rico Reyes-vocal (All The Love Of The Universe)
Tom Harrell–orchestra arrangement (Every Step Of The Way)
§Cover Art-Joan Chase
Produced by: Carlos Santana & Michael Shrieve

Note: Here's a great article about this album at The Music Aficionado
 


Links!

Santanamigos
Official Carlos Santana web site

 


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