Lotus (album)

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Lotus
Live album by Santana
Released	May 1974
Recorded	July 3, 1973 - July 4, 1973 Japan
Genre	Latin / Rock / Jazz Fusion
Length	114:43
Label	Columbia
Producer	Carlos Santana, Richard Kermode, Michael Shrieve, Doug Rauch, Tom Coster, Armando Peraza, Jose Areas
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Santana chronology
Welcome (1973) Lotus (1974) Greatest Hits (1974)

Lotus is a 1974 live album by Santana. It was originally released as a triple vinyl LP and has seen CD releases as a double CD (track list as below) as well as triple CD (released in Japan in 2006).

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Disc one

1. "Going Home"
2. "A-1 Funk" - (The New Santana Band)
3. "Every Step of the Way" - (Shrieve)
4. "Black Magic Woman" - (Green)
5. "Gypsy Queen" - (Szabó)
6. "Oye Como Va" - (Puente)
7. "Yours Is the Light" - (Kermode)
8. "Batuka" - (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Shrieve)
9. "Xibaba (She-Ba-Ba)" - (Airto)
10. "Stone Flower (introduction)" - (Jobim)
11. "Waiting" - (Santana)
12. "Castillos de Arena Part 1 (Sand Castle)" - (Corea, Young, The New Santana Band)
13. "Free Angela" - (Bayete)
14. "Samba de Sausalito" - (Areas)

[edit] Disc two

1. "Mantra" - (Coster, Santana, Shrieve)
2. "Kyoto (Drum Solo)"
3. "Castillos de Arena Part 2 (Sand Castle)" - (Corea, Young, The New Santana Band)
4. "Incident at Neshabur" - (Gianquinto, Santana)
5. "Se a Cabo" - (Areas)
6. "Samba Pa Ti" - (Santana)
7. "Mr Udo" - (The New Santana Band)
8. "Toussaint L'Overture" - (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve)

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