Santana: The Woodstock Experience (2 CD) [LIMITED EDITION]

Santana

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 30, 2009)
• Original Release Date: June 30, 2009
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Limited Edition
• Label: Sony Legacy
• ASIN: B0026BD2GK
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #5,133 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Waiting

2. Evil Ways

3. Shades Of Time

4. Savor

5. Jingo

6. Persuasion

7. Treat

8. You Just Don't Care

9. Soul Sacrifice

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Taking the stage at Woodstock, Santana was a little-known Latin rock group from San Francisco. When they walked off, they were an undeniable legend. The appearance was a perfect prologue to the debut, self-titled album that followed just weeks later. 1969 was an epic year Santana - their groundbreaking album and the performance at Woodstock would define them and their virtuosic guitarist, Carlos Santana, for years to come.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Go With The Legacy Version of "Santana" Instead, July 17, 2009

By	Saxman (SW Suburbs Chgo IL USA) - See all my reviews

This is one of my favorite albums of all time by my favorite Santana line-up. The Legacy Edition of "Santana" is superior to this "Woodstock Experience" in every respect: notes, photos, bonus cuts, overall album package and most importantly, SOUND QUALITY!

The sound on the "Legacy Edition" is crisp, clean, vibrant and full of life. Disc 1 of this "Woodstock" package sounds thin, harsh and compressed, very much like the original CD edition of this album from the 1980s. Disc 2 consists of the complete Woodstock set, minus most of the announcements and stage chatter. Why? The set is only about 50 minutes long - wouldn't have maxed out the disc! You no longer feel like you are right there in the middle of this amazing set. The sound on Disc 2 is also bad, very harsh with drop-outs and other technical problems not found on "The Legacy Edition."

The mini-poster of the band only shows about half the members. They couldn't even get THAT right.

Reasons to buy this CD:

The live version of "Evil Ways" from the Woodstock set.

Suggestion: go with "Santana: The Legacy Edition," buy the live mp3 of "Evil Ways" from this set and load all of that into your mp3 player for hours of listening enjoyment!

24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Legacy really screwed around with Santana's Woodstock recording, July 13, 2009

By	Barry Smith (Plainview, New York United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

In 2004, Sony Legacy Recordings released a 2-CD mini box set of Santanta (1969). The second disc contained the complete Woodstock performance (sans "Evil Ways")in perfect stereo sound, with all the stage banter as well as Chip Monck's announcements.

The producers of the Woodstock Experience version really messed with the recording. Not only did they create an inferior sounding mix, they also removed much of the stage banter. For example, Gregg Rolie famously announced "we have one more tune for you...it's called "Soul Sacrifice." This has been edited out of the Woodstock experience version. I think that's really criminal. There was no need to do this. Since the set was less than 80 minutes, why couldn't the producers just leave everything the way it was? Couldn't they just let it be? It would have been so much better that way.

If you can, try to find the 2004 Santana remaster box set. It has informative liner notes and preserves the Woodstock set in all its glory.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Santana *Burns* It Up At Woodstock!, July 3, 2009

By	Alex Honda "onyx575" (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

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The two CD set of SANTANA: THE WOODSTOCK EXPERIENCE is truly evidence of a super group being launched into stardom. It includes the live Woodstock CD that runs almost 46-minutes and a replica CD of their debut album Santana--minus the bonus tracks which are on the live CD.

Although Santana was relatively unknown when they took the stage in the daytime at Woodstock, they soon won the crowd over with their blistering instrumentals like "Waiting," "Savor," "Jingo," "Fried Neck Bones And Some Home Fries," and the astronomical "Soul Sacrifice" (seen on Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace & Music Director's Cut (40th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition with Amazon Exclusive Bonus Disc), which blew me away and that's why I bought this set).

Unless you have no pulse (or no rhythm), you can't help but move your feet and/or bob your head to Santana's incredible live set at Woodstock. The songs "Evil Ways," "You Just Don't Care," and "Persuasion" feature vocals, and I like those songs a lot, but they don't compare to the music itself. Infectious beats that are driving and full of life; a perfect blend of Latin, Rhythm & Blues, Rock, Soul and even a little Gospel that's what Santana's music sounds like to me.

You can hear the audience go from polite applause to raucous, absolute cheering screams of appreciation and acknowledgment as the group continues on with their songs. By the end of their set, Santana blew the audience away and this CD is a testament to it.

Like the other CD sets of in the Woodstock Experience (Sly & The Family Stone: The Woodstock Experience (2CD) and Janis Joplin:The Woodstock Experience (2 CD))--I own and recommend both--Santana's comes with two CDs--live Woodstock set and Santana--which come in cardboard jackets and sleeves with liner notes, and housed inside a larger cardboard package. It also comes with a mini-fold out poster featuring the band onstage on one-side and the audience on the other.

Get this CD set and you'll see why Santana's Woodstock performance is legendary. I love it and I'm not even a Santana fan.