CARLOS SANTANA – HAVANA MOON LP – Nr MINT A2/B2 UK 1983

Carlos Santana – Havana Moon
(CBS Records  1983  25350)
Matrix No’s: A2/B2 – UK Pressing

Sleeve in Excellent condition
– some wear to edges/corners
Inner Sleeve in Nr MINT- condition

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)

Carlos Humberto Santana Barragán (Spanish: [born July 20, 1947) is an American guitarist, best known as a founding member of the rock band Santana. Born and raised in Mexico where he developed his musical background, he rose to fame in the late 1960s and early 1970s in the United States with Santana, which pioneered a fusion of rock and roll and Latin American jazz. Its sound featured his melodic, blues-based lines set against Latin American and African rhythms played on percussion instruments not generally heard in rock, such as timbales and congas. He experienced a resurgence of popularity and critical acclaim in the late 1990s.

Havana Moon is a solo album by Carlos Santana, released in 1983. It features covers of Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry songs and performances by Booker T Jones, Willie Nelson and the Fabulous Thunderbirds, and also Carlos’ father José singing “Vereda Tropical”, a song Carlos had first heard when his father was serenading his mother following an argument.

1. “Watch Your Step” (Phil Belmonte, Bobby Parker) – 4:01
2. “Lightnin'” (Booker T. Jones, Carlos Santana) – 3:51
3. “Who Do You Love?” (Ellas McDaniel) – 2:55
4. “Mudbone” (Santana) – 5:51
5. “One with You” (Jones) – 5:14

1. “Ecuador” (Santana) – 1:10
2. “Tales of Kilimanjaro” (Alan Pasqua, Armando Peraza, Raul Rekow, Santana) – 4:50
3. “Havana Moon” (Chuck Berry) – 4:09
4. “Daughter of the Night” (Hasse Huss, Mikael Rickfors) – 4:18
5. “They All Went to Mexico” (Greg Brown) – 4:47
6. “Vereda Tropical” (Gonzalo Curiel) – 4:57

• Roberto Moreno – vocals
• Willie Nelson – vocals
• Greg Walker – vocals
• Candelario Lopez – vocals
• Carlos Santana – guitar, percussion, backing vocals
• José Santana – violin, vocals
• Chris Solberg – keyboards, guitar, vocals
• Jimmie Vaughan – guitar
• Booker T. Jones – keyboards, backing vocals
• Richard Baker – keyboards
• Barry Beckett – keyboards
• Alan Pasqua – keyboards, vocals
• Flaco Jiménez – accordion
• Orestes Vilató – flute, percussion, timbales, backing vocals
• Kim Wilson – harmonica, backing vocals
• Greg Adams – strings, horn
• Jose Salcedo – trombone, trumpet
• Óscar Chávez – trombone, trumpet
• Mic Gillette – trumpet, horn
• Lanette Stevens – backing vocals
• Emilio Castillo – horn, backing vocals
• Marc Russo – horn
• Tramaine Hawkins – backing vocals
• Stephen Kupka – horn
• Gabriel Arias – violin
• Francisco Coronado – violin
• Raymundo Coronado – violin
• Keith Ferguson – bass
• Luis Gonsalez – bass
• David Hood – bass
• David Margen – bass, percussion
• Fran Christina – drums
• Armando Peraza – percussion, bongos, vocals
• Graham Lear – percussion, drums
• Raul Rékow – percussion, conga, backing vocals
• Alex Ligertwood – percussion, vocals
• Cherline Hall – backing vocals