Carlos Santana & Mahavishnu John McLaughlin-A Love Supreme

[61churchill]

no, I meant the 'work' he is doing now.

[61churchill]

carlos just copped out for the money.

[guildx700]

Say what you want, there are few albums ever put out that could hold a candle to this LP. FACT.

[aschuppe]

The height of Carlos. He's still great and always will be, but the music he made back in this era was so powerful and ran so deep.

[tobitto1]

素晴らしい！

[marioluis2008]

¡¡¡Temazoooo!!!!

[allgoraro]

a chunk of god fell in my ears.

[gnawaserge]

Jennifer lopez is not a piece of shit. she's still jenny from the block

[stilly2009]

I have the original record,it's over 30 years old still love it!

[gnawaserge]

I HAVE THIS ORIGINAL ALBUM IN GOOD CONDITION IF ANYBODY WANTS IT FOR 50 BUCKS

[Postie218]

@gnawaserge Hahaha, I was gonna say the same thing. 

[69MC97gc]

@gnawaserge I have this Album,,, actually a couple,if you want to sell it for 50 go ahead.

[dannyhood66]

Beginning almost sounded like Hendrix ''someones house is burning down''.. This is so killer!  Its like everybody fuse!

[grevejp44]

why is the 1st track a love surreneder?

[finylvinyl66]

Ever heard of John Coltrane?

[TheQuartzoKeyboard]

Q dupla!!!

[sn00pyize]

saw 7 lady gag, gag fans at the 7 - 11 today~ Great post, they dont make em like they used to~

[LiloEmyoung]

EARGASM... 

[floydshambles]

nivana

[jazzbluesshaman]

This remains one of my all time favorite albums. These cats are angels on harps, and the other musicians are no freaking slouches themselves. I am privelaged to have lived and to live during such a nexus in music history.

[Minskification]

Это великолепно!Маклафлин выдал на все сто!

[blackandtanful]

ｻﾝﾀﾅ､ﾏﾊﾋﾞｼｭﾇ･ｼﾞｮﾝ･ﾏｸﾗﾌﾘﾝ"LOVE･­SUPREME"～精神性なんて何のその､ひたすら二人のギター­に酔いしれた!

[bfgfhell]

Two legends playing some great fusion shit , love it.

[davydyyz]

coltrane <3

[earthless1990]

that was probably first guitar jam I heard

[MiamiFisherman111]

God, this song brings back memories of high school. I'm 48 now. These guys really inspired me to play my guitar for hours and hours.

[mindlesspup]

I bought this LP from a record sales rep around 1973. The record is a promo NFS copy, and the pressing is first rate. I still play it, and it sounds great. Paid 3$ for it! God bless John Coltrane.

[chrisb3999]

This is why God made electric guitars.

[dal028]

Cette musique me projette plus de 30 ans en arrière sans perdre de sa magie.

[lcolby11]

GREAT LP,,I SAW EACH OF THESE GUYS LIVE,,I AM SO LUCKY

[trct633]

@lcolby11 .....I saw Carlos and MO at Tanglewood back in the day. I though it was 1971, but mb I was wrong, things were a little *fuzzy* back then, or my memories are. Great concert and realy good ganja....

[trct633]

@lcolby11 .....I saw Carlos and MO at Tanglewood back in the day. I though it was 1971, but mb I was wrong, things were a little *fuzzy* back then, or my memories are. Great concert and realy good ganja.... or was it blonde hash...I wish I could remember all of it.

[SunnyDays951]

Hey posters.......what about the spiritual aspect of this virtiossive musicianship?.?

[SunnyDays951]

The Master meets The Master.

[Jay902017]

Supreme Guitar Playing

[dctrex]

Still send cheers through my spine!

[wilhoitsux]

I had a friend in college (hello john j!) who I found walking around the dorms mumbling "a love supreme, a love supreme, supreme supreme". When I asked WTF?, he played this track super loud through some advents and lit up my cranium! supreme, supreme...

