Unlocking the Magic: The Untold Story Behind Santana's Caravanserai (1972) - Documentary
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- Step into the soulful soundscape of Santana's iconic 'Caravanserai' album from 1972! This is the untold story behind their fourth album. Immerse yourself in the hypnotic rhythms and mesmerizing melodies that defined an era. Join us on a musical journey through time as Santana's transcendent fusion of rock, jazz, and Latin influences transports you to another dimension. Get ready to groove to classics like 'Waves Within' and 'Song of the Wind'. Let the timeless magic of 'Caravanserai' ignite your spirit and ignite your passion for music! #carlossanatana #documentary #santana #caravanserai #classicrock
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It’s my favorite Santana album and it still sounds amazingly timeless.
Serious jams. I love it too. Moonflower is also in this vein/jazz feel. Coster kills it, just smokes.
Same here, along with Welcome and Lotus (the live record). This is really an amazing record. Furthermore I saw this lineup open for Tower of Power.
I absolutely love this album. I'm so glad that the micro SD card has increased in storage because this album is on it.
@@Cal-ge8vl Tom Coster just explodes on Moonflower. What a. band and what a record. I love Greg Walkers lead vocals on it. He is my fave singer for Santana - I dig Rollie but Walker has a sweet soul edge to it and is warmer. Rollies vocals on Caravan are the weakest part of the record. Imagine Greg Walker's voice on it
When Caravasarai came out, Not One of My Friends Liked It!!! I EMBRACED IT AS UNIQUE FOR ITS TIME, NOW A MASTERPIECE!!! I STILL LISTEN TO IT EVEN TODAY!! 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸 Great Documentary For The SANTANA FANS!!
I was 12 years old and listening to this album and still listening to this day am 64 now.
This is my dad's absolute favorite album out of all of his Santana albums that he has this is the one that he loves the most but my personal favorite is definitely abraxas 👍🥁💯
My brother bought this and I didn’t quite get it. But it started to grow on me when I started listening to The Mahavishnu Orchestra and Miles Davis. Now I appreciate it it’s an excellent album . Very jazzy with Latin at its core.
The greatest collection of music/songs on one vinyl. Thank you very much for this entry
This is music for serious listeners, for aficionados of great fusion and world influences. Love it.
I said this before…it is a 💎 in the Santana catalog… Following the first three Perfect albums!!!❤To Santana forever!!
Not to take away from the first three albums, but Caravanserai, Welcome and Barboletta are my holy trinity of Santana albums. Love it!
I 'm Agree with You , but I add "Illuminations"with Alice Coltrane and "Love Devotion and Surrender" with John McLaughlin .
I think Borboleta compliments Caravanserai very nicely.
This is the first Santana album that I bought with my own earned money. I was 12 and that was about the time I started mowing lawns and painted houses. I could buy a new record a couple of times a month and still buy my school clothes.
I painted houses too! Bought a 66 GTO and then taught guitar lessons to pay off my 3 yr car loan.
My boss Mary is 101 and the last rosie riviter! She owned Doug Torres guitar studio Castro Valley Ca.with her son. Jingo convinced Mom and I that I should learn guitar. I play better than ever...not braggn just sayn..Thanks Carlos!
I had a falling out with Dad...
no talking for 14 yrs..
then Zi get a letter from him.
Soooo....I wonder what I listen to while reading? took me 3 days to decide.
Samba Pa Ti.
Its the father son healing music for me.
This vision of fusion jazz music I feel will never be duplicated . To hear these young musicians come together and play with such chemistry and cohesiveness is truly remarkable . RIP Duggy Raush Richard Kermode
Doug and Richard added that great groove that Santana has never had since. Doug's incredible sense of timing and rhythm along with Richard's salsa and Brazilian jazz grooves added such a great feel to the music with a ton of energy. I saw the Santana band again in September of 74 after those 2 had left and I felt a huge hole in the sound.....Michael had left by then too, so that sure didn't help.
My favorite album of all time!!!! Thank you!
