Name: Abraxas
Brand: Santana

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

88875194291

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Colour

black

Colour details

Discogs ID

Discs

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2016-05-09

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Sony

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

888751942912

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

Santana

Genre GB

Classic

Label GB

Columbia

180 Gram Vinyl housed in a Gatefold Sleeve. The San Francisco Bay Area rock scene of the late '60s was one that encouraged radical experimentation and discouraged the type of mindless conformity that's often plagued corporate rock. When one considers just how different Santana, Jefferson Airplane, Moby Grape, and the Grateful Dead sounded, it becomes obvious just how much it was encouraged. In the mid-'90s, an album as eclectic as 'Abraxas' would be considered a marketing exec's worst nightmare. But at the dawn of the 1970s, this unorthodox mix of rock, jazz, salsa, and blues proved quite successful. Whether adding rock elements to salsa king Tito Puente's 'Oye Como Va,' embracing instrumental jazz-rock on 'Incident at Neshabur' and 'Samba Pa Ti,' or tackling moody blues-rock on Fleetwood Mac's 'Black Magic Woman,' the band keeps things unpredictable yet cohesive. Many of the Santana albums that came out in the '70s are worth acquiring, but for novices, 'Abraxas' is an excellent place to start.

Abraxas

Music GB