Santana - Welcome (1973) Vinyl LP • Carlos, Experimental Jazz Fusion

Catalog Number: PC-32445

Record Grading: Near Mint (NM or M-), Sleeve Grading: Very Good (VG)

Condition Details:

Vinyl plays nicely; a few light hairlines (play-graded). Embossed gate-fold cover has a few creases near edges; moderate scuffing, discoloration with darker discoloration spots, and surface impressions (front/back/inner-gate);. Number written near bottom-right on back. Inner-sleeve is original (white); two seams partially split. Spine is mostly easy-to-read with mild-wear. Minor shelf-wear along top/bottom-edge; developing split on bottom-edge; some wear to corners. Opening is crisp with signs of light use and divots. (Not a cut-out.)

Tracks:

• Going Home
• Love, Devotion & Surrender
• Samba De Sausalito
• When I Look Into Your Eyes
• Yours Is The Light
• Mother Africa
• Light Of Life
• Flame-Sky
• Welcome

About The Record:

Welcome, by Santana, followed the jazz-fusion formula that the preceding Caravanserai had inaugurated, but with an expanded and different lineup this time. Gregg Rolie had left the band along with Neal Schon to form Journey, and they were replaced by Tom Coster, Richard Kermode and Leon Thomas, along with guest John McLaughlin, who had collaborated with Carlos Santana on Love Devotion Surrender. Welcome also featured John Coltrane's widow, Alice, as a pianist on the album's opening track, Going Home and Flora Purim (the wife of Airto Moreira) on vocals. This album was far more experimental than the first four albums, and Welcome did not produce any hit singles.