One of my top 10 albums of all time. This album is severely underrated.
I agree, the severe underrated aspect is mindblowing. It's often discarded by fans and experts...it lives in a special place though, in the place where the heart WANTS to listen! Thank you very much for watching!
i fully agree. this album is timeless
An absolute masterpiece of rock fusion. Waves Within is not only his best guitar work, but one of the greatest songs of that era.
100% right man. It's an AMAZING record top to bottom! Thank you very much for watching, stay tuned for the next deep dive!
Listen to this along with Miles' In a Silent Way in the dark..it doesn't get much better than that.
Fantastic album. My go to Santana record.
Honestly one of my favourite albums of all time!! It’s like a religious experience listen to Caravanserai. I bought the album in 1984 and fell in love with it. Great headphone album! “Welcome” and “Lotus” and “Borboletta” are also masterpiece albums. I love all Santana up to Moonflower.
I’ve been lucky enough to see Carlos a few times. In 1989 I saw Jeff Beck open for Santana in Toronto. That was incredible!
Looking forward to this,Jose! Cheers ✌️
My thoughts exactly about that album!!!
Zebop rocks ballz also. Just a great artist.
Don't sleep on Amigos!
Got this when I was 13. I am 64 now…First I did not like it. No hits. But soon I started to understand it. Have listened this album more than any other Santana albums over the years. Thanks for the very interesting bakcground story! 👏👏👏
Fantastic album, love it! It's a real fusion of styles: jazz fusion, prog rock and psychedelic rock, funk, world music. There was still some of the Latin rock from the first 3 albums, but Caravanserai was the first album that Carlos Santana really started to move away from the sound of the first 3 albums and into other more experimental territories. My favorite Santana album, followed by Santana 3 and Borboletta, making up my top 3.
🍃🌬Song of the Wind...
The first four Santana albums are iconic
Man, I really love your videos about Santana!! Awesome!! And CARAVANSERAI is my favorite album!
Thank you so much for this. By far my favorite Santana album...Welcome & Borboletta rounding out my top 3.
Mine too! Throw in Lotus also……one of the greatest live albums ever.
Soooooo looking forward to this one! That album is AMAZING!!!
My favorite Santana album. It's an incredible amalgamation of Latin rhythms, jazz & rock with a mysterious element. Stoneflower is intoxicating..simply fabulous.
This is a great album to have as favorite!!! Thank you very much for watching!
I fell in love with Santana in 1967 when I first heard "Evil Ways" and followed his musical journey with each new album. When I heard Caravanserai, I didn't completely understand it, but I was captivated by it and couldn't stop listening to it. It took me on a musical exploration that has never stopped and the music of that album has only grown more attractive and enticing with the passing years. íViva Santana!
Yes man i hear you, the beauty of this record is that you never get tired of it but discover new things with every spin! Thank you very much for watching!
Spiritual Albums of SANTANA are always severely underrated! DEVADIP's Path is not the easy one! Only for the happy few...Don't expect this music to be a GRAMMY winner! Anyway, CARAVANSERAI is a Milestone in Santana's Discography! Thanks for this documentary!
I'll do a DEVA-DEEP Dive on his Spiritual albums for sure. I love ONENESS! Thank you very much for watching!
Tom Coster was my neighbor while I grew up. He is a very nice man, and a brilliant player. This was his first one with Santana. When I spoke to him last, I told him my fave was the Moonflower album, and he agreed that was one of the very best line ups. His son, Tommy Jr is quite the producer of hip hop - M&M, Dr. Dre etc. Impressive. They have a wonderful studio in their home where Tom does his solo work and all kinds of jazz stars come there to jam and record with him.
Another PBS documentary?
No...JCM shares his love of music with us...thank you.
Hehehe thanks man, PBS Documentary, oh no, i stay away from it ! Thank you very much for watching!
Great Job….thx…Caravanserait changed my whole life
Thank you very much for watching! It is a life changing album, specially at night, full volume and headphones!
