Carlos Santana/Mahavishnu John McLaughlin - The Life Divine

[shaikhymx]

I think Carlos is at his best on this kind of collaborations.....He is already superb but when he plays with such fine Masters of the Music, Santana gets sublimal.

[jvhorne810]

no covers please!!!

[outer432]

I love it. Carlos Santana AND Mahavishnu Orchestra..LETHAL combination man...

[mehappierthanu]

Jesus fuck is all i gotta say.

[MultiSonny57]

I wonder how Carlos would feel today after listening to this recording......to compare with kind of stuff he plays today,cannot compare



[spudmuffa]

I am an old man now. I have never heard a greater introduction to a song in all my life! Billy Cobham and Buddy Miles on drums. Things were good.

[RICHGREENNOW]

You Like that baseline, listen to the base player for Bela Fleck, Victor Wooten. Or the incredible Tom Kennedy who plays with Dave Weckl

[brorapp999]

Two Of The Living Legends Alive Today..Surpreme!

[666uberstud666]

three more things to add to my below comment ......

That base line also appears from 1:21 to 1:41.

You gotta love that awesomely groovy "whoooomp" sound the bass makes each time that bass part finishes.

Did Billy drop a stick at 1:25? Probably didn't, but that kinda weak fill sure sounded more like unsureness than intentional delay.

[666uberstud666]

HOLY CROW-LY Batman.

That was super incredibly wailing.

One of the wickedest base runs or WHAT? (played four times, from 0:50 to 1:10, 2:45 to 3:06, 3:28 to 3:47, and 7:34 to 7:49)

W-I-C-K-E-D it's just so insane!!!!!!

Alright.....I hereby challenge ANYBODY to thInk of a more WAILIN baseline like that one, taking into consideration the insane amount of notes played, the speed, and total real estate inching down all that neck. Melodic as shit and way kickass at the same time, o god-like baseline!

[jp3podlesnik]

their playing is so f**kin sick. Oh and how bout Billy Cobham on drums!

[triofdoom]

Mclauglin's version of Love Supreme. Simply from another realm in which John was able to bring back for us to hear.

[SunnyDays951]

Takes me back, this is majesty.

[FeatherCl]

I own this one too. Thanks so much for posting it. It is truly an amazing piece of music.

[JackElmo]

This is just SUPREME... and FUCKING ambient.

[shamballa100]

what can ONE say to THIS!!!!! GLORIOUS two guitarists who WENT OFFWORLD to play this SHIT *VBS* wonedrful on a scale MOST guitarist will NEVER reachn PLANET changing PLAYING here *S* wonderful CED bought it when it FIRST came out STILL a MILESTONE to any guitarist WORTH a SHIT to LISTEN too for LOVE devotion and TECHNIQUE hehehehehe *S* its SUBLIME

[electrickabuki]

if you like this album you really really really need to hear the double album of outakes / unused tracks from it.....................it is better than the album!

[TheFigueroa007]

One of the greatest guitar duo albums of all time.

[up2space]

you may be missing it here. i did too.. he's MAHAVISHNU John McLaughlin. he's a holy man apparently. musically i dig him. would have liked to hear him speak more if he was an anointed fellow. hot dog that's one the best playing i've heard Mr Mclaughlin do. yes sir i dig this big time

[thegerrie19561]

Santana at his best, but Mahavishnu is much better on his guitar. Keep on training Devadip!

[Mamsahaari]

@thegerrie19561 Maybe my ears need training .... all i hear is cacophony

[MarinIzSplita]

@Mamsahaari yes, you're right, your ears do need training.

[thegerrie19561]

Santana at his best, but Mahavishnu is the best!

[klookmopify]

Jesus Christ this is Holy Music OMG

[up2space]

@klookmopify don't ever forget it

[SunnyDays951]

My buddy turned me on to this band in early 70's. Saw John M., Billy Cobham, Jerry Goodman, Jan Hammer and a dam good bassist at Long Beach arena in So. Cal back in in early 70's. MAGICAL ! ! ! Who was the bassist?

