( company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP normally not a release label) (in 1976) recorded at: Wally Heider Studios in San Francisco, California, United States (on ) recording of: Europa (Earth’s Cry, Heaven’s Smile) (on ) composer: Tom Coster and Carlos Santana publisher: Light Music ( US publishing label), Rondor Music (London) Ltd. ( US broadcasting company file no releases here!) (in 1976), Columbia Records ( EMI-owned 1931-1990, worldwide except US, CA, MX, ES, & JP largely defunct since Jan 1973) (in 1976), Sony BMG Music Entertainment ( Oct 1, 2008) (in 1976) and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. bass guitar: David Brown ( US bassist for Santana/Allman Brothers/31st of February) (on ) congas: Armando Peraza (on ) drums (drum set): Leon Ndugu Chancler (on ) and Michael Shrieve (on ) guitar: Carlos Santana (on ) keyboard: Tom Coster (on ) percussion: Jose Chepito Áreas (on ) and Armando Peraza (on ) piano: Leon Patillo (on ) saxophone: Jules Broussard (on ) vocals: Leon Patillo (on ) and Carlos Santana (on ) phonographic copyright (℗) by: CBS, Inc. And Carlos’ guitar has sustain for the ages.Assistant engineer: Susan Foot ( recording engineer) engineer: Fred Catero and David Rubinson producer: David Rubinson and David Rubinson & Friends, Inc. The song starts off slow and then goes into a nice double-time feel. The melody in this song is, I think, one of the most beautiful I’ve ever heard. (Carlos himself, of course, had by now given up drugs.) He was assisted in writing the music by his keyboardist Tom Coster. As to “Europa (Earth’s Cry Heaven’s Smile),” rumor has it that Carlos first wrote it for a girl who was on a bad mescaline trip.
(Sadly, Brown died in 2000 but lived long enough to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.)Īmigos contained their trademark sound while leaning into a trend Carlos had started toward more of a jazz/fusion thing, which was incredibly popular at the time.
By this time, the only remaining members of the Woodstock-era band were Carlos and bassist David Brown and this would be Brown’s last album with the band. In 1976, Santana released their seventh studio album, Amigos. You can talk about jam bands or blues bands and there’s a million of each. I’ve written before about him and his band here and here and even here at Woodstock. This can especially be said of the story of Europa.Ĭarlos Santana is one of my favorite guitarists (and people.) The tone of his guitar is distinctive in that it takes but one or two notes to recognize it. Most of the love-stories concerning Zeus originated from more ancient tales describing his marriages with goddesses. The story of her abduction by Zeus in the form of a white bull was a Cretan story. Wikipedia: In Greek mythology, Europa was the mother of King Minos of Crete, a woman with Phoenician origin of high lineage, and after whom the continent of Europe was named.
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