Thanx for this! I saw SANTANA twice opening for Jeff Beck. It was 1995 I saw them at the beginning and the end of the tour. They played at Jones Beach and had 2 drummers and alot of 60s type decorations. They go on this improvised jam then all come back together to the song! There was an unnanounced appearance from a member of SANTO AND JOHNNY ( " Sleepwalk"- which oddly enough Jeff Beck recorded for " Porkys Revenge" soundtrack. Cant remember which member it was. Santana performed Bob Marleys " Standup". At the end of the tour in NYC Palladium Terry Bozzio joined on percussion on one song and Vernon Reid joined in on a song called " Sunra". I was blown away. If thats not enough Jeff Beck was also on the bill!!!
Hi JCM, I returned to watch this great video again. As I said before in an earlier post, I saw the Santana band live in 1973, with the late great Doug Rauch on bass, Richard Kermode on keyboards ( along with Tom Coster) and Leon Thomas . Because of witnessing this band live, the Santana lineup between 1972 up to 1974 is by far my all time favorite. Doug's bass playing blew me away. His sense of rhythm and percussion was like having the rhythm and dynamics of Armando Perraz'as congas and Chepito's timbales being transposed to an electric bass. So fluid, flowing and funky too. I still have heard nothing like it since. Richard's Latin / Salsa grooves on the Rhodes also added a lot of energy and melody to the songs too.
I could really appreciate what they had added to the band after they left.........as I saw Santana again a couple times in 1974 and later.........and the energy and grooves just weren't what they were in 1973. For me, it was like the magic was missing, although I still loved Carlos's playing when he had the Gibson L-6S later that year. When I saw Carlos sit in for an encore with the Mahavishnu Orchestra in May ( or June ? ) of 1974, Carlos was still playing his sunburst Les Paul......which was my all time favorite sounding axe that I saw him use live.
I believe that McLaughlin was playing through a Mesa Boogie Mk 1 also for that show.
Anyway, I really enjoyed the photo inserts you put in the video of the city scapes. That's just how San Francisco looked back then , which for me added to the whole exciting vibe that was going on with music at that time. I still hope some video of Wendy Haas shows up somewhere from back then. .....I also wish ......and have to believe that someone has some video from the 1973 tour of Santana & McLaughlin together promoting their Love Devotion and Surrender album.
Thanks again and God bless.
Your comment is spot on and i'm honored you rewatched it. I like to add images of the time and place because i just can't listen to the music without these images, they provide the "feel" right? Glad it complements the contents. Wendy Haas, such a talented musician right? Oh man the Santana and Mahavishnu John needs to see the light of day!
El mejor lp de santana
Also… great to see the Voices Of East Harlem and their music in here. Doug was an incredible bass player…. Imagine having been at that Tanglewood show !
By far the best Santana album.A work of art as apposed commercial singles.
I really like 2014's Shape Shifter, Santana came back to the source a bit. But yeah, he never went back to THIS stuff. Thank you very much for watching!
wonderful presentation of one of my all time favourite albums.
Thank you very much for watching! I wish Carlos played Waves Within more often you know?
@@JCM-LedZeppelin-Stories That chemistry of musicians that Carlos’ vision brought together at that time and place will never happen again ….not to mention you can’t replace the magic and cohesiveness of Kermode , Perazza , Duggy Chepito, Mingo Lewis , Leon Thomas
One of my favorite albums of all time. Brilliant. Probably my favorite Santana album (I go back and forth between Caravanserai and Santana 3). Great job, thank you.
Caravanserai and 3 are the same universe, one can't go without the other! Thank you very much for watching!
I loved it jazzed up
This is my favorite era of Santana, when they delivered on the musical depth that Incident at Neshabur on Abraxas had only hinted at. Tom Coster wasn't as high profile as other jazz keyboard players, but he was at the top of my list of favorites. Caravans, Welcome, and the mind-blowing live album, Lotus, we're all incredible thanks to Coster's influence on the band's direction.
One of my favorite Santana álbums along with lotus.
