| | |  | 1969 Woodstock Artists | Home » » » Santana: The Woodstock Experience (2 CD) | | | | | | | Product Promotions: | | | | | Description: | | Taking the stage at Woodstock, Santana was a little-known Latin rock group from San Francisco. When they walked off, they were an undeniable legend. The appearance was a perfect prologue to the debut, self-titled album that followed just weeks later. 1969 was an epic year Santana - their groundbreaking album and the performance at Woodstock would define them and their virtuosic guitarist, Carlos Santana, for years to come. | | | Product Details: | | | Audio CD Release Date:
| June 30, 2009 | | Studio:
| Sony Legacy | | Number Of Discs:
| 2 | | Format:
| Limited Edition | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 8 reviews |
| | | Track Listing: | | | 1. | Waiting | | 2. | Evil Ways | | 3. | Shades Of Time | | 4. | Savor | | 5. | Jingo | | 6. | Persuasion | | 7. | Treat | | 8. | You Just Don't Care | | 9. | Soul Sacrifice | |
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 Great Memento Of Santana's First Shining MomentDec 14, 2009
THE WOODSTOCK EXPERIENCE is a great recorded memento of the first important concert by Carlos Santana and his original band, even if the version of his debut album here isn't quite as exemplary as the Legacy 30th Anniversary Edition and the CD recorded at Woodstock is missing some of the on-stage banter that took place at the show. At least every song the band played at Woodstock is included, including "Evil Ways", which was missing from a similar CD included as a bonus disc in a 2004 Limited Edition. Rumor has it that this is a limited-edition CD, so get it while you can.
All together on one CDSep 09, 2009
Well CBS/Sony finally got all the Santana Woodstock performance together on a single CD. Every song but Evil Ways had been previously been released. So to us true fans we are in effect paying for 1 song. The Best part of the performance is still Soul Sacrifice but granted that over the years having heard that the rest of the performance wasn't that good, I have to disagree. It is very much like other Santana performances from the same period that can be heard on live tapes and bootleg CDs.
Nice packaging with a fold out poster but why did they make the outer box bigger that a standard CD case? It doesn't fit on my shelf next to all the other prized Santana CDs
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Santana - Woodstock ExperienceAug 02, 2009
Its been said that the Woodstock performance broke Santana to the public at large. The performance is stunning, and given the circumstances, this recording is excellent. Only misses 5 stars because of what the band went on to do (and this is probably unfair).
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 Go With The Legacy Version of "Santana" InsteadJul 17, 2009
This is one of my favorite albums of all time by my favorite Santana line-up. The Legacy Edition of "Santana" is superior to this "Woodstock Experience" in every respect: notes, photos, bonus cuts, overall album package and most importantly, SOUND QUALITY!
The sound on the "Legacy Edition" is crisp, clean, vibrant and full of life. Disc 1 of this "Woodstock" package sounds thin, harsh and compressed, very much like the original CD edition of this album from the 1980s. Disc 2 consists of the complete Woodstock set, minus most of the announcements and stage chatter. Why? The set is only about 50 minutes long - wouldn't have maxed out the disc! You no longer feel like you are right there in the middle of this amazing set. The sound on Disc 2 is also bad, very harsh with drop-outs and other technical problems not found on "The Legacy Edition."
The mini-poster of the band only shows about half the members. They couldn't even get THAT right.
Reasons to buy this CD:
The live version of "Evil Ways" from the Woodstock set.
Suggestion: go with "Santana: The Legacy Edition," buy the live mp3 of "Evil Ways" from this set and load all of that into your mp3 player for hours of listening enjoyment!
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 Legacy really screwed around with Santana's Woodstock recordingJul 13, 2009
In 2004, Sony Legacy Recordings released a 2-CD mini box set of Santanta (1969). The second disc contained the complete Woodstock performance (sans "Evil Ways")in perfect stereo sound, with all the stage banter as well as Chip Monck's announcements.
The producers of the Woodstock Experience version really messed with the recording. Not only did they create an inferior sounding mix, they also removed much of the stage banter. For example, Gregg Rolie famously announced "we have one more tune for you...it's called "Soul Sacrifice." This has been edited out of the Woodstock experience version. I think that's really criminal. There was no need to do this. Since the set was less than 80 minutes, why couldn't the producers just leave everything the way it was? Couldn't they just let it be? It would have been so much better that way.
If you can, try to find the 2004 Santana remaster box set. It has informative liner notes and preserves the Woodstock set in all its glory.
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