Live Santana...

I have Borboletta in surround sound, too. Sounds pretty good...

-RW-

Caravansarai was a paradigm shift for the band. When I saw the tour, at the Springfield Civic Center, my friends and I were expecting the "Black Magic Woman" type sets that Santana had done on previous tours. Wow, shock and awe. Kind of like seeing an impressionist painting for the first time. Armondo Pereza, always generous with his time, was nice enough to hang out and talk with us after the set. He seemed quite aware that the band had aquired a new depth and flow, and that they were at a pivotal turning point.

Viridian,
If only Santana had kept it up! my three fav. Santana's were Caravansarai, Welcome, Borboletta... after that, he changed again. Bits and pieces on later albums refer to this era but never equaled again.
Some people do not talk highly of Borboletta but I think it hangs with the other two as his best.

Carlos lost his creative mojo a loooong time ago, and yet, he's worth more than ever today!

Xie, I would put "Love, Devotion and Surrender" into that camp. I rather like the straight up reading of Coltrane's "Naima" on this record.