The jazz trilogy was peak Santana: Caravanserai, Welcome, and Borboletta. Each album better than the previous. The ultimate payload comes towards the end of Promise of the Fisherman and dissolves into the sounds of Airto wailing and banging his percussion. An amazing run of music.
Jose, I CANT WAIT FOR THIS ONE!! That’s my favorite Santana album. I’m going to listen to this album on the way to my gig tonight.
🙌🏻
You got it Jeffrey! This episode was very interesting to make. Really went to the Desert and back with this one hehe. Hope you dig it!
This has been a very great experience watching these Santana videos. Thanks so much, JCM.
I am not very knowledgeable outside of the first album, Abraxas, and Welcome with John Mclaughlin.
I am hoping for an ELP Brain Salad Surgery video.
Thx
Watched this again! 🍿
I am 70 years old, am an lucky that my parents let me go on a high school trip to Spain and Morocco...This album was out in both countries when we were there, and I heard it throughout Malaga, Fez, Casablanca, and Marrakech. I could not wait to buy the album when I got home...I have the CD on my clock radio to wake me up every day, thanks to the crickets....
🎼🎸🎶Santana songs were my strength in a bands I played guitar in the early 70,s . He is still relevant after all these years ,l continue to love his music and play
Thanks so much for this excellent review and overview… brilliant. This album followed by Borboletto and Welcome (alongside the brilliant album with Alice Coltrane and his album with John McGlaughlin “Love Devotion And Surrender”) for me are the absolute pinnacle of Santana’s achievement. All of it inspired by his spiritual path at that time. Magnificent music that I continue to listen to 50 years after first hearing it. If you don’t know those other albums I Urge you to listen to them. Transcendent!!
I was a mere 12 years old and was mesmerized by Caravanserai and still own it to this day
I don't know what it is about Hinduism or other Eastern religions that inspires the most progressive and complex type of music in the 70s, but I'm reminded that Todd Rundgren's Utopia and "Initiation" came from the same religious fountain as "Caravanserai" and "Tales from Topographic Oceans". It was music that was truly out of this world and beyond the minds of the average listener, more mysterious than even the most LSD-inspired music in the 60s ever did
Richard Kermode’s fiery piano solo on Malo Dos Oye Mama is worth the price of the album alone RIP bro…
One of my go to albums for psychedelic journeys... A masterpiece.
Yes, this is a TRIP that never loses its potency!
Great album, loved it and still do
Thank you very much for watching Peter!
Thank you !!!!!
Thanks for tuning in Rich!
An absolute masterpiece.
I'm now 65 & Caravanserai, Borboletta & Welcome are my favorite 3 - Interesting video as well!!
It was a jazz fusion trilogy indeed! Thank you very much for watching! Stay tuned for more!
@@JCM-LedZeppelin-Stories 🙏😊
Carvanserai, Borboletta and Welcome.
Same here.......the Santana band was playing on a level so high back then that's never happened with them since.
Thank you very much for these documentals!!!
Glad you like them! My pleasure :) Thank you very much for watching!
Song of the Wind talks.....like it's trying to explain something. So does the burst of soul, Song for Devadip and the reconciliation that is Samba Pa Ti.
Best song on the album
McLaughlin is pronounced, [MUH] + [GLOK] + [LUHN]. My mother's maiden name is McLoughlin, a slightly different spelling but its pronounced the same.
Thank you very much for this, so Mc Glock Lunn?
@@JCM-LedZeppelin-Stories Yup, that's it!
In A Silent Way, written by Joe Zawinul, born in Vienna, Austria; The beginning of the song with the cowbells is like sitting on a summers eve in the Austrian Alps and listening to the cows on the meadows wioth the great bells hanging around their necks.
This is a fascinating description. It explains why this composition is a timeless work of art. Mr. Zawinul was a genius.
When I replaced the album with a cd, The great flute solo from All the Love of,the Universe was dropped. All these years later still upset
Waves within is masterpiece.😊
Half a century ago my music taste changed
With the release of caravanseria ☝️🌅
A killer album that changes lives indeed! Thank you very much for watching!
