Santana - Festival (1977)[FLAC]-Naftamusic

Every time Carlos Santana comes out with an album that is not what most people consider mainstream or typical of what he has done in the past, he gets critized badly(never mind that it might be good). Some of his best tunes don't get air time (Treat, Samba Pa Ti, Touissant L'Overture, Song of the Wind, Europa, Baila mi Hermana, etc.) This album is one of those, along with Borboletta, Amigos, Inner Secrets, Marathon, etc. Carlos Santana comes from a very rich musical background that unless you grew up in it, would be hard to understand. In Latin America you get to listen to Salsa, merengues, samba, cumbia and countless other latin rhythms plus the Afro and European influences and also Jazz and rock. For example take the song Maria Caracoles in this album, this was a very popular song in Cuba during the sixties made popular by Peyo El Afrocan, it was a rhythm called El Mozambique. Although Carlos( and his brother Jorge) has a tone on the guitar that is unmistakable. The phrasing and feel is very common in Latin music specially in romantic songs or Trio music. Listen to Los Panchos, trio Matamoros, Los Tres Aces and my favorite Los Tres Caballeros and you will know what I mean. If you are a Latin person over forty you will relate to a lot of Carlos phrasing even if it is a new tune. Flor D'Luna from Moonflower is typical of this. This Festival album from the seventies is very enjoyable. If you keep an open mind you will like it too.
This is a richly varied album containing fine quality cuts in a number of genres including as hot a Latin boogie as anything from Lou Bega, Ricky Martin and others in "Maria Caracoles", "Let the Music Set You Free" and a very warm, if not chili-hot "Let The Children Play". There are also atmospheric instrumentals such as "Revelations" and a beautiful soul ballad "The River". On 'Festival' Carlos showed he could mix it brilliantly in 1976 just as he did 23 years later on Supernatural. A very enjoyable listen.
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Tracklist:
01 - Carnival
02 - Let The Children Play
03 - Jugando
04 - Give Me Love
05 - Verăo Vermelho
06 - Let The Music Set You Free
07 - Revelations
08 - Reach Up
09 - The River
10 - Try A Little Harder
11 - María Caracóles
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Technical Info:
Artist...............: Santana
Album................: Festival
Genre................: Rock
Source...............: CD
Year.................: 1977
Ripper...............: Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 5 (Secure mode) & Plextor PX-L89SA
Codec................: Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)
Version..............: reference libFLAC 1.2.1 20070917
Quality..............: Lossless, (avg. compression: 63 %)
Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 HZ / 16 Bit
Tags.................: VorbisComment
Ripped by............: the fly on 2011.10.01.
Posted by............: the fly on 2011.10.01.
Included.............: NFO, M3U, LOG, CUE
Covers...............: Front Back CD
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