[AfroZen]

@SunnyDays951 Rick Laird. The Mahavishnu Orchestra!

[wizardofwaste]

Powerful percussion, powerful guitars, powerful song.

[somaditya75]

Unbelievable....wow!!!! 

[joeholl3333]

Carlos on the Gibson L6S,I still have one buried in my basement. I must have it rebuilt! 

[up2space]

wake the fuck up there are devils in the world they make you heroin addicts they waste your time & life. if John mahavisnhu maclaughlin can teach us anything that is be guided by the eternal....and for your sake believe in yourself

[dadoo1617]

it's a goof song form the killer duo of Santana and JML it's a high level of music

[santanaincubus]

Carlos in the 60s and 70s was clearly a Beast.

[estanislav100]

powefull inspiration

[Silenzio93]

Billy Fucking Cobham, ladies and gentlemen.

[dannyhood66]

Fucking killer shit! Just wish this was remastered? Unless it has been already? ''It still is a good sounding record!

[CristiaanC]

I'm so glad I own an original vinyl of this

[CristiaanC]

Damn if you wanna talk about where Mars Volta got their influences, or at least Omar, damn this has GOT to be one of them.

[bentpolski]

Who is playing Bass on this album?

[ramses1401]

@bentpolski Hi! the name of the bassist is Doug Rauch...He's a great player.greetings.

[madmoiselle007]

when i first listen to this song i was like 13 i found it in my dads records since then i love it am 31

[SunnyDays951]

Man I'm S'n bricks . ! . !

[stoneyll]

indeed vinyl rules......was just a teen when i bought this album...still great today

[hanzabass]

yeah, indeed galactic. Gives me still the shivers as it did way back then..

[abhinabray]

It's too sad to know that young gen can't appreciate such an EPIC song!

I wasn't even born when this came out but I wish I was ;).

[baccodeberulamio]

Gosh, who can deny the existenz of God after listening to this? Santana and Mc Laughing are two angels sent to us in order to change the evil into good in this poor spoilt world, we need more music and less violence.

[m3chan1k]

God, I love this track! I dunno if it's the two maestros' spiritual ecstasy trip, Young's keyboards or Billy's frantic drumming, but everytime I listen to it, it takes me high... :)

[6402680]

Truly "electric church" music. Praising with fuzz boxes, Amen!!!!!!

[lgbm777]

Galactic - Not of this Planet

[thehoundz1]

Marvelous! LOVE IT!

[zootzrats]

Did Billy Cobham play on this?

[thegerrie19561]

Yes,he did.

[jbc6]

@zootzrats Does he ever!

[2u9h]

oh my god i found this vinyl last weekend...that intro break will go in my sample library..

btw mars volta are good but they're thiefs...

thanks for puttin this up!

[estanislav100]

two illuminated guitars

[RockHistoryTube]

AMAZING SONG!!!

[Paiste01]

This sure is Devine music

[MyFistToYourFace]

I feel like im taking a trip through heaven, space, and time with this song its so epic

[awesomejohnnet]

I must have smoke a ton of weed listening this...

[jazzynet1]

Wow this takes me back to my freshman year at ohio university. Gosh we were such drug addicts :).

[icaredamnit]

Hey, me too. I was at OU '74 to '76 (at least I think I was there, says so on my diploma..it was kind of a rich drug environment, especially along the levee), this came out in '73. Fabulous album. Still listen to it.

[jazzynet1]

what the fuck! I was there from 74-77! lol. I lived in Washinton Hall, True, and then off campus. I was only arrested once :D. What a trip! A real Bobcat!

[PHUKMLtd]

can never get enough of this...

[TheTlalocan]

lo definitivo. gracias por compartir la divinidad. de estos venerables masters,

[lilcamelboy101]

so tight!

the good old days of electric guitar

[souloption]

can anybody recommend more records or bands that play like this?

[babachewbaba]

The Moody Blues, Wishbone Ash...

[souloption]

Thank you!

