The Very Best

~ Release by Carlos Santana (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1Oye como va
engineer:
David Brown (US producer, engineer – Record Plant Studios, Wally Heider Studios) and John Fiore (engineer)
producer:
Fred Catero and Carlos Santana
bass guitar:
David Brown (US bassist for Santana/Allman Brothers/31st of February) (on 1970-07-08)
congas and percussion:
Michael Carabello (percussionist) (on 1970-07-08)
congas, percussion and timbales:
José “Chepito” Áreas (on 1970-07-08)
drums (drum set):
Michael Shrieve (drummer) (on 1970-07-08)
guitar:
Carlos Santana (on 1970-07-08)
keyboard and lead vocals:
Gregg Rolie (keyboardist and vocalist) (on 1970-07-08)
percussion:
Rico Reyes (on 1970-07-08)
tabla:
Steven Saphore (on 1970-07-08)
background vocals:
Rico Reyes (on 1970-07-08) and Carlos Santana (on 1970-07-08)
arranger:
Santana (US Latin, blues, & rock band)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1970) and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1970)
recorded at:
Wally Heider Studios (@ 245 Hyde Street, San Francisco) in San Francisco, California, United States (on 1970-07-08)
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 479)
cover recording of:
Oye como va (on 1970-07-08)
lyricist and composer:
Tito Puente
publisher:
EMI Full Keel Music, Full Keel Music, Planetary Music Publ. Corp., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and Windswept Pacific Music Ltd.
sub-publisher:
イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan Ltd., Sony Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., EMI Overseas Division, sub‐publisher for non‐Japanese works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
is based on:
Chanchullo
is based on:
Te enseñaré
3.854:19
2I Love You Much Too Much
assistant engineer:
Wayne Lewis (engineer)
engineer and mixer:
Fred Catero
associate producer:
Fred Catero and The Santana Band (US Latin, blues, & rock band)
producer:
Devadip Carlos Santana and Bill Graham (San Francisco Bay Area promoter)
bass guitar:
David Margen
bongos:
Armando Peraza (percussionist)
congas:
Raul Rekow
drums (drum set):
Graham Lear
electric guitar [lead guitar]:
Devadip Carlos Santana
keyboard:
Richard Baker (US keyboardist for Santana) and Alan Pasqua
organ and piano:
Richard Baker (US keyboardist for Santana)
percussion:
Devadip Carlos Santana, Armando Peraza (percussionist), Raul Rekow and Orestes Vilató (percussionist playing bongos and timbales)
timbales:
Orestes Vilató (percussionist playing bongos and timbales)
background vocals and lead vocals:
Alexander J. Ligertwood
arranger:
Santana (US Latin, blues, & rock band)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1981) and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1981)
recorded at and mixed at:
The Automatt in San Francisco, California, United States
instrumental cover recording of:
I Love You Much Too Much
lyricist:
Chaim Tauber
composer:
Alexander Olshanetsky
translator:
Don Raye
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated), Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP) and Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US)
2.654:45
3Let the Children Play
recording of:
Let the Children Play
writer:
Leon Patillo and Carlos Santana
publisher:
Light Music (US publishing label) and Rondor Music (London) Ltd.
