CARLOS SANTANA LOTUS CBS TRIPLE VINYL LP. With posters VG/ Good
£
25
$
33
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Description
Santana Lotus. The triple album with both T shaped posters in place.
CONDITION
Vinyl. VG
Sleeve Good
Santana's Lotus is a massive, highly experimental triple-live album capturing the band at the peak of their jazz-fusion evolution in July 1973 at the Osaka Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan in Japan.Musical Style and PerformanceJazz-Rock Fusion: Transitioning away from strict radio-friendly Latin rock, the "New Santana Band" dives deep into extended, psychedelic, and spiritual improvisations influenced by Carlos Santana's association with Sri Chinmoy.Instrumental Heavy: Most of the 22 tracks are instrumental workouts, featuring prominent synthesizer and keyboard experiments from Tom Coster and Richard Kermode, alongside Carlos's innovative use of the Echoplex.Classic Intertwined: The setlist manages to blend newer, complex material from albums like Caravanserai and Welcome with reimagined, expanded versions of favorites like "Black Magic Woman" and "Oye Como Va".Release and ReceptionImport Status: Originally issued in 1974 as an extravagant triple-LP set exclusively in Japan, it became a legendary, sought-after import for Western fans before receiving proper international and US compact disc releases later on.Critical Standing: Critics and prog-rock aficionados generally hail Lotus as a transcendent masterpiece of live performance and atmospheric sound separation, though casual listeners put off by prolonged, free-form instrumental wandering might find its sprawling runtime excessive.
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