Santana - The St. Louis Arena: St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A February 14, 1973 (SBD)

Santana
The St. Louis Arena
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A
February 14, 1973
Soundboard Recording
Flac & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art & News Clippings Included

Previously Unreleased Low Generation Soundboard

Transfer: Low Generation SB Tape > CDR > .wav > iZotope RX 8/ ozone 9 ) (Mastered) > xAct 2.50 > FLAC

01 Going Home > A-1 Funk > Every Step Of The Way
02 Samba Pa Ti
03 Look Up (To See What’s Coming Down)
04 Just In Time To See The Sun
05 Incident At Neshabur
06 Bambele
07 Stone Flower
08 Batucada
09 Xibaba (She-Ba-Ba)
10 Stone Flower (Reprise)
11 Waiting
12 Castillos De Arena, Part 1 (Sand Castle)
13 Free Angela >
14 Promise Of A Fisherman >
15 Aranjuez
16 Mantra
17 Castillos De Arena, Part 2 (Sand Castle)
18 Earth
19 Se A Cabo
20 Savor
21 Toussaint L’Overture

Known Faults:
-Incident At Neshabur: last few notes cut

Carlos Santana guitar, percussion, vocals
Douglas Rauch bass, guitar
Michael Shrieve drums
Jose “Chepito” Areas percussion
Armando Peraza percussion, vocals
Tom Coster keyboard, vocals
Richard Kermode keyboard

This is yet another great sounding show from Santana's 1973 tour. We posted another not to long ago that included a newspaper article with a kind of bad review. This one includes another review, this time with a slightly better view of the show. When this one surfaced (and I don't remember when) it was an uncirculated 1973 soundboard.

I love this era of Santana, quite frankly Santana didn't lose me as a listener until "Smooth". That was only slightly so don't hate, I only skip that song. It feels like a very obvious grab for The Charts. Also my daughter, when she was a teen, wore me out on Rob Thomas and Matchbox 20. Sorry just don't care for them, my personal opinion. A lot of fans did abandon Santana at the changes that came with Caravanserai. The out right Jazz on the album wasn't a welcome departure from the Latin Rock of the first three albums. Then some fans turned their backs at the Hard Rock albums like Inner Secrets and Marathon. I've stuck with Santana through all of the changes except for one song so I guess could be a fan.

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