[Guitfiddlejase]

KIller!

[TheArbiter74]

Stevie Nicks came from a band(Fleetwood Mac) that had Peter Geen in it(1967-1970) so she has a "get out of jail free" card! L.O.L. Fleetwood Mac was one of the best bands on the planet in 1967-1970. Sadly, they got commercial sounding and formulatic. Having said that, they still had some great hits that appeal to the masses and I recognize the attraction, just not for me, musically.

[TheArbiter74]

I tend to have very sophisticated, scholarly tastes, as you do too, apparently, otherwise we wouldn't be chatting about the once godly guitar player, Carlos Santana who still kinda has it, but not really cous' he suffers from "old bastard syndrome." Jimmy Page has it also; these guys have maybe 50% of what they had when they were younger. 1973 was the best fucking year for the lot of 'em!!!

[SnowyCamel]

@TheArbiter74 dark side of the moon, tubular bells and houses of the holy all in one year. BEST YEAR FOR MUSIC EVER!

[TheArbiter74]

@SnowyCamel Yes, yes indeed. :~D

[TheArbiter74]

Keo, you hit the nail on the head, although I would've used a different venacular. I consider Nickelback, Jennifer Lopez, and to a lesser extent, Justin Timberlake corporate shills that are degrading the tastes and musical cultura fabric of this country. Justin Timberlake has a few catchy, melodic tunes that are good; the "rock your body" track is very similar to a song or two on Michael Jackson's "Off The Wall", which there's certainly nothing wrong with that.

[KaiApollo]

@TheArbiter74 You mention all popstars, lest not forget the pop/rock songwriters like Bruce "The Employee" Sprinsteen and Stevie Nicks. Compared to this greatness they shouldn't even have recording contracts.

[TheArbiter74]

@KaiApollo Springsteen is is 1 of the best and most prolific songwriters america has ever known. My god the man is a national treasure and I don't have a bad thing to say about the man, nor should you. All musicians and/or songwriters who are on columbia records are "employees" whether they're artists and gifted or not, which often times is debatable. Stevie Nicks had a great voice and I personally don't listen to either of these artists, however the first Fleewood Mac, whooo boy!!! The best!

[ColtraneTaylor]

@KaiApollo Employee? Darkness on the edge of town, Nebraska... Ghost of Tom Joad isn't a great album but commercial it certainly ain't

[durgaaa]

This tune took me out to the stars and then back again to gaze over vast seas at sunset. Huge rolling waves and the gleam of the star known as Sun reflected on the waters and reminded me of who I was and what was my home. The Pinnacle of what mind expansion is.

[up2space]

this is the latin version of a love supreme. what's with the text? is that me? that's you right? where is martin short?

[shane1v]

Religious arguments. Here. hahaha

Enjoy the music.



[keo774]

Funny how Santana used to play with amazing players like John Mclaughlin, Paco de Lucia and Eric Clapton but now he plays with pieces of shit like Chad Kroeger (nickelback), Jennifer Lopez, and Justin Timberlake.

[DWaq32]

@keo774 Really true, but in the music world you have to be a sellout to make money. That's why John McLaughlin is more respected than Santana.

[keo774]

@DWaq32 yes. my dream is to become like john mclaughlin in the future

[Postie218]

@keo774 Good comment.

[keo774]

@Postie218 thanks :D

[darkoanton5]

@keo774 lol So true.  A once great musician has turned to a Disney / MTV / karaoke performer while John McLaughlin is still making great recordings.

[keo774]

@darkoanton5 yeah! i saw john this summer and he kicks ass, while the last album by santana was pretty horrible

[sbuassali]

@keo774 Money mate ... just money ,,,

[keo774]

@sbuassali i know ... and that's really sad !

[74quez3]

@keo774 Thats what happens dude, when you do too many drugs. :(

[EpicConcerts]

@keo774

Money talks friend...

