Yes, I am a San Francisco female that evolved with Carlos all the way through Blues for Salvador. Love all the masterpiece albums and his spritual ones like Caravansari and Oneness.
These songs take me back to my childhood ❤. I remember hearing this for the first time when my family and I were on our way to Phoenix to visit one of my brothers. I was born in the late 80s but loved this song and still do
Santana toda una época musical incomparable, introdujo en un mundo dominado por el rock norteamericano e inglés, el ritmo tropical rock, acompañado de buenos músicos. No pasa de moda.
"Festival/ Let the Children Play"...man I was 10 years old when this album came out..and that was 1977! Still one of the best Santana albums, along with Amigos, and Caravanserai.
I thank my Pop's for giving me a good sense of musical direction.blessed to hear this is a totally cookout! Backyard bbQ jam! Thank you for your comment sparking a positive memory in my life ..infinite love❤Gratitude." Ellos tienen que jugar!!"
I had a three year old sister in 1980. I was then 26. She was the 7th and I was the first. I played this song and she remembered the lyric "Let The Children Play" while I remembered how Carlos was playing with the pedal tones.
This song was big in Puerto Rico in the 70s,,,being a New Yorker i remember singing the chorus while dribbling my baskteball to the court " ellos tienen que jugar" let the children play"' memories
I agree with the comments below, this is a superb and almost over looked album, However these tracks are even better realised on the stunning live double Moonflower from 1977. That said to be honest any Santana album from the early 70's right up to Marathon is up there with the best of them. I still spin my original vinyl copies often even today. Thanks mum and dad for forcing me to listen to Santana back then!
Back in the release days, I only had a cassette player. The Moonflower cassette was 90 minutes and sort of stretched after a while from me playing it often.
I must admit I mix my belly dancing classes with salsa dancing as well and it may be alot of work but when u mix the 2 together great workout and a mind blowing dance routine as well.... This takes me back to when I was a kid Dancing to this. Whoever thought I'd be teaching how to dance to this song
Let the children play es un tema adictivo. Mira que Santana es bueno; pero en éste se sale. Este disco cuesta más de digerir que otros, pero cuando te entra lo hace más profundamente.
Ahí estuvimos en el Sportatorium Fort Lauderdale 77 y aquí estamos con Devadip en Manabi 2023 me crece todo mi espíritu y se siente que los niños tienen que jugar,,,,,,,,,
I remember hearing this when my brothers would party.. I'm the only sister of"six"brother's I had to stay in my room😁 (OUR MOM WAS AWAY. ON A BUSINESS TRIP)
I wore my "Festival" Albums out, I think I bought about 4 versions of the LPs. All purpose album, I would play, Carnaval, Let the Children Play and Jugando to get into a good mood, I used to record "Give me Love" and "The River" and make cassettes (we used to call creepers) for the girls I really liked in high school, add those songs to Malo's Suavecito on a cassette, next thing you know I had a new girlfriend. "Try Little Harder" from Side 2 I still play when working out on weights. "Revelations" for sipping tequila (Casa Noble) and reflecting on life and finding my spiritual center, and Maria Caracoles, I used to jam out to when my mother would yell at me to clean up my room. Love Festival!
this l.p i played the day i got married 1978 why cuz my ex and i were teens i was 18 ahe was 14 she got pregnant so i had to be married which i did ,so to me was a special song to play it and still in deep in my heart
Yo les digo Caballeros que Los ninios se deben jugar, ayos tienen que jugar.Let the children play, one of my favorite Santana songs to see live in person, Awesome!!
Santana's music is as complex as classical music. Its amazing what a dedicated musician can do with music typically considered less.... Artistic I suppose.
i have to say... this is awesome music and it takes me back as i used to listenm to this alot as a kid. And let the children play is almost like a good tango at some places.
My brother played every album to me yrs ago I'm 62 now, and when my kids were growing up I played Santana to them and now my grd kids, and hope one day they will carry on always have my youngest grd kids dancing around to fesival.
I've never heard anyone play like he does in this song. Especially in Jugando at about 6:36, ive never heard anyone else with a sound like that. Does anyone else know of something like that? I wanna hear more songs like this.
