Santana III - 1971, Deluxe Edition 2006 & 2016 (Out of Print) - Plain & Fancy

 SANTANA III 

Deluxe 3 disc edition [1971, 2006, 2016]

I saw them live at festivals here and woke up to what seemed like a new musics and no mistake, then we all witnessed Woodstock and thought 'Hello!' despite the later faltering and dare I say descent into easy listening, the first three album are central to anyone's record collection and despite the single album of this still being available the three discs available here included the re-issue and digital two disc set all of which versions here are long out of print if the running current price of over £80 is to go by and therefore I post the links here (I do not post links to officially released and still available commercial items) 

FLAC format throughout.

The text as per usual at Plain & Fancy is really interesting and well written on two fronts, the story of the band in this formation and the classic line up and the story behind the double album itself. 

Well worth a read

Santana III - 1971/2006/2016 - The Rockasteria

SANTANA III 1971 reissue 2016

SANTANA III LEGACY EDITION 2006 (double disc) 

For The Boss (Silent Way) and Brother Jobe and all the other contributors over at Floppy Boot Stomp and Voodoo Wagon - my first port of call everyday in the Bootiverse (it's a place!!)

Nuff said . . . . . 

On this day in music history: November 13, 1971 - “Santana” (aka “Santana III”), the third album by Santana hits #1 on the Billboard Top 200 for 5 weeks. Produced by Santana, it is recorded at Columbia Recording Studios in San Francisco, CA from January - July 1971. Following the release of the highly successful and acclaimed “Abraxas”, the third album by the San Francisco, CA rock band is technically released without a title but is referred to by fans as “Santana III”. It is the last to feature the “Woodstock Era” line up, as Gregg Rolie and Neil Schon depart to form Journey. It spins off the singles “Everybody’s Everything” (#12 Pop) and “No One To Depend On” (#36 Pop). “Santana III” is the bands’ last chart topping album until “Supernatural” in 1999. It earns Santana a place in the Guinness World Book Of Records for the longest gap between number one albums, over twenty eight years. In 2006, the album is remastered and reissued on CD as a double CD Legacy Edition  with four additional bonus tracks on the first disc. The second disc consists of live recordings taken from a concert at the Fillmore West Auditorium in San Francisco on July 4, 1971 on the closing night of the original venue. Two track from this set had been previously issued on the triple LP (+ 7" interview disc) live album “Fillmore: The Last Days” in June of 1972. “Santana III” is certified 2x Platinum in the US by the RIAA.