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Santana - Lotus (1974) {3CD Set Columbia Japan Mini LP, MHCP-1002~4 rel 2006}

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Santana - Lotus (1974) {3CD Set Columbia Japan Mini LP, MHCP-1002~4 rel 2006}

Santana - Lotus (1974) {3CD Set Columbia Japan Mini LP, MHCP-1002~4 rel 2006}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 867 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 293 Mb
Full Artwork @ 600 dpi (png) -> 165 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 2006 Columbia / SMD (Japan) | MHCP 1002/3/4 | DSD remaster
Rock / Jazz Rock / Latin Rock / Blues Rock

Classic live album. Lotus is a 1974 live album by Santana. It was originally released as a triple vinyl LP and this is the only triple CD version. (the US version is a 2 CD set). Japanese-only limited edition Mini LP CD. Digitally remastered with superior sound quality. Long held as a talisman by Santana fans, who had to buy it as a triple-LP Japanese import before Columbia finally issued it on CD in 1991, Lotus is a live album that finds Carlos Santana and his octet (a.k.a. the New Santana Band) at a nexus between rock, Latin music, jazz fusion, and spiritually driven communiqués to the gods. Some of the early hits are performed, such as "Black Magic Woman" and "Oye Como Va," but long, intense instrumentals are the order of the day, as on the breathtaking "Incident at Neshabur," "Every Step of the Way," and "Toussaint L'Overture."
Many complaints have been lodged against this album including comments regarding the excess length of songs, the constant noodling, the missing presence of Carlos Santana, the lack of an overall melody, and poor sound quality.

To begin with, the length of the songs is excellently chosen. And believe it or not Supernatural fans, each song is well planned out. Most reviewers who have a beef with this album's length don't like jazz to begin with, and desire that Carlos keep within the bounds of his late 60's and late 90's hit making three minute song machine. The greatness of Lotus is its ability to take all of Carlos' beautiful melodies and expand them each into a whole new creation.

Despite the extended length of songs on Lotus, there is no excessive noodling. Each solo has a central rhythmic and melodic structure that was used to express in a moment what can never been repeated. Unlike earlier Santana albums, Carlos allows other musicians (i.e. excellent keyboards and Latin percussion) to express beautiful melodies over a palette of amazing chord progressions and tight rhythms. In addition Carlos is in his best recorded form, from the subtlety displayed on Samba Pa Ti to the incredible Incident at Neshabur. Lotus is pure genius if for nothing but the second disk of material. Carlos' guitar tone on Lotus is perfect in its ability to express cleanly when played gently and fire up when played with great passion.

Lotus is one of the single greatest achievement in guitar playing in terms of Santana's ability to harness and realize the melodic powers of the guitar. No other guitarist I have heard (Jimi, Django, Allman, Clapton, Beck, and even McLaughlin) has unlocked the mystery of a melodic, singable solo more completely than Carlos Santana did on this record.

In regards to the recording quality and mix, I believe it to be one of the best live album ever made. This album is not meant to sound up-front like a studio album or have lots of crowd noise like live albums made in the late 70's till today have. Lotus is meant to sound endless and reverberate with great warmth. The mic positioning, engineering, and mixing is top notch. Every instrument is balanced and every subtlety is audible and clear. If you have never tried to mix a live album, you would never know how hard it is to achieve the level of warmth and tonal quality Lotus produces.

Lotus is near the top of recorded music of all time. Many years after "Smooth" is forgotten, future generations and historians will look upon Lotus as one of the most important achievements in modern music history.

Personnel:
Carlos Santana (vocals, guitar, percussion); Tom Coster (vocals, electric piano, organ, keyboards, percussion); Richard Kermode (vocals, electric piano, keyboards, percussion); Armando Peraza (vocals, congas, bongos, percussion); Josй Chepitу Areas (vocals, congas, timbales, percussion); Leon Thomas (vocals, maracas, percussion, sound effects); Doug Rauch (guitar); Michael Shrieve (drums).

tracklist:
CD1

01. Going Home 3:23
02. A-1 Funk 3:13
03. Every Step of the Way 11:30
04. Black Magic Woman 3:38
05. Gypsy Queen 3:57
06. Oye Como Va 5:47
07. Yours Is the Light 5:30
08. Batuka 0:55
09. Xibaba (She-Ba-Ba) 4:13

CD2
01. Stone Flower (Introduction) 1:14
02. Waiting 4:14
03. Castillos de Arena, Pt. 1 (Sand Castle) 2:51
04. Free Angela 4:26
05. Samba de Sausalito 4:02
06. Mantra 7:17
07. Kyoto 9:58
08. Castillos de Arena, Pt. 2 (Sand Castle) 1:13
09. Se a Cab≤ 5:39

CD3
01. Samba Pa Ti 8:56
02. Mr. Udo 3:07
03. Toussaint l'Overture 7:40
04. Incident At Neshabur 15:57

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Santana / Lotus (Japan DSD) (Disc 1)

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Track 6

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Track 7

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Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 4 from 23. January 2008

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Santana / Lotus (Japan DSD) (Disc 2)

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Track 9

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Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 4 from 23. January 2008

EAC extraction logfile from 16. April 2008, 11:25

Santana / Lotus (Japan DSD) (Disc 3)

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Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Gap handling : Appended to previous track

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Santana - Lotus (1974) {3CD Set Columbia Japan Mini LP, MHCP-1002~4 rel 2006}

Santana - Lotus (1974) {3CD Set Columbia Japan Mini LP, MHCP-1002~4 rel 2006}

Santana - Lotus (1974) {3CD Set Columbia Japan Mini LP, MHCP-1002~4 rel 2006}



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