Probably the closest person I can think of that has a similar sound at times is Al di Meola, a guitar giant in his own right. Listen to his "Race with Devil on Spanish Highway" - definitely a very Santanaesque sound. I will say he is more of a Jazz fusion stylist (although he can play anything) - and he does vary his sound.
around 6:36 it's actually keyboardist Tom Coster, so that's maybe why you haven't heard a guitar player sound like that. The recommendation of Al DiMeola above is a good one though, the album "Elegant Gypsy" is the place most people start which contains the song jimraw1 refers to above.
@114680318990593989999 That's a synthesizer...probably either a 70s Minimoog or Arp Odyssey. Tom Coster used both that year. If you like that sound, just get into 70s jazz fusion or progressive rock. Albums by George Duke, Herbie Hancock, and Chick Corea's Return to Forever group, YES and ELP (emerson lake & palmer) albums. Tons of moog and arp solos on those. Early to mid 70s albums are best...late 70s albums got more watered down and disco-ish with less soloing.
+Reed McLaughlin Try Emerson Lake and Palmer "Tarkis" the Moog Synthesizer king Kieth Emerson really florish, but also look up Rachel Flowers (13 year old blind girl) version of of Tarkis on Emersons Moog Synthesizer its amazing.
I heard this medley on the Moonflower album, call me crazy but the jump into Let The Children Play is very anticlimactic. Moonflower had more punch to it
thanks for a reply to my comment, but I only like some of their stuff! you would be supprised what I would like? Santana IN MY opinion were good only very early 70's, ah well?
I'm 66 and listening this magnific music today from one of the best from Latín America.
His best work for me. A straight play-through album. Every track is a gem.
never heard it before.....GREAT!!!!
Awesome! one of my all time favorite Santana albums! right oN!
It was a privilege growing up with santana. There is and will never be another similar. Santana you rock. ..willie p.
+Willie p., I find the music of Santana to be so deeply soulful.
Willie p. One of a kind brother..
Yes, I am a San Francisco female that evolved with Carlos all the way through Blues for Salvador. Love all the masterpiece albums and his spritual ones like Caravansari and Oneness.
What a memory you must have of your time with him.
To this day, still one of the best songs ever created. So uplifting, powerful and original. There has never been another like it
These songs take me back to my childhood ❤. I remember hearing this for the first time when my family and I were on our way to Phoenix to visit one of my brothers. I was born in the late 80s but loved this song and still do
What an album - Carlos Santana one of the greatest guitarists of all-time... Always played with a top-notch band to....
Santana toda una época musical incomparable, introdujo en un mundo dominado por el rock norteamericano e inglés, el ritmo tropical rock, acompañado de buenos músicos. No pasa de moda.
I haven't heard this song in forever. As a kid my mom used to blast this and sing the whole song word for word.
"Festival/ Let the Children Play"...man I was 10 years old when this album came out..and that was 1977! Still one of the best Santana albums, along with Amigos, and Caravanserai.
I thank my mother for playing Santana as I grew up and I thank the man himself for making some of the best music of all time
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I thank my Pop's for giving me a good sense of musical direction.blessed to hear this is a totally cookout! Backyard bbQ jam! Thank you for your comment sparking a positive memory in my life ..infinite love❤Gratitude." Ellos tienen que jugar!!"
One of his better albums. Includes The Waters Family, Leon Patillo, Tom Coster,
amongst others. True work of musical beauty
IT'S GOOD TO SEE AND KNOW THAT I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH GOOD TASTE.
I SEEN SANTANA SO MANY TIMES I CANT COUNT THE TIMES LOVED EVERY SHOW STEVE VENEGAS
I played this album this week while baking christmas cookies , danced my bootie off !!!
Were you baking with Moon Flour?
It reminds me of Sunnyside High School in Tucson Arizona, always jamming to it at lunch time, rock on!!!...
That moment at 2:18 when he hits the riff blows me away every time!
Totally agree! Amazing that change!!!
+DaveyKrechtner For me it is at 3.27. He turns on another pickup and steps on the wah. The tone change !
Westronman its my favourite santana song and riff and monment for 40 years now. it never gets boring.
Carlos Santana with his signature tempo change!
R u sure he's hitin the riff and not the reef
Carlos Santana is badass ,love his music!!
This song always gets me in a fiesta mood. I totally love this jam!! Thanks for posting! Yo quiero Santana!!!
