SANTANA ABRAXAS - MOFI - LIMITED EDITION - HALF SPEED - GAIN 2 ANALOG
$
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By 1970, Santana had everything going for it. They’d made one of the grandest debuts in the history of rock music at Woodstock the year before and followed that up with a critically adored and commercially successful self-titled debut record. With seemingly nowhere else to go but down, In September 1970, Santana shattered expectations and delivered what might its greatest record, Abraxas.
Being the spiritual figure that he is, Santana sought to inject a greater depth of meaning into the aesthetics of this release than he did with his debut. The title of the record is derived from a quote from the Herman Hesse novel Demian, which says, "We stood before it and began to freeze inside from the exertion. We questioned the painting, berated it, made love to it, prayed to it: We called it mother, called it whore and slut, called it our beloved, called it Abraxas ...." The album cover, meanwhile, according to Carlos, “signifies the annunciation of this angel Gabriel to Mary. Mary is the black lady at the center of the cover and Gabriel is the angel with the congas between his legs.”
When it finally debuted, Abraxas was a monster success, hitting No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in the U.S. and beyond on its way to an eventual five-times platinum certification. It was yet another high water mark for Santana both the band and the guitarist and brought a truly unique Latin, blues and rock fusion to the market the likes of which hasn’t been seen either before or since.
Abraxas is easily Santana's best album. The band is tight as hell and Carlos Santana's Guitar playing is just ungodly. Abraxas is full of great song after great song culminating in Carlos' defining statement in the Latin Guitar epic Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen.
But Abraxas is not just a solo show for Carlos Santana by any means. This album is also carried along by the shimmering Keyboards of Gregg Rolie and the thunderous Drumming of the amazing Michael Shrieve. A Lot of what also sets Abraxas above the norm for 1970s Rock is the deep Latin, African, and Caribbean mysticism that is infused into almost every Santana release, the mystique of that runs deep, and makes this Santana album even more legendary.
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