Santana - Moonflower (1977) (2LP) - €30,00

Moonflower is a double album released in 1977 by Santana. The recording features both studio and live tracks, which are interspersed with one another throughout the album. 

It is perhaps the group's most popular live album, because the 1974 album Lotus did not receive a U.S. domestic release until 1991. It displays a mix between the fusion of Latin and blues rock styles of the late 1960s and early 1970s, and the much more experimental and spiritual jazz fusion sound that characterized the band's mid-1970s work. 

The live material was recorded during the supporting tour for the Amigos album. This is the first of 5 albums with drummer Graham Lear.

"Moonflower" is a mixed work, containing both live and studio recordings. Apart from several really unbearable sweet pop moments ("I'll Be Waiting", "Transcendance"), where Greg Walker sounds ridiculously like Billy Ocean, the rest is very good standard SANTANA delivery. 

Jazz rock moments are most present in "Zulu", "Bahia" and "El Morocco", while the live block of popular hits "Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen/Dance Sister Dance/Europa" is the highlight of the album. 

New studio tracks "She's Not There" (an excellent cover of The Zombies) and "Flor D'Luna" became instant hits and remained standard in the band's repertoire. 

Keyboardist Tom Coster provided several excellent compositions, including the title track.

A cover version of the Zombies' mid-1960s hit song "She's Not There" was released as a single and peaked at #27. The song was the first Santana recording to hit the Top 40 of the Billboard charts since "No One to Depend On" reached #36 in 1972. 

The album reached #10 on the Billboard charts and was eventually certified platinum,

Side one

1.  Dawn/Go Within - 2:44 (studio)

2.  Carnaval - 2:17 (Live)

3.  Let the Children Play - 2:37 (Live) 

4.  Jugando - 2:09 (Live)

5.  I’ll Be Waiting - 5:20 (studio) 

6.  Zulu - 3:25 (studio)

Side two

1.  Bahia - 1:37 (studio)

2.  Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen - 6:32 (Live)

3.  Dance Sister Dance (Baila Mi Hermana) - 7:45 (Live) 

4.  Europa (Earth’s Cry Heaven’s Smile) - 6:07 (Live)

Side three

1.  She’s Not There - 4:09 (studio) 

2.  Flor d’Luna (Moonflower) - 5:01 (studio)

3.  Soul Sacrifice/Head, Hands & Feet - 14:01 (Live) 

Side four

1.  El Morocco - 5:05 (studio)

2.  Transcendence - 5:13 (studio)

3.  Savor/Toussaint L’Overture - 12:56 (Live)

All tracks written and composed by Tom Coster and Carlos Santana, except where noted 

Companies, etc.

• Record Company – CBS Inc.
• Phonographic Copyright ℗ – CBS Inc.
• Copyright © – CBS Inc.
• Recorded At – Rolling Stones Mobile
• Recorded At – Olympiahalle Munich
• Recorded At – Foire des Vins-Colmar
• Recorded At – Pavillon De Paris
• Recorded At – Hammersmith Odeon
• Recorded At – CBS Studios, San Francisco
• Mixed At – The Automatt
• Pressed By – CBS, Haarlem – 01-88272
• Printed By – Shorewood Packaging
• Published By – Light Music (3)
• Published By – Carlin Music Corp.
• Published By – Copyright Control
• Published By – Flying D Music
• Published By – Marquis Music

Credits

• Arranged By [String], Performer [String] – Tom Coster
• Art Direction – Herb Greene, Roslav Szaybo
• Congas, Bongos, Surdo, Cowbell, Percussion, Backing Vocals – Raul Rekow
• Drums [Yamaha], Percussion – Graham Lear
• Electric Bass [Fender Bass] – David Margen, Pablo Tellez 
• Engineer – Glen Kolotkin 
• Engineer [Assistant, Recording In Europe] – Chiao Ng, Peter Crumb, Peter Stevens
• Engineer [Recording In Europe] – Rod Thear
• Graphics – John Paul Jones, Russ Anderson
• Guitar, Congas, Timbales, Percussion, Backing Vocals – Devadip Carlos Santana
• Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals – Greg Walker
• Mixed By – Tom Vicari
• Mixed By [Assistant] – Chris Minto
• Music Director [Musical Direction] – Devadip Carlos Santana, Tom Coster
• Organ [Hammond], Electric Piano [Yamaha Electric Grand, Fender Rhodes], Synthesizer [Arp Omni, Arp Dgx Pro Solist, Arp Odessey, Arp String Ensemble, Mini Moog], Vibraphone [Vibes], Marimba, Backing Vocals – Tom Coster
• Photography By [Inside Sleeves: Devadip Carlos Santana] – Heavy Photo
• Photography By [Inside Sleeves: Hand Percussion] – Don Briggs
• Photography By [Inside Sleeves: Santana Band] – Dennis Callahan, Don Briggs, Ethan Russell, Richard McCaffree
• Photography By [Outside And Inside Covers] – Yoshikazu Shirakava
• Producer – Devadip Carlos Santana, Tom Coster
• Producer [Associated] – Bill Graham, Ray Etzler
• Producer [Production In Europe], Recorded By [Live Recording In Europe] – David Rubinson & Friends, Inc.
• Recorded By – George Engfer, Tom Vicari
• Synthesizer [Pro Soloist] – Tommy Coster Jr. 
• Timbales, Congas, Bell Tree – Jose "Chepito" Areas 
• Timbales, Guiro, Maracas – Pete Escovedo 

Notes

Release:  1977

Format:  2LP, Vinyl

Genre:  Latin Rock

Label:  CBS Records

Catalog#  88272

Vinyl:  Goed (VG)

Cover:  Goed (G) (Gatefold)

Prijs: €30,00