3:30
4Soul Sacrifice
engineer:
Bob Breault and Eric Prestidge
producer:
Brent Dangerfield and Santana (US Latin, blues, & rock band)
bass:
David Brown (US bassist for Santana/Allman Brothers/31st of February) (in 1969-05)
bass guitar:
David Brown (US bassist for Santana/Allman Brothers/31st of February) (on 1969-05-12)
congas and percussion:
Michael Carabello (percussionist) (on 1969-05-12)
congas, percussion and timbales:
José “Chepito” Áreas (on 1969-05-12)
drums (drum set):
Michael Shrieve (drummer) (in 1969-05, on 1969-05-12)
guitar:
Carlos Santana (in 1969-05, on 1969-05-12)
organ:
Gregg Rolie (keyboardist and vocalist) (in 1969-05, on 1969-05-12)
percussion:
José “Chepito” Áreas (in 1969-05) and Michael Carabello (percussionist) (in 1969-05)
arranger:
Alberto Gianquinto
recorded at:
Pacific Recording Studio in San Mateo, California, United States (in 1969-05, on 1969-05-12)
mixed at:
Pacific Recording Studio in San Mateo, California, United States
recording of:
Soul Sacrifice (on 1969-05-12)
composer:
David Brown (US bassist for Santana/Allman Brothers/31st of February), Marcus Malone (US percussionist, member of Santana), Gregg Rolie (keyboardist and vocalist) and Carlos Santana
publisher:
Careers‐BMG Music Publishing, Petra Music and Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”)
3.356:38
5Changes
assistant engineer:
Wayne Lewis (engineer)
engineer and mixer:
Fred Catero
associate producer:
Fred Catero and The Santana Band (US Latin, blues, & rock band)
producer:
Devadip Carlos Santana and Bill Graham (San Francisco Bay Area promoter)
bass guitar:
David Margen
bongos:
Armando Peraza (percussionist)
congas:
Raul Rekow
drums (drum set):
Graham Lear
electric guitar [lead guitar]:
Devadip Carlos Santana
keyboard:
Alan Pasqua
organ and synthesizer:
Richard Baker (US keyboardist for Santana)
percussion:
Devadip Carlos Santana, Armando Peraza (percussionist), Raul Rekow and Orestes Vilató (percussionist playing bongos and timbales)
timbales:
Orestes Vilató (percussionist playing bongos and timbales)
background vocals:
Alexander J. Ligertwood, Devadip Carlos Santana, Alan Pasqua, Raul Rekow and Orestes Vilató (percussionist playing bongos and timbales)
lead vocals:
Alexander J. Ligertwood
arranger:
Santana (US Latin, blues, & rock band)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1981)
recorded at and mixed at:
The Automatt in San Francisco, California, United States
cover recording of:
Changes IV
lyricist and composer:
Cat Stevens (now known as Yusuf Islam)
publisher:
Cat Music Ltd., Freshwater Music Ltd., Irving Music, Inc., Island Music, Inc. (work publisher – NOT related to the Island imprint now owned by UMG) and フジパシフィックミュージック BMG事業部 (Fujipacific Music Inc., BMG Division)
14:30
6Everything’s Coming Our Way
recording of:
Everything's Coming Our Way
lyricist and composer:
Carlos Santana
publisher:
Petra Music
3:17
7Jungle Strut
5:21
8E Papa Re
assistant engineer:
Wayne Lewis (engineer)
engineer and mixer:
Fred Catero
associate producer:
Fred Catero and The Santana Band (US Latin, blues, & rock band)
producer:
Devadip Carlos Santana and Bill Graham (San Francisco Bay Area promoter)
bass guitar:
David Margen
bongos:
Armando Peraza (percussionist)
congas:
Raul Rekow
drums (drum set):
Graham Lear
electric guitar [lead guitar]:
Devadip Carlos Santana
keyboard:
Alan Pasqua
organ and piano:
Richard Baker (US keyboardist for Santana)
percussion:
Devadip Carlos Santana, Armando Peraza (percussionist), Raul Rekow and Orestes Vilató (percussionist playing bongos and timbales)
timbales:
Orestes Vilató (percussionist playing bongos and timbales)
background vocals:
Alexander J. Ligertwood, Devadip Carlos Santana, Alan Pasqua, Raul Rekow and Orestes Vilató (percussionist playing bongos and timbales)
lead vocals:
Alexander J. Ligertwood
arranger:
Santana (US Latin, blues, & rock band)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1981)
recorded at and mixed at:
The Automatt in San Francisco, California, United States
recording of:
É papa ré
writer:
Alexander J. Ligertwood, Richard Baker (US keyboardist for Santana), Devadip Carlos Santana, David Margen and Orestes Vilató (percussionist playing bongos and timbales)
publisher:
Light Music (US publishing label), Urmila Music and 日音 Synch事業部 (NICHION, INC. Synch Division)
14:34
9Life Is a Lady
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1978)
recording of:
Life Is a Lady
writer:
Dennis Lambert
publisher:
Lambert & Potter Music Co.