Ahh my favourite Santana album. I have to say J, that I'm glad your moving into your other favourite bands now you've finished your zeppelin mission. Mate , you went deeper than anyone ever went into Zep and that work is now forever and we are thankful. I hope you go as deep with others and Jeff Beck. Love your stuff brother.❤
I am still several albums away from my Zeppelin mission but yeah, it was scary at first working on the Deep Purple video outside of Zepp but now, i feel confident in going to other worlds. There's a lot on my list.....so little time :) Thank you very much for watching!
I love this album and really appreciate your documentary on it. Have been listening to it since it came out. Have to admit, I didn't like it so much at first, but I grew into it and glad it did.
Yeah, it grows on you for sure. Definitely a listening experience that you gotta do on a single sitdown. Thank YOU very much for watching!
super
WHAT HAPPENED WAS THAT THE BAND MADE THE ALBUM THAT THEY WANTED TO MAKE 🫶🏼
My dad absolutely love this album he has all the Santana's albums but this one he Love's the most and also amigos now Miles Davis number one and jazz and rock fusion jazz mahavish orchestra was mind-blowing John McLaughlin Billy Cobham Jan Hammer Jerry Goodman and Rick 👍💯💯💯💯💯 man I enjoyed this thoroughly throughout 👍🥁💯
Otro capítulo increíble !!! La verdad, no soy un gran conocedor de la obra de Santana, aunque siendo un rockero latinoamericano es imposible no conocerlo y amarlo al mismo tiempo aunque no seas un fanático, recuerdo que lo primero que vi de Santana fue cuando vi por primera vez la película de Woodstock en la TV cuando estaba en el colegio, recuerdo claramente que lo que más me impresionó de esa primera experiencia de Woodstock fue los conciertos de: Hendrix, The Who, CSN&Y y claro está, la incendiaria versión de Soul Sacrifice de Santana, debo reconocer que lo primero que me voló la peluca de esa canción fue el poder y brutal energía de Michael Shrieve !!! Me encanta el contexto que le das al Cravanserai con todo la influencia del Spiritual Jazz !! Yo la verdad tengo una relación difícil con el Jazz, no tanto por el género en sí mismo, que tiene cosas alucinantes por todo lado, sino que más q todo por lo idiotas, elitistas y snobs que pueden llegar a ser ciertos fanáticos del Jazz y ciertos colegas músicos de este género. Por lo menos aquí en el medio musical en mi país XD Más allá de todo esto y más que todo por exploraciones personales y solitarias fui llegando al Spiritual Jazz poco a poco, cuando escuché por primera vez el In a Silent Way del Miles, quedé totalmente alucinado !! De hecho no sabía que el Carlitos había hecho una versión en vivo de este tema !! Y a partir de investigar que gracias a la novia del Miles, la genial Betty Davis, quien introdujo al Miles en el mundo del rock mostrándole la obra de Hendrix y la moda psicodélica, a partir de ese momento me encantaba joder a varios músicos colegas jazzeros con esa época alucinante del Miles con obras tan locas y místicas como el Bitches Brew, In a Silent Way, Jack Johnson, etc. XD Y a partir de eso fue sólo seguir el agujero de gusano y encontrarme con Alice Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders, Sonny Sharrock, la Mahavishnu Orchestra, etc. Llegando incluso a cosas contemporáneas como el increíble Kamasi Washington y las grabaciones modernas de Idris Ackamoor y sus Pyramids !! Me encantó tu playlist de como debía ser el Caravanserai y la verdad me he vuelto fanático de esa canción que me hizo alucinar Waves Within !!! La tengo en rotación sin parar XD Un abrazo y gracias por el excelente video !!!
