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Abraxas\u00a0<\/em>remains the consummate Latin rock album. The confident sound of Santana stretching out and carving out new musical territory, the band’s 1970 effort pulses with psychedelic accents and Afro-Latin grooves. Ranked on\u00a0Rolling Stone<\/em>\u2019s list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time and selected by the Library of Congress for inclusion in its National Recording Registry,\u00a0Abraxas\u00a0<\/em>immediately captured the public\u2019s ear, spending six weeks at the No. 1 spot and sending the band’s cosmic cover of Fleetwood Mac’s \u201cBlack Magic Woman\u201d into the Top 5. More than five million copies and countless global accolades later,\u00a0Abraxas\u00a0<\/em>is legend.<\/p>\n Sourced from the original analog tapes, housed in a Stoughton gatefold jacket, and improving upon the label’s critically acclaimed out-of-print 180g LP pressing, Mobile Fidelity’s numbered-edition 180g SuperVinyl LP teems with information, clarity, textures, and colors. The result: Spacious, airy, and you-are-there sonics that further benefit from the characteristics of MoFi SuperVinyl: an ultra-low noise floor, superior groove definition, and dead-quiet surfaces.<\/p>\n Experience\u00a0Abraxas<\/em>\u00a0the way it is meant to be heard, with the instruments and musicians placed in the proper channels. This collectible version captures the full tonal range of Santana\u2019s guitar and nuances of his distinctive touch. Passages and notes are brought to the forefront and properly scaled, enhancing your emotional connection to this iconic record.<\/p>\n Filled with celebratory vibes, bluesy jams, mellow vocals, and hip-shaking grooves,\u00a0Abraxas\u00a0<\/em>picks up on the momentum of Santana’s self-titled 1969 debut. Drifting into more versatile territory, Santana reimagines what\u2019s possible in melding various disciplines and styles. Mysticism and spirituality abound amid performances featuring a thrilling assembly of purring organs, conga beats, and fluid bass lines. And that says nothing of the bandleader\u2019s extraordinary guitar playing.<\/p>\n Wild, free, and loose, the group conjures the feeling of mountains and rivers on the opening instrumental \u201cSinging Winds, Crying Beasts,\u201d leads a salsa parade on a definitive version of Tito Puente\u2019s \u201cOye Como Va,\u201d and explores its sensual side on \u201cSamba Pa Ti,\u201d a track indicative of the album\u2019s Latin vibes and percussion. Sonically,\u00a0Abraxas\u00a0<\/em>takes advantage of then-advanced studio techniques such as cross-fading and state-of-the-art mixing. As\u00a0The Mojo Collection\u00a0<\/em>explains: \u201cDissatisfied with the sound of their debut, the group brought in as a co-producer veteran jazz engineer Fred Catero, whose skills proved invaluable in balancing the new range of musical flavors Santana [was] bringing into its sound: the result was a giant step on from [the band\u2019s] debut.\u201d<\/p>\n Like the group\u2019s debut,\u00a0Abraxas<\/em>\u00a0long laid claim to one of the biggest production gaffes in music history. Until Mobile Fidelity corrected the error with its 2008 LP and gold CD reissues,\u00a0Abraxas<\/em>\u00a0had never been heard correctly. For nearly four decades, copies were produced with the left and right channels reversed. 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