3:49
10Illuminations
recording engineer:
George Engfer and Glen Kolotkin
producer:
Alice Coltrane, Tom Coster and Carlos Santana
bass:
Jimmy Bond
cello:
Frederick Seykora (from 1972-02-11 until 1974-04-10), Anne Goodman (from 1974-02-11 until 1974-04-10), Glenn Grab (from 1974-02-11 until 1974-04-10) and Jacqueline Lustgarten (from 1974-02-11 until 1974-04-10)
double bass:
Jimmy Bond (from 1974-02-11 until 1974-04-10)
guitar:
Carlos Santana (from 1974-02-11 until 1974-04-10)
harp:
Alice Coltrane (from 1974-02-11 until 1974-04-10)
piano:
Tom Coster (from 1974-02-11 until 1974-04-10)
viola:
Marilyn Baker (from 1974-02-11 until 1974-04-10), Myer Bello (from 1974-02-11 until 1974-04-10), Rollice Dale (from 1974-02-11 until 1974-04-10), Allan Harshman (violist) (from 1974-02-11 until 1974-04-10), Myra Kestenbaum (from 1974-02-11 until 1974-04-10) and David Schwartz (violist) (from 1974-02-11 until 1974-04-10)
violin:
Murray Adler (from 1974-02-11 until 1974-04-10), Ronald Folsom (from 1974-02-11 until 1974-04-10), William Henderson (violinist, concertmaster and strings) (from 1974-02-11 until 1974-04-10), Nathan Kaproff (from 1974-02-11 until 1974-04-10), Gordon Marron (from 1974-02-11 until 1974-04-10), Paul Shure (from 1974-02-11 until 1974-04-10) and Charles Veal Jr. (violinist, conductor and arranger) (from 1974-02-11 until 1974-04-10)
conductor:
Alice Coltrane and Carlos Santana
strings arranger:
Alice Coltrane and Carlos Santana
recorded at:
Warner Bros. Recording Studios (North Hollywood, a/k/a Amigo Studios) in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1974-02-11, on 1974-04-10)
recording of:
Illuminations (from 1974-02-11 until 1974-04-10)
writer:
Tom Coster and Carlos Santana
publisher:
Light Music (US publishing label)
4:20
11Transformation Day
recorded in:
Osaka (Osaka City), Osaka (Osaka Prefecture), Japan
engineer:
鈴木智雄 (Tomoo Suzuki), Shuichi Takamoto and 富田哲郎
producer:
Carlos Santana
guitar and Hammond organ:
Chris Solberg
arranger:
Carlos Santana
recording of:
Transformation Day
composer:
Alan Hovhaness (American composer) and Carlos Santana
publisher:
Rondor Music (London) Ltd.
is based on:
Symphony no. 2, op. 132 "Mysterious Mountain"
live recording of:
Transformation Day
composer:
Alan Hovhaness (American composer) and Carlos Santana
publisher:
Rondor Music (London) Ltd.
is based on:
Symphony no. 2, op. 132 "Mysterious Mountain"
3:49
12Revelations
recording of:
Revelations
composer:
Tom Coster and Carlos Santana
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) and Rondor Music (London) Ltd.
4:37
13Guru’s Song3:03
14Havana Moon
recording of:
Havana Moon
lyricist and composer:
Chuck Berry
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and Tristan Music Ltd.
4:12
15Watch Your Step
recording of:
Watch Your Step
lyricist and composer:
Bobby Parker (blues rock guitarist)
publisher:
Marcia Music
4:02
16Bailando
recording of:
Bailando
writer:
Carlos Santana, Chester Thompson (US keyboardist Chester D. Thompson for Santana & Tower of Power) and Orestes Vilató (percussionist playing bongos and timbales)
5:44
17Well All Right
4:12
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