(009100) Santana (& Jose Feliciano!) - 1971-03-23; 1971-11-05 - The Forum, LA, CA, (+San Diego bonus) SBD [Goody's Speed/Pitch-adjusted Audio Upgrade]

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Lineages:

UPDATED LOWER GEN SOURCE via mjk5510 (Thanks!) -

Los Angeles and San Diego 'Jungle Strut' - Low generation SB tapes; could be first gen or copied from a safety copy > CDR

Original boot source -

San Diego (all other bonus tracks) - sbd(stereo)>?>cd>eac(secure)>shn(EZT BT)> pitch lowered > seekable shn >

Goody's additional lineage:

TLH (WAV) > Audition (Pitch Bender, various amounts*; tracking updated; DC Bias adjusted) >

iZotope RX8 Advanced (Azimuth adjustment) > TLH (FLAC Level 8; Align sector boundaries; .ffp) > foobar2000 (tags)

Disc 1:

3/23/1971

101. Intro / Waiting 4:56

102. Ballin’ > 6:14

103. Black Magic Woman / Gypsy Queen > 6:00

104. Oye Como Va 4:17

105. Savor / Samba Pa Ti 7:28

106. Toussaint L’Overture > 5:23

107. Evil Ways 5:01

108. Incident At Neshabur 5:29

109. Jungle Strut 5:57

110. Everybody’s Everything 5:08

111. Gumbo 4:35

Encore w/ Jose Feliciano

112. Black Magic Woman / Gypsy Jam > 6:01

113. Oye Como Va 3:54

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Runtime: 1:10:23

Disc 2:

201. Guajira ^ 10:34

[ Goody note - the following San Diego bonus tracks were previously said to be from 10/5/1971, but it's 11/5/1971. ]

11/5/71

202. Savor > 4:57

203. Para Los Rumberos 2:51

204. Taboo 5:40

205. Se A Cabo 2:03

206. Waiting > 4:15

207. Incident At Neshabur 5:51

208. Samba Pa Ti 4:02

209. Toussaint L’Overture > 9:30

210. Evil Ways > 1:11

211. Oye Como Va (intro only - fades out) // 0:49

212. Jungle Strut (fades out) 5:24

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Runtime: 57:07

Jose "Chepito" Areas: perc

David Brown (March), Tom Rutley (November) : bass

Michael Carabello: perc

Coke Escovedo: perc

Pete Escovedo: perc

Rico Reyes: voc, perc

Gregg Rolie: v, kbd

Carlos Santana: v, guitar

Neil Schon: g

Michael Shrieve: drums

Special Guest: Jose Feliciano: v, guitar

phenomenal covers ,updated for this upgraded edition by ethiessen1 (Thanks!)

*10-20-2023 - Goody sez

A tuned version of the Forum show from the original bootleg source was already prepared for this edition and ready to be shared with the universe.

Just to cover every base for such an important release as this one, I reached out to great friend mjk5510 who just happened to have a better lower gen source for that show, meaning I'd be starting from scratch as those tracks still needed tuning and similar prepping. But in the end, the long and roundabout journey has paid off really well, as it turns out... Well worth every minute spent.

The bonus tracks, said to be from San Diego in October, have been properly identified as November now. I retained the original bootleg tracks as the source for the bonus files in this package and tuned those a bit more as needed, and found an additional 'Jungle Strut' attached to the end of the files from mjk5510 and tuned it, so the bonuses have a bonus now, too!

Also, some of the titles given in the original edition (also still available 'out there', in case you should run across it as well) were incorrect and are now properly named - To wit:

D1T11 was found to be not Fried Neck-anything - it's 'Gumbo'; a different meal entirely. Tasty, too...

D2T05 was not 'Savor', rather it's 'Se A Cabo'.

However, 'Savor' is actually the 1st bonus track, while 'Waiting' is the 5th. They were originally listed in reverse. This has now been updated from the earlier edition in the original fantastic trippy artwork courtesy of ethiessen1, as well as in this text,

The actual date of this particular show has also been uncertain in some editions of this and online as well. To settle any mystery, we're also including 'proof of life' bits about the shows from the LA Times. One thing I wanted to guarantee in this edition is that it is the most updated and best version of this show available now in a single package, properly tuned, tracked, and titled.

With all of that minutiae and record-keeping out of the way, please help yourself and enjoy this incredible slice of Santana history.

Many thanks to all those who came before and got all this out there long ago and to those who kept the great package that was the source of this in circulation.

Big grin to the Photoshop artist who put the covers together, helping make this one stand out in a crowd, and thanks once again to ethiessen1 for updating it

(numerous times!) to reflect the new changes and discoveries.

This edition - October 20, 2023 - Goody

https://mega.nz/file/qJpxlTAD#Kw5HlqywMaEfyE3betyk0cIZP3A64FMx-ArICJpYdSo