Santana/Osaka, Japan 2003

Another superb live album from the 2003 performance in Japan is now available. Speaking of 2003, the superb recording “BUDOKAN 2003 2ND NIGHT” is still fresh in my memory, but this work is a masterpiece that can be called the “Osaka edition”. This is the audience album of “November 6, 2003: Osaka Festival Hall Performance”. First of all, let’s check the show position from the tour schedule at that time.・November 6: Osaka Festival Hall [This work] ・November 7: Nagoya Century Hall ・November 8: Osaka Namba Hatch ・November 10: Nippon Budokan ・November 11: Nippon Budokan “BUDOKAN 2003” 2ND NIGHT” and above, 5 performances in total. “BUDOKAN 2003 2ND NIGHT” was the last day in Japan, but the Osaka performance of this work was on the contrary, the first day. The biggest point of this work is the superb sound. Although the lively applause is definitely an audience recording, the musical tone with plenty of direct feeling is worthy of being called “just like a sound board.” It’s clear, every detail is vividly captured, and the sense of stability is outstanding. If it wasn’t for the clapping, I’d think it was really a sound board. However, if you listen carefully, this work has the flavor that is unique to a guest record. It is a fascinating “ringing”. After all, the “Osaka Festival Hall” where the event took place has such excellent acoustics that it has been called “a hall created by God.” It is one of the most famous venues in Japan for rock concerts. While it is clear and transparent, the faint “ringing” adds only luster without hiding the details. Most official live albums reproduce the live atmosphere by adding decorations to the live recording soundboard, but this work achieves the same beautiful sound with 100% real “ringing”. Of course, Osaka Festival Hall does not necessarily mean that it will be a great recording. This work was made by a legendary recording artist who was active in Osaka from the 1990s to the early 2000s. It is a beautiful recording because of that amazing skill. Many CDs of this masterpiece collection have been made into CDs, and the lineup is full of masterpieces and hits. To name a few…RAINBOW’s “OSAKA 1995 1ST NIGHT”, AC/DC’s “OSAKA 2001”, RICHIE SAMBORA’s “UNDISCOVERED SOUL IN OSAKA”, THE BLACK CROWES’s “OSAKA 2001”, etc., are all masterpieces that are no inferior to each other. Its distinctive feature is its distinctive guitar sound. This work is also a masterpiece guitar album that beautifully and thickly captures Carlos Santana’s guitar. The 2003 show depicted with that sound is also wonderful. SANTANA always puts on a hot performance, but she has plenty of momentum from her successive blockbuster hits such as “SUPERNATURAL” and “SHAMAN.” You can enjoy their passionate performance on the masterpiece “BUDOKAN 2003 2ND NIGHT”, but this work includes many songs that were not performed at Nippon Budokan. There are 7 songs including “We Got Latin Soul”, “Evil Ways”, “A Love Supreme”, “Samba Pa Ti”, “The Game Of Love”, “Spiritual”, “Yaleo” and “I Don’t Wanna Know About Evil”. It is. Of course, there is plenty of interplay that changes its expression every day, making it seem like a completely different tour from “BUDOKAN 2003 2ND NIGHT”. In contrast to “BUDOKAN 2003 2ND NIGHT” by the same recording artist as Eric Clapton & Sanatana’s famous album “BUDOKAN 2000”, this work is made by one of Osaka’s most famous masters. This is a sister work to the audience recordings recorded by famous recording artists from East and West competing against each other. A masterpiece that perfectly captures SANTANA, who is excited by the historic consecutive big hits with the finest sound. There was another wonderful Live in Japan. Live at Festival Hall, Osaka, Japan 6th November 2003 TRULY PERFECT SOUND(from Original Masters) Disc 1(68:40) 1. Trance Global Nation Intro. 2. Jin-go-lo-ba 3. We Got Latin Soul 4. Put Your Lights On 5. Aye Aye Aye 6. Victory Is Won 7. Concierto de Aranjuez / Maria Maria 8. Foo Foo 9. Evil Ways 10. A Love Supreme 11. Samba Pa Ti 12. The Game Of Love 13. Spiritual Disc 2(78:14) 1. Yaleo 2. Dennis Chambers Drum Solo 3. Apache 4. Smooth 5. Dame tu amor 6. I Don’t Wanna Know About Evil 7. Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen 8. Oye Como Va 9 . Peace On Earth 10. Boogie Woman 11. Novus/Band Introductions Carlos Santana – guitar, percussion, vocal Chester Thompson – keyboards, vocal Myron Dove – rhythm guitar Benny Rietveld – bass Dennis Chambers – drums Karl Perazzo – percussion, vocal Raul Rekow – percussion, vocal Jeff Cressman – trombone William Ortiz – trumpet Tony Lindsay – vocal Andy Vargas – vocal