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Released
  
September 1971

Producer
  
Santana Musicians

Artist
  
Santana

Label
  
Columbia Records

Length
  
41:26

Santana III (1971)
  
Caravanserai (1972)

Release date
  
September 1971

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Recorded
  
January – July 4, 1971 at Columbia Studios, San Francisco

Genres
  
Latin rock, Psychedelic rock, Chicano rock

Similar
  
Santana albums, Psychedelic rock albums

Santana batuka


Santana is the third studio 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. The album was also known as Man with an Outstretched Hand. 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" (guitar solo by Neal Schon), which hit #12 in October 1971, and "No One to Depend On" (solo also by Schon), a staple in FM radio. This is the first album to feature 17-year-old Schon on guitar.

Contents

The original album was recorded at Columbia Studios, San Francisco, and released in both stereo and quadraphonic.

Santana III was also the last Santana album to hit #1 on the charts until Supernatural in 1999. According to Guinness Book of World Records 2005, this is the longest delay between #1 albums ever occurring. 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 which features lead guitar solos by both Santana and Schon.

As was done with the band's debut album, released 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)

    • Santana iii full album


    Side one

    1. "Batuka" (instrumental) (José Areas, David Brown, Michael Carabello, Gregg Rolie, Michael Shrieve) – 3:35
    2. "No One to Depend On" (Carabello, Coke Escovedo, Rolie) – 5:31
    3. "Taboo" (Areas, Rolie) – 5:34
    4. "Toussaint L'Overture" (Areas, D. Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Carlos Santana, Shrieve) – 5:56

    Side two

    1. "Everybody's Everything" (Milton Brown, Tyrone Moss, Santana) – 3:31
    2. "Guajira" (Areas, Brown, Rico Reyes) – 5:43
    3. "Jungle Strut" (instrumental) (Gene Ammons) – 5:20
    4. "Everything's Coming Our Way" (Santana) – 3:15
    5. "Para los Rumberos" (Tito Puente) – 2:47

    Bonus tracks (1998 Reissue)

    All recorded live at the Fillmore West, San Francisco, California, July 4, 1971

    1. "Batuka" – 3:41
    2. "Jungle Strut" – 5:59
    3. "Gumbo" (Santana, Rolie) – 5:26

    Disc One - Original Santana III

    1. "Batuka" – 3:35
    2. "No One to Depend On" – 5:31
    3. "Taboo" – 5:34
    4. "Toussaint L'Overture" – 5:56
    5. "Everybody's Everything" – 3:31
    6. "Guajira" – 5:43
    7. "Jungle Strut" – 5:20
    8. "Everything's Coming Our Way" – 3:15
    9. "Para los Rumberos" – 2:47

    Bonus tracks:

    1. "Gumbo" (Previously unissued studio recording) – 4:24
    2. "Folsom Street - One" (Previously unissued studio recording) – 7:08
    3. "Banbeye" (Previously unissued studio recording) – 10:21
    4. "No One to Depend On" (Single version) – 3:13

    Disc Two

    Live at the Fillmore West, San Francisco, California, July 4, 1971

    1. "Batuka" – 3:47
    2. "No One to Depend On" – 5:29
    3. "Toussaint L'Overture" – 6:10
    4. "Taboo" – 5:10
    5. "Jungle Strut" – 5:49
    6. "Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen" – 6:15 (Peter Green/Gábor Szabó)
    7. "Incident at Neshabur" – 5:28
    8. "In a Silent Way" – 6:55 (Joe Zawinul, Miles Davis)
    9. "Savor" – 3:35
    10. "Para los Rumberos" – 3:41
    11. "Gumbo" – 5:26

    Tracks 2-4, 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 album Fillmore: The Last Days (recorded 29 June – 4 July 1971, released in 1972, containing performances by 14 different bands)

    Singles

  • 1971 - "Everybody's Everything"
  • 1972 - "No One to Depend On"

    • Personnel

  • Gregg Rolie – lead vocals, keyboards, piano, producer
  • Carlos Santana – guitar, vocals, producer
  • Neal Schon – guitar, producer
  • David Brown – bass, producer, engineer
  • Michael Shrieve – drums, percussion, producer
  • José "Chepito" Areas – percussion, conga, timbales, drums, producer
  • Mike Carabello – percussion, conga, tambourine, vocals, producer

    • Additional personnel

  • Rico Reyes – percussion, vocals, lead vocals on "Guajira"
  • Thomas "Coke" Escovedo – percussion, vocals
  • Luis Gasca – trumpet on "Para los Rumberos"
  • Mario Ochoa – piano solo on "Guajira"
  • Tower of Power – horn section on "Everybody's Everything"
  • Linda Tillery – background vocals
  • Greg Errico – tambourine
  • John Fiore – engineer

    • Songs

    1Batuka3:35
    2No One To Depend On5:32
    3Taboo5:34

    References

    Santana (1971 album) Wikipedia
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