I don't judge him for making money music now because he gave us all his best over 30 years

[PabloRGA]

@keo774 he's a god, he can play with anyone, he already won his place in heaven

[marc5610]

@keo774 i agree carlos santana w mahavishn miles clapton wayne shorter miles the list goes on!

[marc5610]

@marc5610 timberlake lopez kroeger not in the same planet as carlos wake up carlos!!

[MrPaco137]

@keo774 I agree 100 % hi from Fresnillo Mex

[countdumas]

Great holistic bands are---Melting Euphoria, Ozric Tentacles, Gong, Mother Gong, Acid Mother's Gong, Magma, Aphrodities Child, Jade Warrior, Steve Tibbetts, Patrick Bernard, Lost at Last, Larry Coryell, Shakti, Oregon, Kazumi Watanabe, Toninho Horta, Egberto Gismonti, Eat Static, System 7, Lisa Gerrard, Dead Can Dance, Magma, Sphongle, Bill Laswell, Stomu Yamashta, Here and Now band, Steve Hillage.

[Jimmyyyyyyyyyyd]

Everything you say is ignorant. I tried. Good luck in your next life

[locustskater]

Wow *__*......what was I doing again

[Southernmetalhippie]

Mclaughlin is the king of the guitar. However, Santana is and always will be a god.

I love McLaughlin's work with MVO; his style really fits with them. However, here his tone seems really clashy, and has a great number of muted notes which disrupt the flow of the piece. Moreover, his overall playing seems a little bit choppy.

Otherwise, this is an excellent tribute to John Coltrane, and frankly I feel it even beats the original.

(insert pointless comment about the dislikes)

[cadmiumblue262]

Love this shit! Makes me want to travel into the netherworld...this communicates with my soul a hell of a lot more than any church could...

[Orangelazaruspete]

Santana, McLaughlin and Coltrane live on forever !!! A Love Supreme.. Supreme, Supreme This music is the same for me as it was 37 years ago !

[caryzia]

Yow...play on...

[allgoraro]

ONe of my faves of McLaughlin and Santana! Thanks for posting this.

[aschuppe]

Beyond words... so WONDERFUL!!!

[jbmadhouse]

john mc, my hero

[Margiana123]

Beautiful!

[ezwind76]

probably Santana's best playing to date

[daddyoj]

Ahhh Maestro Ahhh Mahavishnu

[slick82958]

A little fact that's not that known. John Coltrane performed the song My Favorite Things at almost every gig from 61-67, so it's safe to say he easily performed the song 2,000 times over his career. You know how many times he performed any part of the official suite A Love Supreme? Twice. One time he only played Acknowledgment at a French festival. The second time he performed the whole four part suite at a small church celebration shortly before he died. I think that says more than enough

[highlyFUNKtional]

What a bunch of lightweights!

[chris103050]

Saw them at B'ham town hall a long time ago...I thought pretetious then, & I still do.

But they are, esp Carlos, very gifted

[bobmuse40]

Everybody I knew was listening to the Grateful Dead, Santana, Allman Bros, etc around 1979. This album had already been out for awhile but I got it in '79 and turned my friends on to it. Many of them are musicians. We couldn't believe we had not heard it before. We soon discovered Return to Forever, Dimeola, Holdsworth, etc. This is early jazz-fusion at it's finest.... the music is VERY spiritual. the Whole transcends the sum of the parts.....Very Gestalt.

I still love it.

[happyface4444]

the back of the vinyl picture is wrong its not a love surrender its a love supreme.

[dorian411]

The first solo statement by JMac certainly threw the gauntlet to Carlos. What chord work by John throughout.

[alexdroogie100]

I have mixed feelings on this. On many levels I love it....then I think...this is what MY brain would sound like on coke...

[entefx]

+*********

[keo774]

the whole track is good, but i hate when they sing "a love supreme" 123726387126 times

[cinema33]

@keo774 Could be the influence of the eastern spiritual path they were taking which includes a lot of chants.

