Product Details

• Format: NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Sony
• VHS Release Date: July 1, 1991
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6301137574
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #214,282 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars SANTANA SHOWS HIS TRUE COLORS, July 12, 1999

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[e-mail] (Saratoga, New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Viva Santana [VHS] (VHS Tape)

If you are an old Santana fan(since 1969) you will wear this tape out. I have sent it to many friends who play a variety of instruments and they all loved it. I hope they do VIVA SANTANA PART 2!! As a matter of fact it's on the TV now. I left it playing while I checked the web to see if he had any other tapes. GET THIS. 6 stars..

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Documentary, not a music video, June 13, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Viva Santana [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is a great video to listen to Santana discuss his music and influences, but not to listen to his songs. Songs are spliced together from various concerts over the years and can be very annoying. Talking interupts most songs half way through the track. This is ok to watch once or twice, but not a tape you will wear out watching over and over.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Cool, But Has Glaring Flaws, July 2, 2000

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"skapunkbluesjazzrock" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Viva Santana [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Viva Santana is an excellant way to view the many different time periods and group members of Santana. The video covers Santana's earlier days in Wood stock and on the Ed Sullivan show, and from those early days the video does a pretty good job of including at least on performance of Santana for every couple of years. The bad thing about this video is that the creators of this video decided to run their interview with Carlos over the music portion, which makes the music a lot harder to hear. (Couldn't they have saved to interview portion for its own little area on the video?) Aside from that glaring flaw, the music on the video is fun to watch, and this video serves as an okay summary of Santana's career.