Santana - The Anthology (2CD, 2012)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 2:21:41 | 829 / 322 Mb
Genre: Classic Rock
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 2:21:41 | 829 / 322 Mb
Genre: Classic Rock
Titled Anthology, this double-disc set is little more than a reissue of Santana's 2002 San Mateo Sessions – a pair of discs that collects all of Santana's pre-Columbia demos. These tapes have been pirated onto CDs all over the place for years, with many different packagings. Sony's Santana[Legacy Edition] picked the very best tracks and issued them as a separate disc bundled together with Santana's self-titled first album in 2004. Other than a different cover, the only things that this set has to offer are two "bonus" tracks, one on each platter: disc one features a dodgy "DJ Rad" remix of "El Corazon Manda," and disc two contains a live version of "Evil Ways," recorded at the Fillmore in 1968, which is also readily available elsewhere. Buy the Sony version and leave this one behind.