[keo774]

@cinema33

yeah, they are influenced by those things, and I love it, but you can't damage a beautiful piece with those orrible choirs

[slick82958]

@cinema33 Or maybe the fact that Coltrane chants it in the original?

[WELLBRAN]

Still got this vinyl amazing Album

[josesuarezegas]

Después de la salida de este álbum, me parece que Santana tuvo un prolongado receso.

[legiterally]

god dam for awhile i thought i was gonna put down my guitar for a sax.... not anymore XD

[happyface4444]

the first track is a love supreme not a love surrender

[ncalabi]

santana y Mc

[kasponya]

I bought this record on vinyl the year it came out - still sounds great! Thanks for this blast from the past!

[guyroeeandbuzi]

I Cant believe those two legends ever played together!

however this vesion is not as good as the original Trane version (but still kicks ass)

[DideeKawaii]

is it me or they're using major chords as the motif for acknowledgement. im not sure about the latin drums. in fact im not sure i like this at all...but that's just me...

[bwstripessam]

@DideeKawaii Santana with out Latin drums? :-)

[Dannymusic1999]

Carlos may not (to me anyway) be the best of the two but he gives his best with John. And... oh by the way great keyboards.

[phunkidruma]

@Dannymusic1999  yeh... but ....he is mosdef in the top 5....frank, prince, jimi, page, and then jack !!!!!! not in that order of course!!!!!!

[FA0508FA]

un amour suprême

(à écouter sous casque impérativement)

ne pas négliger également "the life divine" du meme album.

[rosesredvioletsblue]

beautiful. thank you. 10* ~Roses

[pstock426]

when this came out i was hooked on electric guitar. still am at 60 yrs old

[ytb444]

@pstock426 ha well i wasn't around when this came out but im definitely hooked on electric guitar. im 16 now but i hope i'll rock till im 60 like you

[osensei2987]

@ytb444 If ur really 16 then all I can say is that I hope ur generation brings music back to being a true art form.

[WELLBRAN]

@pstock426 hey do not blame these guys for your affliction! lol yeah the 70's was fantastic for music

[54321sunrise]

@pstock426 Hi,me too.

[MrRickywallace]

@pstock426 yeh me too!

[grikney]

reach the sky!

[psequeira122]

LBG4000. Great record, Illumination. Welcome was also outstanding.

[LBG4000]

For me, Santana's most successful foray into this type of music was the album he did with Alice Coltrane around 1974.

[6402680]

The first 30 seconds, Carlos left, John right, I knew I was in electric guitar heaven! Thank you Gentleman.(and John Coltrane too).

[thehoundz1]

I saw this show....

[nislive]

4 tabs

[alfhendrix]

una basura de disco.

[bearman1210]

The organ is the key to this music

[ruben1956]

I think youre quite right.

[ThreeLeggedMongoose]

the organ playing in the intro to house of the lord is breathtaking

[univibe23]

Brings back memories! Havent heard this since I was in H.S. Friend of mine at the time was really into Santana--I was too--the band that is not JUST Carlos. I remember thinking how pretentious they (He and John) looked on the album cover. Thought they were carrying the whole religious aspect a bit too farI mean really Devadip ?SP. Come on!! Just a phase they were going through I guess. But the music itself was good.

[pantherius]

How do you compare this version of 'Acknowledgement' to John Coltrane's

original 'A Love Supreme' version?

[ThreeLeggedMongoose]

I don't think they can really be compared. Coltrane's was jazz, had comping all over the place, amazing. This is amazing as well but is rock and has extended tribute like guitar solos over the same bass riff just without the comping. I like them both equally

[erezjonathan]

Great guitars work!!! *****

[robertbicho]

espiritu de coltrane -hendrix -.john y carlos estubieron un rato en esa frecuencia...

[romienomie]

This album blew me away when I listened to it as a kid..I didn't understand it, but I knew it was great music. and still is...

