Santana - Welcome (1973)

Track listing

1. "Going Home" (traditional spiritual, used by Antonín Dvořák in his "New World Symphony"; arr.: Alice Coltrane and Santana Band) – 4:11
2. "Love, Devotion, and Surrender" (Richard Kermode, Carlos Santana) – 3:38
3. "Samba de Sausalito" (José Areas) – 3:11
4. "When I Look into Your Eyes" (Tom Coster, Michael Shrieve) – 5:52
5. "Yours Is the Light" (Kermode, Shrieve) – 5:47
6. "Mother Africa" (Herbie Mann; arr.: Coster, Santana) – 5:55
7. "Light of Life" (Coster, Kermode, Santana) – 3:52
8. "Flame Sky" (John McLaughlin, Doug Rauch, Santana) – 11:33
9. "Welcome" (John Coltrane) – 6:35
10. "Mantra" (Santana, Shrieve, Coster) – 6:10

Personnel

Band members

• Carlos Santana – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, kalimba, percussion, vocals, producer
• Tom Coster – Yamaha organ, Hammond organ, electric piano, acoustic piano, organ, marimba, percussion, strings arrangements, vocals, producer
• Richard Kermode – Hammond organ, mellotron, electric piano, acoustic piano, marimba, percussion
• Douglas Rauch – bass guitar
• Michael Shrieve – drums, producer
• José "Chepito" Areas – percussion, conga, timbales
• Armando Peraza – percussion, conga, bongos, cabasa, vocals

Additional musicians

• Leon Thomas – lead vocals (2, 4, 7), whistling (5)
• Wendy Haas – vocals (2, 4)
• Flora Purim – lead vocals (5)
• John McLaughlin – guitar (8)
• Joe Farrell – solo flute (4)
• Bob Yance – flute
• Mel Martin – flute
• Douglas Rodriguez – rhythm guitar (4)
• Tony Smith – drums (3)
• Jules Broussard – soprano saxophone (6)
• Greg Adams – strings arrangements (7)

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