Santana (1971 album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Santana (III)
Type = Album
Artist = Santana


Released = September 1971
Recorded = January–July 4, 1971 at Columbia Studios, San Francisco
Genre = Latin rock, psychedelic rock
Length = 41:26
Label = Columbia
Producer =
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:dekbikn6bb79 link]
*Review-Christgau|B|album=7714
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|4|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/santana/albums/album/101502/review/9438341/santana_iii link]
Last album = "Abraxas"
(1970)
This album = "Santana III"
(1971)
Next album = "Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles! Live!"
(1972)

"Santana" is the third album by Santana. The band's second self-titled album, it is often referred to as "III" to distinguish it from the band's 1969 debut album. It was the third and last album by the Woodstock-era lineup, and it was also considered by many to be the band's peak commercially and musically, as subsequent releases aimed towards more experimental jazz and Latin music. The album featured two singles, "Everybody's Everything" (solo by Neal Schon), which hit #12 in October 1971, and "No One To Depend On," a staple in FM radio. This is the first album to feature 17-year-old Neal Schon on guitar. In 1972 he and Gregg Rolie left the band to form Journey.

The original album was recorded at Columbia Studios, San Francisco.

"Santana III" was also the last Santana album to hit #1 on the charts until "Supernatural" in 1999. The original album was re-released in 1998 with live versions of "Batuka", "Jungle Strut", and a previously unreleased song, "Gumbo", recorded at Fillmore West in 1971.

Like done with the band's debut two years earlier, in 2006 Sony released the "Legacy Edition" of the album, featuring the original album in re-mastered sound, and bonus material:
*Three other songs recorded in the sessions for the album
*The single version of "No One to Depend On"
*The complete 1971 Fillmore West concert (from which the 1998 bonus tracks were taken from)

Track listing

#"Batuka" (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Shrieve) – 3:34
#"No One To Depend On" (Escovedo, Rolie, Carabello) – 5:32
#"Taboo" (Areas, Rolie) – 5:34
#"Toussaint L'Overture" (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve) – 5:57
#"Everybody's Everything" (Brown, Brown, Moss, Carlos Santana) – 3:30
#"Guajira" (Areas, Brown, Reyes) – 5:45
#"Jungle Strut" (Ammons) – 5:23
#"Everything's Coming Our Way" (Santana) – 3:15
#"Para Los Rumberos" (Puente) – 2:56

Bonus Tracks (1998 Reissue)

All Recorded Live at the Fillmore West, July 4, 1971

10. "Batuka" – 3:41
11. "Jungle Strut" – 5:59
12. "Gumbo" – 5:26

Legacy Edition (2006)

Disc One
Original "Santana III"
#"Batuka" – 3:35
#"No One To Depend On" – 5:31
#"Taboo" – 5:34
#"Toussaint L'Overture" – 5:56
#"Everybody's Everything" – 3:31
#"Guajira" – 5:43
#"Jungle Strut" – 5:20
#"Everything's Coming Our Way" – 3:15
#"Para Los Rumberos" – 2:47Bonus Tracks

10. "Gumbo" (Previously Unissued Studio Recording) – 4:24
11. "Folsom Street - One" (Previously Unissued Studio Recording) – 7:08
12. "Banbeye" (Previously Unissued Studio Recording) – 10:21
13. "No One To Depend On" (Single Version) – 3:13

Disc Two
Live At The Fillmore West, July 4, 1971
#"Batuka" – 3:47
#"No One To Depend On" – 5:29
#"Toussaint L'Overture" – 6:10
#"Taboo" – 5:10
#"Jungle Strut" – 5:59
#"Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen" – 6:15
#"Incident At Neshabur" – 5:28
#"In A Silent Way" – 6:55
#"Savor" – 3:35
#"Para Los Rumberos" – 3:41
#"Gumbo" – 5:26Tracks 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 10: previously unissued
Tracks 1, 5, 11: from the 1998 reissue of "Santana III" (see above)
Tracks 7, 8: previously released on the sampler "Fillmore - The Last Days" [http://www.deaddisc.com/disc/Fillmore_Last_Days.htm]

ingles

* 1971 - "Everybody's Everything"
* 1972 - "No One To Depend On"

Chart positions

Personnel

*Michael Shrieve – drums, Percussion, Producer
*José "Chepito" Areas – Percussion, Conga, Timbales, drums, Producer
*Gregg Rolie – Keyboards, Piano, vocals
*David Brown – Bass, Producer, Engineer
*Mike Carabello – Percussion, Conga, Tambourine, vocals, Producer
*John Fiore – Engineer
*Rico Reyes – Percussion, vocals
*Carlos Santana – Guitar, vocals, Producer
*Thomas "Coke" Escovedo – Percussion
*Neal Schon – Guitar, Producer
*Mario Ochoa – Piano
*Tower of Power – Horn section
*Luis Gasca - Trompet
*Linda Tillery - Background Vocalls
*Maria Ochoa - Piano
*Greg Errico - Tambourine