Carlos Santana - 2013 - The Essential Santana CD 1 (2 CD Sony Columbia 88883772452).jpg

Year Of Release: 1969-2013
Genre: Latin Rock, Blues Rock, Hard Rock, Jazz-rock, Pop rock, Psychedelic rock
Quality: FLAC (Image,Tracks)
Bitrate: Lossless
Time: 85:33:37 min
Total Size: 35,8 Gb


Santana is a Latin rock band. Founded in San Francisco during the late 1960s, it is based around the compositions and playing of lead guitarist and founder Carlos Santana. The band first came to widespread public attention when their performance of their Latin rock song "Soul Sacrifice" at Woodstock in 1969 provided a contrast to other acts on the bill. This exposure helped propel their first album, also named Santana, into a hit, followed in the next two years by the successful Abraxas and Santana III.

In the years that followed lineup changes were common. Carlos Santana's increasing involvement with guru Sri Chinmoy took the band into more esoteric music, though never quite losing its initial Latin influence.

In 1998, the group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, with Carlos Santana, Jose Chepito Areas, David Brown, Gregg Rolie, Mike Carabello and Michael Shrieve being honored.

The band has earned eight Grammy Awards and three Latin Grammy Awards, the latter all in 2000. Carlos also won Grammy Awards as a solo artist in 1989 and 2003. Santana has sold more than 90 million records worldwide, making them one of the world’s best-selling groups of all time. In 2013, Santana announced a reunion of the classic line-up for a new record, predicting a 2014 release.

ALBUMS
1969 - Hot Tamales (1999 New Sound NST 023)
1969 - Santana (CD CBS 32003)
1970 - Abraxas (2001 Sony Music Entertaiment 5050652)
1970 - Abraxas (CDCBS 32032)
1971 - 3 (CDS 32058)
1972 - Caravanserai (2011, MFSL UDSACD 2079)
1972 - Caravanserai (CBS 01-065299-10)
1972 - Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles! Live! (RMSR Sony CK 66416)
1972 - Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles Live! (RMSR Sony CK 66416)
1973 - Welcome (Sony CD 32194)
1974 - Borboletta (CDCBS 32157)
1974 - Devadip Carlos Santana, Turiya Alice Coltrane - Illuminations (Sony 483810 2)
1974 - Lotus (2 CD Sony 467943 2)
1976 - Amigos (CBS CK 33576)
1977 - Festival (CDS CK 34423)
1977 - Moonflower (1987 CBS C2K 34194 2 CD)
1977 - Moonflower (Sony CD 22180 2 CD)
1978 - Inner Secrets (CD CBS 32594)
1979 - Oneness, Silver Dreams - Golden Reality (Sony 487238 2)
1979 - Marathon (CDCBS 32537)
1980 - Devadip Carlos Santana - The Swing Of Delight (CBS CK 36590)
1981 - Zebop! (Sony 84946)
1982 - Shango (CDCBS 85914)
1983 - Havana Moon (CBS CK 38642)
1985 - Beyond Appearances (CBS CK 39527)
1987 - Blues For Salvador (CBS CK 40875)
1987 - Freedom (CBS 462523 2)
1988 - Viva Santana! 2 CD (CBS C2K 44344)
1990 - Spirits Dancing In The Flesh (Sony 466913 2)
1992 - Milagro (PolyGram 513 197-2)
1993 - Every Day I have The Blues (Success MCPS 16020CD)
1993 - Sacred Fire (PolyGram 314 521 082-2)
1994 - Santana Brothers - Brothers (PoyGram 523 677-2)
1995 - Dance Of The Rainbow Serpent CD 1 (3 CD Box Set Sony C3K 64605)
1996 - The Very Best of Santana - Back (Sony CDX 32386)
1997 - Live At The Fillmore '68 (Sony C2K 64860 2 CD)
1998 - The Best of Santana (Sony CK 65561)
1999 - Supernatural (BMG 07822 190802)
1999 - The Very Best Of Santana 2 CD (G.G.K. Art Studio USA)
2000 - Supernatural CD 1 (G.G.K. Art Studio USA)
2000 - The Best Of Santana CD 2 (G.G.K. Art Studio USA)
2000 - The Ultimate Collection CD (2 CD SonyTV47CD)
2001 - Divine Light (Sony COL 501239 9)
2002 - Shaman (BMG 74321 959382)
2002 - The Essential Santana 2 CD (Sony Columdia TV2K 86698)
2005 - All That I Am (BMG 82876696202)

2006 - Santana - 3 CD Box Set (Hallmark, 730092)
CD 1 - Acapulco Sunrise (Hallmark, 702382)
CD 2 - Soul Sacrifice (Hallmark, 702372)
CD 3 - Santana Jam (Hallmark, 702392)

2007 - Santana & Wayne Shorter - Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival 2 CD (1988 VAP Inc. – VPBR-12334)
2008 - Greatest Hits (3 CD 88697336542)
2008 - Multi-Dimensional Warrior (2 CD 88697 10204 2)

2008 - Original Album Classics (BoxSet, 5 CD, Sony, 88697295502)
CD 1 - 1972 - Caravanserai (8869729550CD1)
CD 2 - 1973 - Carlos Santana & John McLaughlin - Love Devotion Surrender (8869729550CD2)
CD 3 - 1973 - Welcome (8869729550CD3)
CD 4 - 1974 - Borboletta (8869729550CD4)
CD 5 - 1976 - Amigos (8869729550CD5)

2009 - Original Album Classics (BoxSet, 5 CD, Sony, 88697445562)
CD 1 - 1978 - Inner Secrets (88697445562CD1)
CD 2 - 1979 - Marathon (88697445562CD2)
CD 3 - 1981 - Zebop! (88697445562CD3)
CD 4 - 1982 - Shango (88697445562CD4)
CD 5 - 1987 - Freedom (88697445562CD5)

2009 - The Woodstock Experience 2 CD (Limited Edition Sony 88697-48242-20)
2010 - Guitar Heaven (Sony 88697-45064-2-RE-1)
2010 - Guitar Heaven The Greatest Guitar Classics Of All Time (Deluxe Edition Arista Records Sony 88697772072)

2010 - Original Album Classics (BoxSet, 3 CD, Sony, 88697626062)
CD 1 - 1974 - Carlos Santana, Alice Coltrane - Illuminations (88697626062CD1)
CD 2 - 1979 - Oneness. Silver Dreams - Golden Reality (88697626062CD2)
CD 3 - 1980 - The Swing of Delight (88697626062CD3)

2010 - Supernatural Legacy Edition (Legacy Edition 2 CD) (SONY MUSIC ARISTA 88697 48080 2)

2011 - Original Album Classics (BoxSet, 3 CD, Sony, 88697945712)
CD 1 - 1983 - Havana Moon (88697945712CD1)
CD 2 - 1985 - Beyond Appearances (88697945712CD2)
CD 3 - 1990 - Spirits Dancing in the Flesh (88697945712CD3)

2012 - Shape Shifter (76692 99966-2)
2012 - The Best Of Santana (1998 Sony Music) Vol.1 & 2
2013 - The Essential Santana CD 1 (2 CD Sony Columbia 88883772452)