Rattles my jaws. Wow!! I can be 108 and would still try to dance to this amazing song!!
LOve it!
This music wakes up my body,soul and everything else.
I've been listening to this album playlist every day for 2 months now. It's good.
Same here except i listen to Zebop also
Un copain de lycée me le faisait écouter sur sa chaine hifi
Je l'ai acheté plus tard et je l'ai usé.....
Nous étions en 1977
Capolavoro inestimabile del grande Carlos Santana, Imperdibile. Claudio
I had a three year old sister in 1980. I was then 26. She was the 7th and I was the first. I played this song and she remembered the lyric "Let The Children Play" while I remembered how Carlos was playing with the pedal tones.
Great song. Great album.
Thk U ST, SJ. Caly I Learned about U in the earlyx70's. Th U again.
This song was big in Puerto Rico in the 70s,,,being a New Yorker i remember singing the chorus while dribbling my baskteball to the court " ellos tienen que jugar" let the children play"' memories
I agree with the comments below, this is a superb and almost over looked album, However these tracks are even better realised on the stunning live double Moonflower from 1977. That said to be honest any Santana album from the early 70's right up to Marathon is up there with the best of them. I still spin my original vinyl copies often even today. Thanks mum and dad for forcing me to listen to Santana back then!
Back in the release days, I only had a cassette player. The Moonflower cassette was 90 minutes and sort of stretched after a while from me playing it often.
anyway, I've always preferred the live version on Moonflower, but still amazing.
+Reed McLaughlin, "Moonflower" does give them a certain extra magic.
I must admit I mix my belly dancing classes with salsa dancing as well and it may be alot of work but when u mix the 2 together great workout and a mind blowing dance routine as well.... This takes me back to when I was a kid Dancing to this. Whoever thought I'd be teaching how to dance to this song
I remember listening to this album whenever I spent the weekend at my aunt's and uncle's house back in the early 80s
Let the children play es un tema adictivo. Mira que Santana es bueno; pero en éste se sale. Este disco cuesta más de digerir que otros, pero cuando te entra lo hace más profundamente.
Ellos Tienen Que Jugar!
Ahí estuvimos en el Sportatorium Fort Lauderdale 77 y aquí estamos con Devadip en Manabi 2023 me crece todo mi espíritu y se siente que los niños tienen que jugar,,,,,,,,,
Faz este ano 30 anos que vi ao vivo e a cores.... INESQUECÍVEL!
I remember hearing this when my brothers would party.. I'm the only sister of"six"brother's I had to stay in my room😁 (OUR MOM WAS AWAY. ON A BUSINESS TRIP)
Ah Debra, you should have phoned me. We could have danced the night away together!
Listen to old Santana, Early 70's. Mama, this one , was one of the best, then his music changed, I my self, liked Ed him in his early music.
love these songs ..Carlos Santana..
I wore my "Festival" Albums out, I think I bought about 4 versions of the LPs. All purpose album, I would play, Carnaval, Let the Children Play and Jugando to get into a good mood, I used to record "Give me Love" and "The River" and make cassettes (we used to call creepers) for the girls I really liked in high school, add those songs to Malo's Suavecito on a cassette, next thing you know I had a new girlfriend. "Try Little Harder" from Side 2 I still play when working out on weights. "Revelations" for sipping tequila (Casa Noble) and reflecting on life and finding my spiritual center, and Maria Caracoles, I used to jam out to when my mother would yell at me to clean up my room. Love Festival!
I totally am in love with this Album from the 70's. I'm 57 now and still listening.
excelente tal como siempre que tiempos aquellos, gran cancion.
That moment at 2:16 is sheer bliss.
I agree 100%.
Santana el profeta brille la luz en su camino
The best Latin rock music ever played in this planet
Hardly need to qualify it with "Latin."
It's just GOOD!
this l.p i played the day i got married 1978 why cuz my ex and i were teens i was 18 ahe was 14 she got pregnant so i had to be married which i did ,so to me was a special song to play it and still in deep in my heart
LET MY GRANDCHILDREN PLAY!!!!!!!! Precious, God-given gifts that require super human patience and love.
Yo les digo Caballeros que Los ninios se deben jugar, ayos tienen que jugar.Let the children play, one of my favorite Santana songs to see live in person, Awesome!!
