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Average Rating: Rating: - Anthology of Columbia material 1969-1989 This new 2 cd set from Santana is a good value. It is probably aimed at fans only aware of Carlos Santana's last two guest filled albums. It is a pretty handy set though. The material is from his tenure at Columbia records from 1969-1989. The set illustrates Santana's varied influences from latin, blues, rock, and jazz. The first disc contains material from the first and best incarnation of his band which featured Gregg Rolie on keyboards and vocals, Michael Shrieve on drums, Neal Schon on second guitar and the standard for Santana, a fiery latin percussion section. The material for this classic period includes a cover of Willie Bobo's (a big early influence) "Evil Ways", "Soul Sacrifice" and a medley of Peter Green's "Black Magic Woman" and Gabor Szabo's "Gypsy Queen". The Latin "Oye Como Va" and "No One To Depend On" based on another Willie Bobo song are notable. The live version of Miles Davis' jazz/fusion classic "In A Silent Way" is worth the price of the set alone. Material from Santana's team up with jazz/fusion guitarist John McLaughlin is also included. However, a number of essential cuts like "Persuasion", a cover of jazz saxophonist Gene Ammon's "Jungle Strut", and early instrumentals "Incident At Neshabur" and the great "Song Of The Wind" are omitted. The second disk begins his transition to more single oriented material. It is beneficial in that it summarizes the better material from some of his weaker albums. The second disk includes covers the the Zombies' "She's Not There", Buddy Holly's "Well Alright" via Blind Faith, and Russ Ballard's "Winning". A rare live version of the Latin workout "Dance Sister Dance" and rockers like "Open Invitation" and "All I Ever Wanted" also make the cut. However, cuts like "Europa", "Aqua Marine" and "Blues For Salvador" show why Carlos Santana's Mike Bloomfield influenced guitar playing is highly admired. Not only can he play fast and flashy when necessary but he also has good sense of when to play slower and invoke real feeling in his playing. Last but not least is a duet with blues icon John Lee Hooker on "The Healer". The second disk is only 74 minutes long so another song or two could have been added to the set. The set provides a good introduction to those curious about Santana's earlier work. The second disk summarizes some his singles from his spottier late seventies and eighties albums. While his first three albums are essential this set successfully shows the varied styles and influences of the latin/rock pioneer Carlos Santana. Rating: - C-Man + J-man = BOMB! Carlos Santana has always been the best guitarest and he shows that in this CD. There's a few great songs on this album like "YOU KNOW THAT I LOVE YOU" that song is a instant classic. "SHE'S NOT THERE" that song is a mix between 80's disco and modern day rock. "OPEN INVATION" This song has a heavy beat and creative lyrics from the album "INNER SECRETS" which is a gereat Santana album."THE HEALER" John lee hookerw/Santana that song's been grown' on me, It's like C-man + J-man= BOMB! Get "THE ESSENTIAL SANTANA" now! Rating: - one of the best I have to say that Santana is great whatever they play, however the greatest album for me was Moonflower,listen to Europa, Samba Pati,Ill be waiting, what band apart from Santana could ever imagine reaching such musical pleasures for the listeners.....no-one!! I dont think that Santana will beat this one, as for me it has the most emotional music one can listen to, there are a couple of tracks that im not so keen on, dont misunderstand me, they are good,but the rest are brilliant, but you just cannot buy any album with every track 100% hot, but Santana reaches 99.9% Keep going Carlos your fans are with you till the end of your music........there wont be an end though!!!

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