SANTANA – Paris 1972 (2CD)

Soundboard 8.8 – A less than perfect board tape as far as the overall timbre, and the mix itself. I found this tape to resemble maybe a really good AM broadcast, but perhaps that is too harsh!  It’s not bad, I just personally found it to be lacking some “punch”, although it is clear, it’s a board tape so there will be a built in appreciation for the “closeness” of the sounds.

SANTANA –
L’Olympia, Paris, France;
December 4, 1972

Disc 1

1. Intro
2. Going Home / A-1 Funk / Every Step Of The Way
3. Samba Pa Ti
4. Look Up (To See What’s Coming Down)
5. Just In Time To See The Sun
6. Incident At Neshabur
7. Bambele
8. Stone Flower/Batucada / Xibaba (She-Ba-Ba)

Disc 2

1. Waiting
2. Castillos de Arena part 1 (Sand Castles)
3. Free Angela / Castillos de Arena – part 2
4. Wings
5. Se a cabo
6. Savor
7. Toussaint L’Overture

Carlos Santana – guitar;
Richard Kermode – keyboards;
Tom Coster – keyboards
Douglas Rauch – bass;
Michael Shrieve – drums
Jose “Chepito” Areas – congas
James “Mingo” Lewis – percussion
Armando Peraza – percussion