Hey Ramiro! Me alegro te haya gustado este episodio. Fue un reto construirlo definitivamente. Leyendo la experiencia que tuviste con el Jazz te cuento la mía es muy similar y también encuentro que muchos "jazzeros" tanto músicos de academia como fans, tienden a obviar estos trabajos experimentales por razones diversas. A veces voy a jam sessions de músicos y los rostros que hacen cuando uno quiere tocar algo de este tipo de álbumes es como...."oh no eso es imposible". Lo genial del Spiritual Jazz es que confronta la autenticidad del ejecutante...ahi se demuestra quien no ha perdido el amor por la música. Que bueno que mencionas a Kamasi, me parece genial y definitivamente una escucha obligada. La novia de Miles Davis fue una gran influencia, excelente observación, lo había olvidado! Ese agujero negro de Pharaoh Sanders....oh si, recuerdo comprar discos de El, es una puerta sin fin hahahhaah. Que pases una buena semana amigo!
@@JCM-LedZeppelin-Stories Igualmente José que tengas una gran semana !
NAILED IT!!! Thank you!
Wow! We have very similar musical taste. This is also one of my favorite albums of all times. I NEVER get tired of it. Your right you have to listen to the album from beginning to end to fully appreciate it as a true musical masterpiece. I first heard it in 1991. That year I saw the best concert ever in my life, Carlos Santana live at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles. He played for over 3 hours with no opening act! He was touring the Spirits Dancing In The Flesh album. Thank you so much for this video it is making me so nostalgic!!!
You heard it in 1991, wow. You definitely witnessed Carlos a killer venue like the Greek. 3 hours with no opening act....DAMN. I like some stuff on Spirits Dancing in the Flesh, it's not his greatest but i like the honesty of his works you know? Thank you very much for watching!
🌔🌕🌖🌚🎑 Duuuuude....Really Good !!!
Great video about what I consider to be my fav Santana album. It's so diverse and the musician playing is phenomenal. I can hear Mile Bitches Brew, On The Corner and Miles In The Sky being big contributors to Caravanserai being made. This is a musicians musician album all the way.
Oh yeah man, the Miles Davis influence is there. Neal Schon's guitar on the first track has the McLaughlin influence! Thank you very much for watching!
For all lovers of Caravanserai... the treats continue in Welcome, Barboletta and Oneness! 🧡
Oneness is fantastic. I wasn't too much a fan of Borboletta because the Brazilian stuff i rather listen to an all-Brazilian band play it for some reason hehe. Thank you very much for watching!
It’s a fantastic album, but nothing will ever beat the original Santana band and their first few albums
The original Santana band is one the greatest runs in rock and roll! Thank you very much for watching!
Todo un misterio del porqué nunca he escuchado éste album, lo voy a buscar y escuchar! 😁
are you ready Santanamigos !!!!
Santanists.... Lol
Blessings... one of my favorite albums from Mr. Santana and friends
Far out!✨️ A absolute favorite of mine....lots of journies and trips with this one. Carlos is a spiritual master here. One of the best overlooked albums ever.
Hip musicians know how special this album is And will never be duplicated.
Miles Shrieve wants to do “Caravanserai #2!
First 5 Santana albums will never be matched to the rest of the Santana collections.... Caravanserai and 🦋 are my favorite .
Armando Perazza’s mastery of the bongos on Fuente del ritmo is quite extraordinary. Steals the show
Couldn’t agree more. That and his work on Promise of a Fisherman from Barboletta are the two greatest performances on bongos in rock music.
I hadn’t thought about connections between Miles Davis and Santana before but now it seems so obvious. Thanks for that revelation and now I have a few more albums to download and listen to.
Please get all these albums yes, it''s a journey that completes the picture for sure man! As always, thank you very much for watching!
JCM.. Don't know if you've heard or follow a guitarist called Estas Tonne? I've been a massive fan for the 8 years or so. Michael Shrieve has guested on a couple of his shows back in 2019 in Moscow. He is still a phenomenal drummer. Highly recommend you having a watch of the shows here on TH-cam....
Simply put, it is a great album. Not just a great Santana album, but a great album, period. It vaulted Carlos from a popular hit maker into the realms of John MacLaughlin and Pink Floyd. It was Carlos' concept album, a popular goal at the time. It was a step up to the highest level of musicianship. Whether the public loved it or not, it stood as a must-have album for progressive rock people ever since. It commanded attention, and respect.
