Santana Lotus
2017 3x SACD Complete Edition
Psychedelic Rock
Jazz-Rock
Afro-Cuban Jazz
Fusion
Latin Jazz

Main image
Sony Records Int'l
advisor Tetsuya Shiroki
art direction Tadanori Yokoo
artwork Tadanori Yokoo
bass guitar Doug Rauch
bongos Armando Peraza
booklet editor Takashi Ohi
congas Armando Peraza
congas José "Chepito" Areas
directed by Yuichi Nakanishi
drums Michael Shrieve
keyboards Richard Kermode
keyboards Tom Coster
lead guitar Carlos Santana
lead vocals Leon Thomas
liner notes Akihito Yoshikawa
liner notes Carlos Santana
liner notes Hideto Isoda
liner notes Joji Ide
liner notes Kenji Miura
liner notes Tadanori Yokoo
liner notes Teruhisa Tajima
liner notes Tomoo Suzuki
liner notes Willie Nagasaki
liner notes 松本勝男
mastered by Akihito Yoshikawa
mixed by Tomoo Suzuki
percussion Carlos Santana
percussion Leon Thomas
timbales José "Chepito" Areas
Recorded At Koseinenkin Hall, Osaka
Manufactured By Sony Music Labels Inc.
Phonographic Copyright (p) Sony Music Entertainment
Copyright (c) Sony Music Entertainment
Glass Mastered At Sony DADC Japan
Japan exclusive SACD hybrid multi-ch edition (4ch mix).
It uses two-layered SACD with DSD 11.2MHz mastering made in 2017.
7-inch size mini LP (22-panel) faithfully replicates its original LP designed by Tadanori Yokoo.
Including original color photos, liner notes, and the original obi.
Also includes reproductions of a Japan tour pamphlet and an Osaka concert ticket.
Foreword in booklet by Carlos Santana.

Japanese original release.
Recorded live at Kosei Nenkin Hall, Osaka, Japan on Jul. 3 & 4, 1973.

1-8 is a vocal version of Pharoah Sanders' Japan from Karma.
Barcode: 4 547366 293159 (On obi and outer bag rear label)
Barcode: 4547366293159 (Scanned)
Rights Society: JASRAC
Matrix / Runout: SICP-10116 HD 2 (Disc 1, SACD layer, variants 1 & 2)
Matrix / Runout: SICP-10116 CD 2 (Disc 1, CD layer, variants 1 & 2)
Matrix / Runout: SICP-10117 HD 3 (Disc 2, SACD layer, variants 1 & 2)
Matrix / Runout: SICP-10117 CD 3 (Disc 2, CD layer, variants 1 & 2)
Matrix / Runout: SICP-10118 HD 2 (Disc 3, SACD layer, variants 1 & 2)
Matrix / Runout: SICP-10118 CD 2 (Disc 3, CD layer, variants 1 & 2)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L271 (All discs, SACD layer, variants 1 & 2)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L275 (All discs, CD layer, variants 1 & 2)
Mould SID Code: 45UD (All discs, mould ring, no IFPI prefix, variant 1)
Mould SID Code: 45U7 (All discs, mould ring, no IFPI prefix, variant 2)



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