[lovekurt]

@souloption

I really love the tune called "shobharock" by trilok gurtu.

really groovy bass line with thrilling trumpet over gurtu's amazing percussion works.

you can find it on youtube. hope you dig it. ;-)

[souloption]

@lovekurt

yea, i dig it. it's pretty trippy haha

[lovekurt]

@souloption

LOL. It's the electric violin by L. Shankar

[Jellybeantiger]

Porcupine Tree don't do it for me like this music.

This music is on another level.

[tygbro]

Love this jam. by Santana & McLaughlin

[jazzharmonie]

GOD SAVE US

[SunnyDays951]

I was so lucky to see John, Billy Cobham, Jerry Goodman, Jan Hammer at Long Beach, Ca. back in the day. Magical.

[TheRodrigoaquino]

great!

[alejandroalvial]

@TheRodrigoaquino

mahavisnhu orchestra es la cota mas alta alcanzada por jazzrock fussion.

siendo el jaz rock fussion es la perla del rock seguido a años luz por el resto del rock. es asi. es la verdad mas grande que una casa

[Paiste01]

@SunnyDays951 Cobham will tour in Europe next month, a drummer trio but, does anybody know if he takes keyboards,guitars as well in that particular setup?

[chrisb3999]

Thanks for posting this,

I lost that recording over twenty years ago, and never thought I would get to hear it again.

The music is amazing and you made my day.

[TeslaSMTM]

i own this one. still in great condition..

sounds better on a record player i think

[teamsleep24]

nothing can duplicate the richness of vinyl

[djjois]

@teamsleep24 bought a vinyl copy not 10 mins ago. :)

[priapus56]

@djjois ..I bought my copy not 37 years ago..

[oatbuck]

@teamsleep24

you are right, just send me all of your CD's i will take care of them until you wake up.

[WELLBRAN]

@TeslaSMTM yeah I still got this one

[Everywhere404]

@TeslaSMTM yeah this album on vinyl is really great. got it in great condition for wicked cheap haha.

[triofdoom]

@Everywhere404

correct when you hear this on vinyl it's twice as good! It's almost as if you were right there when they were playing.

[podekerken]

@TeslaSMTM dito. greetz

[6402680]

As we seek wisdom and the way for our spirit, one will go down many paths. Yours will hopefully be private. Carlos did not have that option. I like many others did not understand what these 2 were pushing, but I felt their search. And I was considered "gone" by my musician peers for loving this stuff! Nothing new, what do you think a Coltrane fan went thru before "mass acceptance"(press saying O.K. to like).

[manuman994]

sometimes the guitars of this songs (more at thefirst five minutes) remind me frusciante's playing style.

A very great song!

[Shawn200220012000200]

Very ferocious performance by two of the greatest guitarists of all-time represent the jazz fusion; Carlos Santana & John McLaughlin! *CLASSIC*

[firstbooob]

GODLIKE  ...

[fabianidhesona]

this record was made by the two bands, Santana and Mahavishnu Orchestra. amazing musicians like; Armando Peraza, Michael Shrieve, doug Rouch, billy cobham.

[AJMora]

Too fantastic to describe. So pure. So deep. So simple. Beautiful place to visit. Another universe, and without drugs!

[rodcrippler]

not exactly, the worst musical decade is the 2000s dude, then would come the 80s, tho at least then there were still some awesome artists

[masterofscotland]

There were some decent punk/mod bands, and Pink Floyd were still putting out good albums. Compare that to Lady gaga, Jay Z and Kayne West. Growing up in this decade is a bore musically. "At least" I have an almost limitless amount of stupendous music to delve into from the 60s and 70s!

[rodcrippler]

mod bands there were a few, i liked The Who and their musical evolution, about classic punk, that music is cute at best, artistically it was a step backwards for the mainstream audience, i wish there were still accesible progressive/experimental bands like this ones

[Lethkhar2000]

Tool and Porcupine Tree are pretty accessible progressive bands...I could probably name quite a few good modern prog bands that a lot of people would like if they gave it a chance.