[rowdymax1]

This was about the time when Santana started calling himself "Devadip"...great to hear these 2 legends playing off one another in a blistering, cosmic jam of epic proportions. The only thing missing is Coltrane's fiery sax.

[finulanu]

Love, Devotion, Surrender in general is a really good album. Very underrated. I think this is my favorite song on it, though, because it's a cover of my favorite song/album of all time (because "A Love Supreme" is just one long song, right?). Not as good as Trane's version, of course, but who can better it? They also do a fine take on "Naima," though (once again) nobody beats Coltrane at his own game.

[drjekyll66]

What a luck for Carlos to play with such a heroe !!!!!!!!

But the piece is awesome !!!!!

[ronroo]

been looking for this tune,thanks for sharing it,

youre right in that it sounds as good as it ever did..AWESOME!!!

[WWahnfried]

Was labert der Labamitor ?? Santana ist immer noch einer der besten Guitareros die hier lebendig übern Globus touren.Man sollte sich mal tokyo hotel ansehen und deren Ansehen......

[Iamajanitor01]

Carlos Santana is not a good guitar player. Youtube caused him to be knocked off my top 1000 list. He is better than me at guitar but thats not saying much since I am probably in the top trillion list. Who cares about that eh?

[deepislandboy]

I don't understand your logic...

[ThreeLeggedMongoose]

I love Santana's playing, and I think he's a good player. And that's it, he's good, nothing really special. He knows how to make a distinguishing lick and put it over congas and sell it extremely well.

[Sylphqueen1968]

its all special if it makes the spirit soar:)....Carlos does that!

[alebraxas]

ltchwiss john coltrane has been an alien. i think this song is one of the best thing in the life of our simple humans, listen from 4:00 to 5:02, i think it's an orgasm,don't you? we need this, john is difficult, is strange, is art. this is the man, is the pop.good but pop.

[tchwiss]

What utter garbage. This ugly fretboard masturbation has none of the beauty, color or subtlety of Coltrane's masterpiece. More the really shitty sound track to a really shitty movie. Coltrane's spinning in his grave if he listens to this noise.

[pantherius]

I think John would have been flattered, not insulted. He might not have been turned on by the Sri Chimnoy aspect, but he would like the solos.

And he would say, "Miles thing is here. Where's McCoy? God bless you, and thanks, man. Next time, bring me in."

[punkjazznow]

actually one of the best combinations ever!!!!

super deep!!

[icaredamnit]

I'm so glad you here aren't into the Who's a Better Guitarist (at least on the page I saw). What matters is what we can each bring to the party, and I'd have given anything to have been at this one. I've seen John a couple times and spent many hours listening to both. They take me places...

[syr1811]

They do the master (Coltrane) proud on this one. I get all God-Damn emotional listening to this. I don't know if I'd call it Spiritual - 'cause I'm not (not in the "traditional" sense, anyway), but this makes me feel I am. They push each other to Amazing heights. Used to listen to this song over, and over - Amazing. Thanks for sharing MM25 - Great upload!

[musicminor25]

You're Welcome!!

[Jimmyyyyyyyyyyd]

@syr1811 You feel that way because we as human beings are meant to become spiritual. When you listen to a spiritual song such as this, it cleanses a little of the material dirt off of your soul, giving you that enlightened feeling. But for some reason no one wants to inquire about this, and truly find out why they feel this way. Until you try and understand God and the spirit inside of you, you will always continue to fall back into your mundane material existence. Please try

[syr1811]

@Jimmyyyyyyyyyyd Jeez!?! We as human beings aren't "meant" for anything.

I approve of my material existence - this music is part of it.

You should try to appreciate it too, brother - it is the only one we have. No matter what you "believe" any nonexistent sky-daddies have to say on the subject.

Please try to throw off the shackles of ignorance, K?