Signature Sound!
I had this album when I was in the 8th grade❤
EEEEEE Santana at his finest !
Mos def one of my fav too. So hard to pick a fav with alllll his music. Peace ~
A masterpiece dedicated to children!!!
This was one of their most ghetto sounding tunes they've ever done (but in a good way)!!! Brings back some memories!!!
Santana's music is as complex as classical music. Its amazing what a dedicated musician can do with music typically considered less.... Artistic I suppose.
i have to say... this is awesome music and it takes me back as i used to listenm to this alot as a kid. And let the children play is almost like a good tango at some places.
Carlitos....fué uno de los mejores de aquella época..!!
im not a dancer at all, but this song just makes me wanna......DANCE!!
Nice music for Santana
leeet the music play all day, let the music play, let the music play.
Mucho Gracias!
Reminds me of the days I spent hanging out in Humboldt Park with my then girlfriend Yolanda G!
Put this on when your mind needs happiness
Amazing track
Uuuuuuuuh Santana, the best.
Santana vive para siempre
Absolutely Genius.
My brother played every album to me yrs ago I'm 62 now, and when my kids were growing up I played Santana to them and now my grd kids, and hope one day they will carry on always have my youngest grd kids dancing around to fesival.
great!
chipeto！！good
Les meilleures du monde ♥️
I Love This Song And Santana
I've never heard anyone play like he does in this song. Especially in Jugando at about 6:36, ive never heard anyone else with a sound like that. Does anyone else know of something like that? I wanna hear more songs like this.
Probably the closest person I can think of that has a similar sound at times is Al di Meola, a guitar giant in his own right. Listen to his "Race with Devil on Spanish Highway" - definitely a very Santanaesque sound. I will say he is more of a Jazz fusion stylist (although he can play anything) - and he does vary his sound.
around 6:36 it's actually keyboardist Tom Coster, so that's maybe why you haven't heard a guitar player sound like that. The recommendation of Al DiMeola above is a good one though, the album "Elegant Gypsy" is the place most people start which contains the song jimraw1 refers to above.
@114680318990593989999 That's a synthesizer...probably either a 70s Minimoog or Arp Odyssey. Tom Coster used both that year. If you like that sound, just get into 70s jazz fusion or progressive rock. Albums by George Duke, Herbie Hancock, and Chick Corea's Return to Forever group, YES and ELP (emerson lake & palmer) albums. Tons of moog and arp solos on those. Early to mid 70s albums are best...late 70s albums got more watered down and disco-ish with less soloing.
+Reed McLaughlin Try Emerson Lake and Palmer "Tarkis" the Moog Synthesizer king Kieth Emerson really florish, but also look up Rachel Flowers (13 year old blind girl) version of of Tarkis on Emersons Moog Synthesizer its amazing.
+Tim Jenkins Santans brother Jorje had a band called Malo, they did Suavecito a jam.
As for the fake comment you don't know Santana.Que Viva Santana.👍
ellos tienen que jugar.....
Magic....PURE magic..
just gotta feel in your inner soul
I can wistle the flute solo like a boss for like 15 years already... and im 20.
Still Rocks!
I like this
I heard this medley on the Moonflower album, call me crazy but the jump into Let The Children Play is very anticlimactic. Moonflower had more punch to it
X siempre santana..
THE BEST
tremenda rumba salvaje
SANTANA SI SI SI
2023 . ...1977 Y los nietos tienen que jugar,,,,,,,,,,
GOOD SONG
Grew Up Off His Music
thanks for a reply to my comment, but I only like some of their stuff! you would be supprised what I would like? Santana IN MY opinion were good only very early 70's, ah well?
Very simple you can't compare
Ayer,mañana y simple 4life.
happiness and joy
1.25 speed for salsa dance!
the man
A one of
51 dislikes??? Warning! Subhumans in action!!!
sin igual.....f
Commercials in the middle...??? How stupid to interrupt such a masterpiece.
🙄🥀💙🌱
Only decent item on album! gone downhill
+Bryn Noble You probably like abba.
ppfff
Only a corpse, could not dig Maria Caracoles......can you fog a mirror, Bryn?
FAKE
This medley of songs makes me happy and sad at the same time. I want to dance like crazy