Audio CD review:
Santana - Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles: Live!

Santana - Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles: Live!

Band: Santana Title: Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles: Live! Rating: Release Date: 06 September, 1994 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Marbles 2: Lava 3: Evil Ways 4: Faith Interlude 5: Them Changes 6: Free Form Funkafide Filth

Customer Reviews If you don't own this . . . . One of my best friends' brother-in-laws was stationed at Pearl Harbor in '72 and was actually at this show- he still can't quite describe it- you get the idea. If you don't own this, I'll tell you now- buy it! This is perhaps the ultimate jam album (I'm not kidding) and its at single album price! Recorded in an extinct Hawaiian volcano it is as mind-blowing as the concert site. I've seen Santana near 30 times live (including once with Buddy Miles in the mid-80s) but none of it touches what he does on this recording. The accompanying brass and flutes on this record take the sound to a whole other level and Carlos plays with a fury that is unmatched on his other stuff- which I own all of. Absolutely not to be missed! Best, Rick D . Hasn't improved in 35 years I just played it on a streaming service to see if I was wrong. This was the first album I traded in way back when. I wasn't. Pointless riffing, overdrawn song endings, endless repetition, meandering instrumentals, too much inter-song crap (including 3 minutes of band tuning at the start of "Free Form"). Songs don't really resolve, they just end when everyone gets tired of playing. There are much better versions of "Evil Ways" out there; this one is OK, but seems rushed and I'm not that fond of Miles' howling throughout. I truly don't get the 5-star reviews of this. I've never been that stoned, including when I bought this new. If "Hey man, lets get together and jam. " is your thing, then maybe you'll dig this. I don't. Oh yeah, it's miked badly too. The other "Evil Ways" It truly rocks! "Them Change", too! You can't go wrong with this. I've been looking for this recording of "Evil Ways" for a while, with the brass section. . You can see a complete list of all Santana discography, or go back to the Santana tabs