Released November 9, 1973 Length 50:34 | Recorded April to June 1973 Release date 9 November 1973 | |
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Similar Caravanserai, Borboletta, Love Devotion, Amigos, Festival |
Welcome is the fifth studio album by Santana, released in 1973. It followed the jazz-fusion formula that the preceding Caravanserai had inaugurated, but with an expanded and different lineup this time. Gregg Rolie had left the band along with Neal Schon to form Journey, and they were replaced by Tom Coster and Leon Thomas, along with guest John McLaughlin, who had collaborated with Carlos Santana on Love Devotion Surrender. Welcome also featured John Coltrane's widow, Alice, as a pianist on the album's opening track, "Going Home" and Flora Purim (the wife of Airto Moreira) on vocals. This album was far more experimental than the first four albums, and Welcome did not produce any hit singles.
Contents
In 2003, the album was re-released with a bonus track, "Mantra", which was part of a jam session between Tom Coster, Carlos Santana, and Mike Shrieve.
Band members
Additional musicians
Production
Songs
1Going Home4:12
2Love Devotion & Surrender3:39
3Samba De Sausalito3:11