SANTANA – Minneapolis 1973 (2CD)

Soundboard 9.4 – A nice, low gen board from what I consider the apex of this band. In fact I would say my favorite live Santana originates from the Lotus era. I will say this mix does highlight percussion in a way that you hear cymbals and other instruments in a different aural space, almost in stereo as they seem to phase across the speakers and sometimes may even give you the feeling you are hearing tape hiss but alas it is actually residual crash cymbal sounds and maracas.  Interesting.

Santana
Metropolitan Sports Arena
Minneapolis, MN
March 19, 1973

Disc 1

01 Going Home – A-1 Funk – Every Step Of The Way
02 Samba Pa Ti
03 Look Up (To See What’s Coming Down)
04 Just In Time To See The Sun
05 Incident At Neshabur
06 Bambele
07 Stone Flower
08 Batucada

Disc 2

09 Xibaba (She-Ba-Ba)
10 Stone Flower (Reprise)
11 Waiting
12 Castillos De Arena, Part 1 (Sand Castle)
13 Free Angela > Concierto de Aranjuez
14 Mantra – Kyoto
15 Castillos De Arena, Part 2 (Sand Castle)
16 Earth
17 Se A Cabo
18 Savor
19 Toussaint L’Overture