[Jimmyyyyyyyyyyd]

@syr1811 If you think that we are not meant for anything, then you my friend are the most ignorant of all. Material existence is, in fact, a part of life, but it is not the whole, nor the point of it. I appreciate music very much, in fact I play music, it is what got me closer to God.  Please just try to understand God. That is all he asks

[syr1811]

@Jimmyyyyyyyyyyd Hmmmmmmmmm - Not sure you really know the meaning of the word ignorant.

Glad you've got it all figured out, just one minor problem - there is no such thing as god. . . . just so ya know.

[Jimmyyyyyyyyyyd]

@syr1811  From the one you call the "master"

[Jimmyyyyyyyyyyd]

@syr1811 "[d]uring the year 1957, I experienced, by the grace of God, a spiritual awakening which was to lead me to a richer, fuller, more productive life. At that time, in gratitude, I humbly asked to be given the means and privilege to make others happy through music." In his 1965 album Meditations, Coltrane wrote about uplifting people, "...To inspire them to realize more and more of their capacities for living meaningful lives. Because there certainly is meaning to life."

[syr1811]

@Jimmyyyyyyyyyyd Dude - You are certainly not gunna convert me to ignorance. To believe there's a sky-daddy watching out for you is INSANE. It means you are ignorant.

Curious how off the deep end you are. How old do you believe the Earth is?

Did God write the Bible? Was there a world-wide flood? Is Creationism a science?

Just because you had some sort of emotional break-down years ago doesn't mean anything - open your mind & get over it.

Cheers!

[Jimmyyyyyyyyyyd]

@syr1811 You're calling the person who wrote this song insane, I hope you realize that. I'm only trying to help you man. If you would actually think, and stop living like an animal, you'd begin to understand. This world was obviously created by something much greater than we.

[syr1811]

@Jimmyyyyyyyyyyd That you think this world was created continues to show how little you understand the real world around us.

That you believe it's obvious, shows your awesome ignorance. Ignorance & rationalization get you through the day.

I truly feel sorry for you, Jimmy. If you want to help someone - help yourself, and try to open your eyes. Try reading a book other than the Xtian story-book. That would be a start.

It was you I was calling insane - read more carefully next time.

[Jimmyyyyyyyyyyd]

@syr1811 A love supreme is a spiritual song about God, written by John Coltrane. You said "To believe there's a sky-daddy watching out for you is INSANE." Therefore, you are calling John Coltrane insane, not to mention ignorant. The quotes I sent you yesterday we're John Coltrane's words, just for reference.

[syr1811]

@Jimmyyyyyyyyyyd To believe in a supreme being is ignorant. I'll let one of the great geniuses of the 20th century slide. You? Not so much.

Much of what you say is obvious ignorance to me. You don't agree. Whatever. One of us is correct. Too bad your side of the argument doesn't have a shred of proof or evidence anywhere. From any time. Ever.

We are all animals. Descended from ancient apes. If you could free your mind of religious propaganda, maybe you could see. Or not.

[Power2theFlyingV]

john mclaughlin and santana?? what an odd combination

[yurzappa]

Why is it so odd? And Santana playing with the Mahavisnu Orchestra & McLaughlin with Santana's band - pure courage :-)

[Sublette217]

My college radio station, WSBF 88.1 FM, Clemson University, had this track mixed into one of their 12-hour ATC (automatic tape control) 12-inch reels in the 70s for airplay when they station wasn't "live" and I used to love hearing this go by during a late night study session!

[Sublette217]

And now, as a returning student to Clemson, I have secured my old radio show at WSBF-FM, Monday nights 11 pm - 1 am Eastern Time U.S., and will get to put this track BACK on the air!

[Cleerblue]

I was introduced to this album in my teens and it made a deep and lasting impression on me. There is a feeling above words woven through this music - power, enlightenment, worship - leading one's mind upward to a vanishing point beyond the mortal experience... into a realm of pure light and peace. It is hard to listen to this and not float away in spiritual surrender...

[otisbermuda]

A piece of music perfection