Santana - Folsom Street (1971)

Between November 1970 and January 1971 Santana visited various studios to record tracks for their third album. The sessions were productive, and as well as the songs that appeared on the album, a number of tracks were recorded that never made it onto the eventually released 'Santana III'. The band recorded the songs differently at each studio, with flute more noticable on the Columbia Studios sessions, and the Wally Heider Studios sessions having a harder, dark edge to the recordings, which are the takes that I've used here. All of the tracks are instrumentals, including the versions of 'Gumbo' and 'Everybody's Everything', but they all include superb playing from the whole band, and from Carlos Santana and new recruit Neil Schon in particular. It's also rumoured that Eric Clapton sat in with the band for some jams, and 'Batuka (Jam With Blues)' is one of those. 

Track listing

01 Ballin'
02 Folsom Street
03 Everybody's Everything
04 Batuka (Jam With Blues)
05 Fried Neckbones And Home Fries
06 Gumbo
07 Banbeye