Santana ACETATE 1976 "Amigos"

$

60

Santana
Recordings from 1976

Recorded By Capitol Records. 

Acetate Recordings are the test recordings that a record company will make to sample the work of an artist and decide if they want to record their work an mass produce it.  Acetate Records are made by coating a metal disk with vinyl and are later recorded in the studio, live from the artists.

Santana is the primary exponent of Latin-tinged rock, particularly due to its combination of Latin percussion (congas, timbales, etc.) with bandleader Carlos Santana's distinctive, high-pitched lead guitar playing. The group was the last major act to emerge from the psychedelic San Francisco music scene of the 1960s and it enjoyed massive success at the end of the decade and into the early '70s. The musical direction then changed to a more contemplative and jazzy style as the band's early personnel gradually departed, leaving the name in the hands of Carlos Santana, who guided the group to consistent commercial success over the next quarter-century. By the mid-'90s, Santana seemed spent as a commercial force on records, though the group continued to attract audiences for its concerts worldwide. But the band made a surprising and monumental comeback in 1999 with Supernatural, an album featuring many guest stars that became Santana's best-selling release and won a raft of Grammy Awards. (-Allmusic.com)

Label Description:
Columbia recording studios 829 Folsom Street, San Francisco
Columbia Records Reference Recording
33rpm Stereo audio
"Amigos"
Side 1:   18:35
Side 2:   23:02
1976 CBS Inc.
                        
There are No song descriptions on the label but the record appears to be a pre-release version of the album released in 1976 "Amigos."
Songs on the released version: Dance Sister Dance, Take me With You, Let Me, Gitano, Tell Me Are You Tired, Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile), Let it Shine
*Versions May be Different or Altered from released versions*
         
Condition:
Some scratches on side 2, record plays well with some surface noise but altogether an excellent feature of Santana's album "Amigos."



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