View basket “Imagine (Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab)” has been added to your basket. Blues For Salvador Santana SKU: LMF560 Barcode: 196588951411 46.00 £46.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Mobile Fidelity Released Date: 25th December 2024 Buying Format: 180g 1LP Forthcoming Pre Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Blues for Salvador Earned Carlos Santana His First Grammy Award: 1987 “Solo” Album Pursues Jazz, Fusion, and Rock Directions. Sourced from the Original Master Tapes and Strictly Limited to 3,000 Numbered Copies: Mobile Fidelity’s 180g 33RPM Vinyl LP Presents the Largely Instrumental Record in Audiophile Quality for First Time Domestically. 1/2” / 30 IPS / Dolby SR analogue master to DSD 256 to analogue console to lathe. Few artists were more prolific than Carlos Santana during the 1970s and 80s. By the time he released Blues for Salvador, the fourth album billed to the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer as a lone solo artist, he kept a pace that saw him release LPs at a more than one record-per-year clip ever since the launch of his group’s 1969 debut. No wonder this 1987 effort would be Santana’s last work until 1990; he deserved the rest. And with the largely instrumental Blues for Salvador, he entered into the break on a high note — one that earned him his first Grammy Award. Sourced from the original master tapes, pressed at Fidelity Record Pressing, and strictly limited to 3,000 numbered copies, Mobile Fidelity’s 180g LP of Blues for Salvador presents the diverse album in audiophile sound for the first time on a domestic vinyl reissue. Part of the reissue label’s Santana series, this collectible version features quiet surfaces and black backgrounds that help expose the small details, wide-range dynamics, and trademark tones crucial to Santana’s sonic escapades. As for Carlos Santana’s globally recognizable guitar voicing, knife-edged solos, and comet-tail-streak leads? Hear them with newfound definition and clarity — all the better to appreciate the control, energy, and soulfulness on display. Not to mention the playing of the other ace musicians on the 80s fusion-minded set. Miles Davis’ Second Great Quintet alum Tony Williams (drums), former Weather Report member Alphonso Johnson (bass), Band of Gypsys mainstay Buddy Miles (vocals), and iconic sideman Orestes Vilato (flute, percussion) appear. With this remaster, their contributions register with improved focus, imaging, and separation. Ending a creative lull that lasted for a majority of the decade, Blues for Salvador calls attention to Santana’s natural ability to simply let loose and have fun. It’s also an unmistakable return to his love of jazz and a tribute to many of his heroes. The new-age atmospherics of “Bella,” a composition dedicated to his daughter, doubles as an ode to Wes Montgomery, Otis Rush, T. Bone Walker, and other six-string pioneers. The snaking pulse of “‘Trane” — featuring Williams cracking heads behind the drum kit — obviously bows to John Coltrane. Charles Mingus, another giant, gets his due on the short, keyboard-accompanied “Mingus.” Drawing from a hodgepodge of sources, Blues for Salvador contains new compositions, alternate takes of previously released material, and a monster live version of “Now That You Know” that witness Santana leaning into an improvisational thicket of soulful bass lines and cooking organ passages. His elastic guitar seemingly spits notes amid programmed beats on a funky, zig-zagging reading of “Deeper, Dig Deeper” (originally from Freedom) and mixes Brazilian, 80s pop and cabaret disciplines on “Hannibal” (originally from ZeBop!). In that it simply illustrates Santana’s passion for playing, Blues for Salvador pursues no agenda. That’s a large part of its appeal. Though the mixed provenance of its songs may have prevented it from climbing the charts, it remains a key if oft-overlooked entry in the legend’s vast catalog — an often breezy, fun, and meditative collection that ends with a title track featuring some of the most inspired playing of Satana’s mid-period career. Artist Santana Genre Rock And Pop Label Mobile Fidelity Buying Options 180g 1LP Format 180g , 1LP Condition New Country USA Track Listings Bailando/Aquatic Park Bella I’m Gone ‘Trane Deeper, Dig Deeper Mingus Now That You Know Hannibal Blues for Salvador Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Santana View Product Quick View Santana Inner Secrets Rock And Pop | Mobile Fidelity | 180g, 1LP Released 25th December 2024 £46.00 Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders Santana Inner Secrets £46.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Mobile Fidelity SKU: LMF559 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 25th December 2024 Read More Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Santana Abraxas (SuperVinyl) Rock And Pop | Mobile Fidelity | 180g, 1LP Released 25th December 2024 £67.00 Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders Santana Abraxas (SuperVinyl) £67.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Mobile Fidelity SKU: LMF539SV Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 25th December 2024 Read More Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders 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