' Pink Floyd ' my first thoughts back then .
Man. I'd like to see a video of the first 3 albums too...all played a big part of my life. Also Louts...the live album released in 74 I believe. Recorded in 73 in Japan. You could only get it in Japan for years. But got myself a copy years ago and that album has taken me deep places. And gives you a feel of how the band really was at this time!
Hey man that's where i am going for! I have a video on The Making of Santana 3 if you haven't watched it yet. I love those first three albums, in my opinion one of the greatest trilogy in classic rock history. Thanks so much for watching!
Great job, JCM! Can't wait to listen to the alternative playlist. I've shown this to a lot of friends/forums who also enjoyed it.. Favorite Santana album, and his 'Mendavip" stuff is really good, too! Do you like Chicago VII? Laudir de Oliviera really added a Latin feel, to the rock, jazz, funk. I think fans of this would love it.
I hope the alternative playlist takes you places :) Trust me, it's a different trip but worth listening to. Tell me your impressions on ths one please. Shoot me up an email to jcm1129films@gmail.com, i'd like to read your opinion. Thank you very much for watching!
@JCM, 💥💥Sir, what an AWESOME documentary. I'll try not to ramble here but you have enlivened so many thoughts. I am a fan of Santana starting with the Caravanserai album and cemented in 1973 when they played the most incredible concert here in London on 15th Nov. I play the cd often now as I find it - yes, I know it sounds pretentious - replenishes my soul [I am not a religious man] and I guess a lot is needed right now with so much nonsense happening all around us. I didn't, in fact, take to the album right away but I persevered as my colleague at work, Mike, said he thoght it was a good album. After about 6 plays all through I started to get the hang of it, 'I got it', and shortly after I was playing it once before work, again when I got in - and again before bed.
I believe this is not only Sanatana's finest studio album but the best one ever recorded: why? iirc it was recorded after Carlos was allowed back into the group when the other members had pushed him out: I may have this particular timing out. The songs and playing by Gregg and Neal was beyond superb, especially when it became apparent at the extent of their disenchantment with the direction of the band.
On the matter of Bambele: I have this studio recording on a special edition CD celebrating the 3rd album anniversary of release: BUT an author named Jim McCarthy I think said the guitarist, although sounding a lot like Carlos, was in fact Gabor Szabo - and this fact has apparently been corroborated by Michael Carabello. I have seen Carlos play live in that style at a concert in London to which I took my son to [total coincidence, he was born on the 20th anniv of the concert I mentioned at the beginning - and yes, I HAVE rambled 😀😀].
[ - EDIT: correction - not Bambele ---Benbele [for those out there who do not know this track th-cam.com/video/AHGzuEkUVwE/w-d-xo.html I am personally astounded it never reached an album on initial release, I think this track is AWESOME and I could listen to this on a loop for hours]. There are lots of soundboard 'unofficial' concert recordings out in the ether that are all beyond inCREDible and well worth searching out.
Your rambling is rock history, no worries, i enjoyed it very much! You witnessed Santana live, that's awesome. I did in 2005! With all the nonsense in the world like you say, classic albums like Caravanserai really speak, they remind us of the good of humanity, and the depths of the collective minds working towards a better place. I'm so glad you enjoyed this documentary. A labor of love and admiration for the musicians who made it. Thank YOU very much for watching.
i have the quadrophonic lp. last album with greg rolie & neal schon.
Oh you mean the Santana IV album? How's the sound? I bet it rocks! Thank you very much for watching!
When Gregg Rolie left in 1972, Santana was truly no more.
Rolie's Hammond B3 Organ was essential to Santana's sound.
Gregg also sang the majority of Santana's songs.
You know, Clive Davis said there were no Singles on Caravanserai but I disagree!
All The Love Of The Universe was Single material. It still retained the original Santana sound and the philosophical lyrics were great advocating universal brotherhood.
