Santana

Santana – Qobuz Studio Masters Collection (1974-1987)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 07:27:14 minutes | 9,14 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Columbia Records

Santana is a Latin rock band. Founded in San Francisco during the late 1960s, it is based around the compositions and playing of lead guitarist and founder Carlos Santana. The band first came to widespread public attention when their performance of their Latin rock song “Soul Sacrifice” at Woodstock in 1969 provided a contrast to other acts on the bill. This exposure helped propel their first album, also named Santana, into a hit, followed in the next two years by the successful Abraxas and Santana III.

In the years that followed lineup changes were common. Carlos Santana’s increasing involvement with guru Sri Chinmoy took the band into more esoteric music, though never quite losing its initial Latin influence.
In 1998, the group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, with Carlos Santana, Jose Chepito Areas, David Brown, Gregg Rolie, Mike Carabello and Michael Shrieve being honored.

The band has earned eight Grammy Awards and three Latin Grammy Awards, the latter all in 2000. Carlos also won Grammy Awards as a solo artist in 1989 and 2003. Santana has sold more than 90 million records worldwide, making them one of the world’s best-selling groups of all time.

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Santana – Zebop! (1981/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 47:12 minutes | 985 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Columbia

“Zebop!” is the eleventh studio album by Santana. The album has had several releases, and several different colour backgrounds for the cover have been produced, including pink and red. It featured one of Santana’s last commercial hits until Supernatural, “Winning”.

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Santana – Welcome (1973/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 50:39 minutes | 1,12 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Columbia – Legacy

In 1973 Carlos Santana and The Santana Band were now one of the world’s most loved rock and fusion bands of all time. After several studio albums and the two collaboration albums with Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles Live and Love Devotion Surrender with John McLaughlin, the world was now buzzing around the energy that these superstars would lay down on vinyl with the soon to be rock/jazz/funk powerhouse “Welcome”.

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Santana – Shape Shifter (2012)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 57:06 minutes | 665 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Starfaith

Carlos Santana, one of Rolling Stone’s “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time” makes his Starfaith debut with the release of Shape Shifter. With his latest recording, the ten-time GRAMMY® Award winner sought to reinvent himself, producing and co-producing nearly every track. The recording, with the exception of one, is an entirely instrumental album. His trademark tone, style and ferocious guitar-slinging are at the forefront of this stellar outing. Heard on the record are Chester Thompson on keyboards, Dennis Chambers on drums, Salvador Santana on keyboards, Raul Rekow on congas, Karl Perazzo on percussions and Benny Rietveld on bass. Shape Shifter has reached the top twenty on four different Billboard charts. Standouts include the beautiful ballad, “In the Light of a New Day,” the melodic rock number, “Nomad,” and the title-track that showcases Santana’s powerful riffs. Available now in hi-res, the album is a pinnacle work from one of music’s greatest players.

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Santana – Santana’s Greatest Hits (1974/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 34:48 minutes | 1,12 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Columbia – Legacy

“Santana’s Greatest Hits” is a 1974 compilation album by Santana. It offers highlights from the group’s first three albums. It is the band’s best-selling compilation album, selling over 7 million copies in the U.S. alone while selling more than 8 million records worldwide.

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Santana – Moonflower (1977/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:26:54 minutes | 1,81 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Columbia – Legacy

Santana, which was renowned for its concert work dating back to Woodstock, did not release a live album in the U.S. until this one, and it’s only partially live, with studio tracks added, notably a cover of the Zombies’ “She’s Not There” (number 27) that became Santana’s first Top 40 hit in five years. The usual comings and goings in band membership had taken place since last time; the track listing was a good mixture of the old — “Black Magic Woman,” “Soul Sacrifice” — and the recent, and with the added radio play of a hit single, Moonflower went Top Ten and sold a million copies, the first new Santana album to do that since 1972 and the last until Supernatural in 1999.

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Santana – In Search of Mona Lisa (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 27:13 minutes | 308 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Concord Records

In Search of Mona Lisa is the new five-track EP from the legendary Santana. It was inspired by Carlos Santana’s interaction with the Mona Lisa painting at the Louvre in Paris, France. The EP was produced by Narada Michael Walden and Carlos Santana.

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Santana – Freedom (1987/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 47:19 minutes | 975 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Epic

Freedom is the fourteenth studio album by Santana. By this recording, Santana had nine members, some of which had returned after being with the band in previous versions. Freedom moved away from the more poppy sound of the previous album, Beyond Appearances and back to the band’s original Latin rock.

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Santana – Festival (1977/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 45:52 minutes | 928 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Columbia

“Festival” is a 1977 album from Santana. It was their eighth studio album. It peaked number twenty seven in the Billboard 200 chart and number twenty nine in the R&B Albums chart.

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Santana – Corazón (Deluxe Version) (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 57:47 minutes | 695 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Sony Music Latin – RCA Records

Corazón is Santana’s 22nd studio album. It was produced by Lester Mendez, and features collaborations with musicians such as Gloria Estefan, Ziggy Marley, Juanes, and Cindy Blackman.

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Santana – Borboletta (1974/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 50:02 minutes | 1,00 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Columbia

Carlos Santana released “Borboletta” in 1974, producing the record with Michael Shrieve and Tom Coster. It features some lengthy solos by Santana, as well as ample space for percussion, saxophone, and keyboard-driven mood-setting.

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Santana – Blessings and Miracles (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 56:51 minutes | 1,23 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © BMG Rights Management (US) LLC

Santana have announced a new album, Blessings and Miracles, which will arrive on Oct. 15. The LP will feature appearances by several guest musicians and collaborators, including Metallica’s Kirk Hammett, Steve Winwood, Chris Stapleton, Rick Rubin and Corey Glover of Living Colour.

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Santana – Amigos (1976/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 41:38 minutes | 867 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Columbia – Legacy

Amigos is the seventh studio album from Santana. It contained a minor US hit single in “Let It Shine” and was the band’s first album to hit the top ten on the Billboard charts (it ultimately reached gold record status) since Caravanserai in 1972. In Europe the song “Europa” was released as a single and became a top ten hit in several countries.

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Santana – Africa Speaks (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:04:31 minutes | 1,35 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Concord Records

Africa Speaks is the new energy infused full-length album from Santana. It features the soulful vocals of Afro-Latin singer Buika, and was produced by legendary producer Rick Rubin. Santana and his eight-piece band (featuring his wife, Cindy Blackman Santana, on drums), convened at Rubin’s Shangri La Studios in Malibu, and in a joyous and stimulating 10-day period they recorded an astonishing number of tracks, many of them in one take. Inspired by the melodies, sounds and rhythms of Africa, Santana has created a truly memorable and powerful experience that also promises to be one of his most groundbreaking albums yet.

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Santana – Abraxas (1970/2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/176,4 kHz | Time – 51:12 minutes | 2,22 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Columbia – Legacy

Abraxas is the thrilling sophomore album by Santana. The GRAMMY Award-winning band continues their winning formula of rock, blues, jazz and salsa. Abraxas contains some of the group’s biggest hits including Peter Green’s “Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen” and their insightful rendition of the Tito Puente classic, “Oye Como Va.” “Oye Como Va” would become a sensation on the Billboard charts. This seminal Latin-rock release is an undeniable classic that topped the Billboard charts. It is also included on Vibe’s “100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century”.

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