1970,
United States
00:36:54;
42M;
160S;
60;
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Singing Winds, Crying Beasts
- 4:50
-
Black Magic Woman Gypsy Queen
- 5:17
-
Oye Como Va
- 4:15
-
Incident At Neshabur
- 4:56
-
Se A Cabo
- 2:48
-
Mother's Daughter
- 4:24
-
Samba Pa Ti
- 4:44
-
Hope You're Feeling Better
- 4:14
-
El Nicoya
- 1:26
José Chepitó Areas - timbales, congas, arranged by [B1, B5], written-by [B1, B5]
Shawn R. Britton - remastered by [half-sped mastering]
David Brown - bass, engineer
Mike Carabello - congas, written-by [A1], arranged by [B5]
Fred Catero - producer
Joan Chase - photography [inside]
John Fiore - engineer
Alberto Gianquinto - piano [A4], written-by [A4]
Peter Green - written-by [black magic woman] [A2]
Hermann Hesse - other [excerpt from demian]
Mati Klarwein - artwork by [cover art]
Tito Puente - written-by [A3]
Rico Reyes - percussion [B5], vocals [A3, B5], arranged by [B5]
Gregg Rolie - keyboards, vocals, written-by [B2, B4], arranged by [B3]
Annie Rudder - other [continuity]
Santana - arranged by [A1 to A4, B2, B4], producer
Carlos Santana - guitar [lead], soloist, written-by [A4, B3], arranged by [B3]
Marian Schmidt - photography [cover]
Michael Shrieve - drums
Gabor Szabo - written-by [gypsy queen] [A2]
Bob Venosa - artwork by [graphics]
This release is a remaster of the original album released in 1970 on Columbia.
The original was recorded at Wally Heider Recording Studio in San Francisco, except track A4, which was recorded at Pacific Recording, San Mateo.
This release was remastered (half-speed production and mastering) by Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (Sebastopol, CA) using the GAIN 2 Ultra Analog System. Original stereo master tapes were used.
The 180g Vinyl is specially plated and pressed; it is housed in a special anti-static inner sleeve and comes in heavy-duty protective packaging (gatefold sleeve). A two page booklet about Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab is also part of the package.
The release is distributed by Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab under license from Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Inc.
Markings on sleeve: In the lower left corner of the back cover is a box denoting this release as being a special limited edition; each edition is numbered in gold numbers.
Barcode: 8 21797 13051 6
Etching:
Side A: MFSL 1-305 A2 SBB/2 "ROCKIT Carlos/" 15959.1(3)...
Side B: MFSL 1-305 B1 SBB/2 "con mucho gusto" 16097.2(3)...
All handetched; in front of MFSL there's also a small drawing (probably trying to emulate the Columbia logo).
Copyright Notices:
Original sound recording: (C)(P) 1970 SONY BMG Music Entertainment, Inc.
This edition and packaging: (C) 2008 Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, Inc.
Individual Tracks:
Tracks A1, A4, B1 to B5: Petra Music-BMI
Black Magic Woman (A2): Murbo Music Publ., Inc.-BMI
Gypsy Queen (A2): Pab Music Corp.-BMI
Track A3: Planetary Music Pub. Corp.-ASCAP
Incidental info:
The cover art is the painting Annunciation by Mati Klarwein (credited as MATI on the release).
On the back cover is an excerpt from Demian (published by Harper & Row)
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, MFSL 1-305
