Blues for Salvador [Import] [Original recording remastered]

Track Listings

1. Bailando/Aquatic Park

2. Bella

3. I'm Gone

4. Deeper Dig Deeper

5. Mingus

6. Now That You Know

7. Hannibal

8. Blues For Salvador

Editorial Reviews
Album Details
Remastered Reissue Presented in a Clear Tray with Improved Original Artwork. This 1987 Album is Carlos Santana's Fourth 'solo Album' and features an Instrumental Version of 'deeper Dig Deeper' and an Alternate Take of 'hannibal.'

Tracks:

Bailando/Aquatic Park
Bella
I'm Gone
'Trane
Deeper, Dig Deeper
Mingus
Now That You Know
Hannibal
Blues From Salvador

Album Details

Remastered Reissue Presented in a Clear Tray with Improved Original Artwork. This 1987 Album is Carlos Santana's Fourth 'solo Album' and features an Instrumental Version of 'deeper Dig Deeper' and an Alternate Take of 'hannibal.'

Customer Reviews:

Santana's best CD from the eighties.......2007-07-03

MOSTLY UNISPIRED INSTRUMENTALS.
THIS REALLY ISN'T A CARLOS SANTANA SOLO ALBUM. IT IS A SANTANA BAND GROUP EFFORT (EXCEPT FOR 2 TRACKS).

Released in 1987, this is a collection of odds and ends. There are alternate takes, live tracks and a few tracks of Santana fooling around. It is 44 minutes long and the sound quality is very good.

I don't konw why this is listed as a Carlos Santana solo CD. All but 2 tracks were performed by the "Santana" band during that time. And the remaining 2 tracks were performed by about the half the group.

The 1980's was not the best decade for Santana. His studio albums had a stripped down sound that conformed to the tastes of the time. His music was more pop oriented. There is nothing wrong with that, except that many of the songs were not very good. But, he continued to be very good in concert.

The music on this album, has the same feel as the rest of Santana's 1980's output, only it is better than most. This is partly because some of the tracks are live. Other tracks are studio reproductions of jams they did in concert.

Much of the music reflects the sound of the eighties. There is the sharp drum notes that were popularized by Dire Straits on Money For Nothing. It was the beginning of digital recording and people were playing around with sonic improvements and wider dynamic ranges. There is also the annoying synthesizer sound that populated much of the New Wave and Disco music. I like synthesizers, but they were poorly used in the eighties.

Two of the tracks on this CD are alternate takes of done during the recording sessions from Freedom and Zebop! The version of Deeper, Dig Deeper here is much better than what was on Freedom. Here it is an instrumental with some manic and funky guitar work from Santana.

The best track on this album is Mingus, which has some interesting synthesizer work from Chester Thompson. Unforntunately, it is less than 2 minutes long.

There is nothing bad on this album (unlike the rest of the Santana albums from the eighties), but most of the music is bland. On the Santana albums from the eighties, I have been pulling off the 2 to 4 good tracks and have been getting rid of the CD's. With Blues For Salvador, I will keep the whole CD. But, if I were ever to lose this CD, I probably would not bother to replace it.

I don't think Santana fully recovered from Festival (1977) until 1990, with Spirits Dancing in the Dark.

One of the Best Ever.......2007-04-27

Is there any doubt that Carlos Santana is one of the greatest guitar players ever? I saw Santana several times during the "Welcome", "Love Devotion and Surrender" and "Caravanserai" years. Carlo's playing has always touched a very emotional chord with me. The playing is so lyrical and energetic.

I bought Blues for Salvador based on the recommendations off Amazon and have been very pleased as the guitar playing is as good or better than anything Carlos has ever done. Blues for Salvador is wonderful!

A criminally overlooked Santana gem........2007-04-05

"Blues for Salvador" may not have the peacock-strutting panache of "Abraxas" or "Santana III", but there are more than a few moments of genuine latin guitar fire to whet the appetite of any SANTANA fan. The low-key blues charms of "Hannibal" and "Blues for Salvador" both find Carlos taking off with plenty of barnstorming licks. The blues hooks and subtle synth accompaniment starts tugging at your mind after only a couple of spins. Plus the opener, "Bailando/Aquatic Park" is a fantastic; upbeat and tasteful. Fans of anything by ERIC JOHNSON could do much worse than this underrated disc.

Interesting.......2006-01-30

We all know Santana best from the classics, 'Oye Como Va' and 'Evil Ways'. This late 80's release by Carlos Santana takes the listener in a whole 'nother direction. The title of this review says it for me as far as this CD goes. Interesting. In a good way of course

One Of Santana's Forgotten Treasures of the 80's.......2003-11-23

Admittedly there are at least three tracks on Blues For Salvador that have a really outdated 80's pop rock commercial feel for the time. But the rest of the set is purely heaven sent and timeless !
There is an experimental quality with Blues For Salvador that was not really felt or expressed with Santana's other pop sounding projects or efforts from the 80's. At times there is a slight underlying new age or ambient feel to some of the instrumentals such as Mingus. The Latin, rock, jazz fusion sound is still there and umistakeably Santana's trademark sound.
Like I said, forget about the few pop-like tracks, while a bit catchy (I'm Gone, 'Trane, Deeper Big Deeper) and concentrate on the majority of excellent material that is here !

Tracks:

Bailando/Aquatic Park
Bella
I'm Gone
'trane
Deeper, Dig Deeper
Mingus
Now That You Know
Hannibal
Blues for Salvador

Album Description

Limited edition Japanese pressing of the 1987 album contains some of Carlos Santana's most riveting guitar playing of the '80s. Features the 9 original tracks packaged in a paper sleeve. Sony. 2005.

Album Details

Japanese Digitally Remastered Limited Edition Issue of the Album Classic in a Deluxe, Miniaturized LP Sleeve Replica of the Original Vinyl Album Artwork.

Average customer rating:

Santana's best CD from the eighties
One of the Best Ever
A criminally overlooked Santana gem.
Interesting
One Of Santana's Forgotten Treasures of the 80's

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Manufacturer: Sony/Columbia
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Tracks:

Bailando/Aquatic Park
Bella
I'm Gone
'trane
Deeper, Dig Deeper
Mingus
Now That You Know
Hannibal
Blues for Salvador

Album Details

Customer Reviews:

Santana's best CD from the eighties.......2007-07-03

One of the Best Ever.......2007-04-27

A criminally overlooked Santana gem........2007-04-05

Interesting.......2006-01-30

One Of Santana's Forgotten Treasures of the 80's.......2003-11-23

I was going to give this recording only 4 stars but because Bella is one of the most beautiful instrumentals Santana has ever written I have to bump it to 5...

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