Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles! Live!

Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles! Live!
Live album by
Carlos Santana and Buddy Miles
ReleasedJune 7, 1972
RecordedJanuary 1, 1972, at the "Sunshine '72" Festival, inside Diamond Head, Honolulu, Hawaii
GenrePsychedelic rock, jam rock, jazz rock, blues rock, jazz funk, funk rock
Length46:01
LabelColumbia
ProducerCarlos Santana & Buddy Miles
Carlos Santana chronology
Santana (III)
(1971) 		Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles! Live!
(1972) 		Caravanserai
(1972)
Buddy Miles chronology
Buddy Miles Live
(1971) 		Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles! Live!
(1972) 		Booger Bear
(1973)

Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles! Live! is a live album by Carlos Santana and Buddy Miles, released in 1972.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[1]

In a review for AllMusic, William Ruhlmann stated that the recording "was not, perhaps, the live album Santana fans had been waiting for, but at this point in its career, the band could do no wrong."[2]

Ebony's Phyl Garland described the album as "a free form funfest bound to delight the followers of both these super-stars of rock," on which "Santana's Latin soul is fused with Buddy Miles' hypnotic beat to create a mood of frantic immediacy."[3]

Shortly after Live! was issued, the editors of Billboard awarded it "Best New Album of the Week" in the Soul category,[4] and a reviewer commented: "This album should get the nod as one of the best live rock albums of the year... The musicians from both Santana and Miles complement each other on every track."[5]

Controversy

Some claim that the album was in fact recorded in a studio, after the concert date with audience noise added, because the concert had been marred by power failures which rendered the live recording at the January 1, 1972 concert unusable for release.[6]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Marbles"John McLaughlin4:18
2."Lava"Buddy Miles2:10
3."Evil Ways"Clarence "Sonny" Henry6:36
4."Faith Interlude"Miles, Carlos Santana2:13
5."Them Changes"Miles5:50
6."Free form Funkafide Filth"Greg Errico, Ron Johnson, Miles, Santana24:54

Personnel

Chart performance

Year Chart Position
1972 Billboard 200 8[7]
1972 Billboard R&B Albums 6[7]
1972 Billboard Jazz Albums 11[7]

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[8] Platinum 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ a b The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 474.
  2. ^ a b Ruhlmann, William. "Carlos Santana/Buddy Miles - Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles! Live! | AllMusic". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
  3. ^ Garland, Phyl (December 1972). "Sounds". Ebony. p. 29 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Coleman, Julian (July 8, 1972). "Soul Sauce". Billboard. p. 36 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ "Album Reviews". Billboard. July 8, 1972. p. 45 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "CARLOS SANTANA AND BUDDY MILES - HAWAII 1972".
  7. ^ a b c "Carlos Santana/Buddy Miles - Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles! Live! | Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  8. ^ "American album certifications – Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles – Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles 'Live'". Recording Industry Association of America.
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