Santana (1969 album)
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Santana
Studio album by Santana
Released	1969
Recorded	May 1969 at Pacific Recording, San Mateo, California
Genre	Blues-rock
Length	37:29
Label	Columbia
Producer	Carlos Santana, Brent Dangerfield
Professional reviews
Allmusic link Robert Christgau (C-) link Rolling Stone (favorable) Nov 25, 1971 Rolling Stone Jan 27, 2005
Santana chronology
Santana (1969) 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.

In 2003, the album was ranked number 150 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

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

Side one

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

Side two

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

Track listing (1999 reissue)

1. "Waiting" - 4:07
2. "Evil Ways" - (Henry/Zack) – 4:00
3. "Shades of Time" - 3:13
4. "Savor" – 2:47
5. "Jingo" - 4:23
6. "Persuasion" - (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve) – 2:36
7. "Treat" - (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve) – 4:46
8. "You Just Don't Care" - (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve) – 4:37
9. "Soul Sacrifice" - (Brown, Malone, Rolie, Santana) – 6:38
10. "Savor" (live) - (Brown, Carabello, Malone, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve) – 5:29
11. "Soul Sacrifice" (live) - (Brown, Malone, Rolie, Santana) – 11:38
12. "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:

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

Disc 2:

1. "Fried Neckbones" - (Willie Bobo/William Correa/Melvin Lastie) – 7:41
2. "Soul Sacrifice" - (Brown, Malone, Rolie, Santana) – 9:06
3. "Persuasion" - (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve) – 3:52
4. "Treat" - (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve) – 6:49
5. "Shades of Time" - (Rolie/Santana) – 2:29
6. "Jingo" - (Olatunji) – 5:20
7. "Waiting" (live) - (Santana) – 4:44
8. "You Just Don't Care" (live) - (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve) – 4:55
9. "Savor" (live) - (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve) – 5:25
10. "Jingo" (live) - (Olajunti) – 5:14
11. "Persuasion" (live) - (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve) – 3:05
12. "Soul Sacrifice" (live) - (Brown, Malone, Rolie, Santana) – 11:49
13. "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