- At least this bootleg has a reason for being. Many McLaughlin and
Santana fans have
longed for a professional recording of one of their live performances together.
Columbia records chose not to honor our heroes in this way so we are stuck with
this hodge-podge of a mess of broken and mis-named tunes compiled and mastered
and placed on disc by complete know-nothings. There are actually two versions
of this concert available. One version is a 2-CD set which features about 20
more minutes of music than the 1-CD release which seems to have been culled,
wrong titles, wrong names etc., from the 2-CD version. I saw the single CD in a
legitimate record store in Los Angeles. How did it get into the store
(BlockBuster) ? You got me. I assume somebody pulled a fast one, for you
"English is a second language" fans.. a "fast one" means a "trick", to place
this title in the racks. What this recording does succeed in doing is making
you wish you had either seen this band live on tour, half Mahavishnu /
half Santana Band, or indeed a live recording had been released.
Love Devotion Surrender was great but, I would have loved to hear
these players stretch-out.
Please see Bootleg disclaimer.
Walter Kolosky
smsi@attbi.com
Walter Kolosky is a businessman and jazz fan who lives in South Natick, MA, USA
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McLaughlin/Santana - Live in Chicago 1973 (bootleg)
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