The perfect "B" side was "La Fuente Del Ritmo". "Look Up (To See What's Going Down);was instead used in a European release.
Your research and opinion are spot on and appreciated
Thank you very much for watching Ken! All about love and admiration to the music!
Do have any special insight on Song of the Wind. I believe Neil Schon play with Carlos on it but can't tell the difference? Thanks great documentary
There's an interesting fact i didn't mention on the video. The song was recorded on May 5th or Cinco de Mayo which is a Mexican Holiday. I think maybe Carlos felt extra happy that day! You can tell Neal by the high pitch sounds while Carlos sounds a bit more "obscure".
Hey JCM is it possible to get the SHEET MUSIC to CARAVANSERAI from you? THANKS FOR ANY INFO!
I found Waves Within and Every Step of the Way, not the rest, that would have to be done manually, like a transcription!
This was such a HUGE INSPIRATION!!! I LOVE THIS ALBUM & you did an AMAZING JOB!!! Thanks so much for doing this, Peace my friend, Rock On & God Bless.
Where did you find the live stuff from the keystone? I’d be interested in hearing all of the live stuff actually
Hey Rob so i got this from a friend when it was made available online. I think the links are now dead but i managed to find my friend's archive hehe. Thank you very much for watching!
@@JCM-LedZeppelin-Stories yeah no worries bro. Thanks for all that you do.I'm just a huge fan of live music.
This album was just one of about ten albums in 1972 that I will always remember and play just to remind me of how beautiful 1972 was. The other 9 lps will blow your mind ❤❤!
This think this album ran Neal Schon and Gregg Rolie into forming Journey.
Yup! And they ventured into their own Jazz Rock Fusion on their Journey Debut, it's a good record actually!
This documentary is amazing. a professional one made by the band's label wouldnt be as good imo.
Wow Thank You so much . I love these early Santana band albums, cornerstone of my life's soundtrack. It's all about the admiration for the music and the players. Respect is the basis of it all!
As a big fan of the first four Santana albums, I deeply appreciate the extensive research you’ve done on your videos. Thank you! Looking forward to seeing the Carlos official documentary movie soon.
Been a while since I played this one. Thanks for the reminder :)
Always a good time to revisit this one!
JCM I agree with your alternate track listing idea. It seems to sound deeper or more or more intense. It's easy enough to make a playlist in iTunes based on your suggestion and yes, it sounds even better.
Oh this is GREAT! You are the first subscriber to comment on this hehe, so trust me i am happy. Glad it makes for a deeper listen and experience. I love Song of the Wind as closer....it gives hope for the morning after you know? Thanks for watching!
Yes on Ascension!
Another thrilling dive into "The Making Of..." series JCM. Knowing that you were going to delve into this album, I listened to it the other night..at the appropriate volume...It's such a great work of sonic excellence. I'm baffled by your ability to get unreleased audio from both the studio and live shows. What struck me this time when listening is the strange, ethereal organ sound that I guess Rolie is playing throughout the album, it sounds slightly haunting and breezy at the same time. I also noticed how much Neal is playing, especially on side one. Your revamped tracking order would probably throw me for a loop, as I have had this album since the day it was released in '72. Personally, the way the album is sequenced makes perfect sense(to me). I'd say that the majority of the album is outstanding, however; "All the Love in the Universe" is a bit too bombastic for me. I took this album to my High School in '74 and played "Song of the Wind" for a class project. It went over well, of course! Keep up the good work, there are lots of classic Santana fans out here. I'll be watching!
A nice insight into this iconic record, thanks.
Thank you very much for watching!
I’ve seen and know Mingo Lewis. I was hoping to jam with him but we never got together yet.
More fourth album magic - Hamburger Concerto by Focus.
You know it! So many great moments of music in Focus' fourth! Thank you very much for watching. Stay tuned for more!
I would like to see the release of a Rsd version of outtakes and live sessions from the keynote, these sessions are priceless
Donnie this is a moneymaking idea absolutely. Like you i'd buy it without hesitation! CaranvanserecordstoreDay