Description
Re: 20-12-2024
Carlos Santana refused to sit still or commit to one style during his fantastically adventurous stretch in the 1970s. He and his group’s penchant for exploration and mutation — and adopting those constructs into appealing songs that surprise, delight, and inspire — flares throughout Inner Secrets, a gold-certified effort that finds the collective reaching creative heights it would not again realize for another 10 years. Home to three Top 100 singles, Inner Secrets marks another turning point in Santana’s evolution. Evidence of that transformation arrives in the form of four inspired covers, including renditions of Buddy Holly’s “Well All Right,” Four Tops’ “One Chain (Don’t Make No Prison),” and Traffic’s “Dealer” — with the latter tune soldered into “Spanish Rose.” Santana’s focused approach is also reflected in the structures of the songs. No track lasts longer than six minutes and 15 seconds. Yet the band packs an array of contagious melodies, complex passages, and passionate performances into the tightened-up frameworks. Sourced from the original master tapes, pressed at Fidelity Record Pressing, and strictly limited to 3,000 numbered copies, Mobile Fidelity’s 180g LP of Inner Secrets presents the 1978 album in audiophile sound for the first time on a domestic reissue. This collectible version features quiet surfaces and black backgrounds that help expose the critical details, dynamics, and tones that allow Santana’s music to soar
Tracklist:
- 1. Dealer/Spanish Rose
- 2. Move On
- 3. One Chain (Don T Make No Prison)
- 4. Stormy
- 5. Well All Right
- 6. Open Invitation
- 7. Life is a Lady/Holiday
- 8. The Facts of Life
- 9. Wham!
