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Santana -- Viva Santana!
Santana
"Viva Santana! [Columbia/Sony]"
Artist Santana
Album Title Viva Santana! [Columbia/Sony]
Released: Aug 1988
AMG Rating: 4 1/2 stars
Genre: Rock
Styles: Hard Rock, Blues-Rock, Rock & Roll
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Released in 1988, Viva Santana! is a generous 30-track overview of Santana's first 20 years of recording. Appropriately, it concentrates on the band's glory years of the late '60s and early '70s, when both Carlos Santana and his supporting musicians were on fire. There are several unreleased cuts, including live tracks included for hardcore fans, but Viva Santana! is most useful as a thorough overview for curious listeners.


TRACK SONG
1. Everybody's Everything (Brown/Moss/Santana)
2. Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen (Green/Szabo)
3. Guajira (Areas/Brown/Reyes)
4. Jungle Strut (Ammons)
5. Jingo (Olatunji)
6. Ballin' (Rolie/Santana)
7. Bambara (Peraza/Rekow/Vilato)
8. Angel Negro (Santana)
9. Incident at Neshabur (Gianquinto/Santana)
10. Just Let the Music Speak (Crew/Davis/Santana/Thompson)
11. Super Boogie/Hong Kong Blues (Carmichael/Santana)
12. Song of the Wing (Rolie/Santana/Schon)
13. Abi Cama (Rekow)
14. Vilato (Vilato)
15. Paris Finale (Thompson/Walker)
16. Brotherhood (Sancious/Santana/Thompson)
17. Open Invitation (Lambert/Margen/Potter/Santana/Walker)
18. Aqua Marine (Pasqua/Santana)
19. Dance Sister Dance (Baila Mi Hermana) (Chancler/Coster/Rubinson)
20. Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile) (Coster/Santana)
21. Peraza I (Peraza/Sancious)
22. She's Not There (Argent)
23. Bambele (Areas/Peraza)
24. Evil Ways (Henry)
25. Daughter of the Night (Huss/Rickfors)
26. Peraza II (Peraza/Sancious)
27. Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen [live] (Green/Szabo)
28. Oye Como Va (Puente)
29. Persuasion (Areas/Brown/Carabello/Rolie/Santana/Shrieve)
30. Soul Sacrifice (Areas/Brown/Carabello/Rolie/Santana/Shrieve)

ALBUM RELEASES
YEAR FORMAT PUBLISHER NUMBER
1991 CD Columbia C2K-44344
1991 CD Sony International 80053
1988 CS Columbia X2T-44344
1988 3LP Columbia 4625001

MUSICIANS
Michael Jones Music Coordinator, Music Direction
Michael Shrieve Drums
Buddy Miles Drums, Vocals
Neal Schon Guitar
Tom Coster Keyboards, Vocals
Pete Escovedo Percussion, Timbales
Armando Peraza Percussion, Conga, Vocals, Photography
David Sancious Synthesizer, Guitar, Keyboards
Greg Walker Vocals
Jos? Chepit? Areas Percussion
Gregg Rolie Keyboards, Vocals
Sterling Keyboards
Coke Escovedo Percussion, Timbales
Richard Baker Keyboards
David Brown Bass
Mike Carabello Percussion, Conga
Leon "Ndugu" Chancler Percussion, Drums, Vocals
Alphonso Johnson Bass
Ernie Johnson Vocals
Keith Jones Bass
Graham Lear Drums
Alex Ligertwood Vocals
David Margen Bass
Raul Rekow Percussion, Conga
Rico Reyes Percussion, Vocals
Chris Solberg Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
Chester Thompson Synthesizer, Keyboards
Chester Thompson Keyboards
Orestes Vilato Percussion, Timbales
Peter Fletcher Music Coordinator, Music Direction
Carlos Santana Guitar, Vocals
Santana Music Coordinator, Annotation

PRODUCTION
David Coleman Booklet Design
Ken Friedman Photography
Jim Gaines Producer
Joe Gastwirt Mastering
Stuart Hirotsu Project Assistant
Chester Thompson Production Assistant
Howie Weinberg Mastering
Peter Fletcher Music Coordinator, Music Direction
Mark Rowland Liner Notes
Jim Marshall Photography
Carlos Santana Executive Producer, Music Direction
Guido Harari Photography
Chris Scott Photography
Annie Leibovitz Photography
Ray Etzler Music Coordinator, Music Direction
Ken Regan Photography
Coni "Night Loon" Beeson Photography


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