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The San Mateo Sessions 1969

Santana

Raw, unpolished rehearsal tapes from 1969. Gritty electric blues and Afro-Cuban rhythms captured in their most primitive, improvisational state.

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It's Santana before the fame, playing loud and long in a room that sounds like it's sweating.

A high-voltage, unrefined exploration of rhythm and distorted blues.

The San Mateo Sessions 1969 · vs · Santana
Basement Show+4.0σ

Basement Show saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks
01
Soul Sacrifice
4:56
03
El corazón manda (extended version)
11:49
04
Persuasion
5:18
05
As the Years Go By
3:53
06
La puesta del sol
10:28
07
Fried Neckbones and Some Fries
10:37
08
Santana Jam
14:44
11
We’ve Got to Get Ourselves Together
2:09
12
Latin Tropical
11:27
14
El Corazón Manda
6:13
17
Travelin’ Blues
4:53
18
Jammin’ Home
8:16
Moments Worth Waiting For
The eleven-minute sprawl of El Corazón Manda where the organ and guitar trade increasingly frantic licks
A skeletal version of Soul Sacrifice that prioritizes a driving, hypnotic bassline over the later studio polish
The sudden shift into a heavy blues shuffle halfway through the fourteen-minute Santana Jam
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