[teamsleep24]

Tool is definitely spiritual and prog  .. blessed be 46x2

[dannyhood66]

@teamsleep24 There is this band irepress,'' its not called prog though,''but there is no singing and they are totally different sounding too me in many ways..I haven't heard tools recent stuff so i cant really say anything about them..If you haven't already,'' check out irepress ''snakes tale'' or ''frid ohm'' or diaspora'' their considered something else'' post metal'' i think?

[JRR951]

There are some good bands out of the 2000's... Mars Volta, Black Keys... But yeah comparatively it is the worst...

[rodcrippler]

that billy cobham is a freakin beast on drums!!

[firstbooob]

2BABLE2WITNESSINTHEEFLESH...

[firstbooob]

wwoww!!!

[tlaloccabrera]

the real valior its hir in this songs , i now you tu now everi thing

[djengo77]

Those are the same two guys that were handing out tracts in my neighborhood last week!!

[gittahfiend]

that was some funny s@#&LOL

[onelovega]

Man the first time I heard this song, I thought their guitars were a mile long. The life divine will always shine.

[nislive]

acid = love

[tallwater1]

Two giants of guitar. Very different approaches/styles of their instruments. Santana's is melodic, sweet, sustained. McLaughlin's very tight, disciplined, probably the result of that guru/Indian influence that he underwent.

The perfect combination of these two.

[CCBBW]

They say that after a piece of Mozart , the silence is still Mozart

After this the silence is deafening

GREAT music by any standard , including Intergalactic

[Vektorer]

Listen close to Billy Cobham's performance on this cut. He BURNS nonstop and never double-clutches. Easily, one of the stand-out BC efforts of his musical life. It was greatness 35 years ago...and still is. Acclaim for his effort here went for lacking...too bad. Hey, Billy...you kicked 'em then and still do. THX.

[dorian411]

Vektorer,

SPOT ON!!!

[bearman1210]

Carlos blows john away with more soul in his guitar McGlaughlin is more mettalic sounding

Awesome album one of the best ever

[DoItLikePat]

i hope you're joking! THIS is a JAZZ-rock tune ...santana always plays the same simple phrases over all his songs whereas john is creative! I'm suprised santana even understood the meter... 6/8 -.-

[obgyno]

well thats a little stupid. Santana may not know many scales but he sure knows his rythms, he's latin for f*ck sake and he played with some of the greatest latin percussionist. so dont f*ck with santana and rythms... and 6/8 isnt a crazy meter.. its older than your average rock type of 4/4

[CCBBW]

after all these years i still feel that JM is 'pushing' or rather 'pulling" CS to fo more and gets it

Great(est) album not really

Birds of Fire still has me crawling round the floor

[pantherius]

You may think I'm stupid, but it seems to me that both are holding back out of mutual respect.

[pantherius]

I agree with all you said. It's as if Santana was Zeus and McLaughlin was Odin; and that the pair was comparing thunderbolts.

[Orangelazaruspete]

love, devotion, surrender - a tribute to John Coltrane. One of the least known and best Santana albums ever produced - a tour de force.

[eggflipsupreme]

...two of the best exponents of their instruments ever experienced.....

[darominu]

One of the best jazz-rock album. I like it.

[nostalgiahistoria67]

This is some awesome music! A classic! 70s psychedelia! Right on!

[Hormigaleon]

A Mexican and an English magicians !!!

[rarebully]

Oh my goodness me! What an excellent track. It overwhelms you with its optimism, makes you glad to be alive. The muscianship is flawless.The whole album was superb. and this track is a highlight

[CCBBW]

Should be reimbursed by the national health system

[dorian411]

CCBBW, does not exist in the USA. Bummer.

[izzypop100]

This is truly ill... Music from outer space b

[AlexMarkey]

Toally rad. What I love about youtube is the fact you can sit down with a cup of joe, in front of the screen and find in the attic of your brain all these forgotten musical treasures that we lose track of during the passing years. Whenever I turn on vh-1, I can never figure out what signifigant element is missing about the music and then I hear an earlier recorded peice like this. In top 40 radio the live element is not captured in the studio any more. It's all too overprocessed today., agree?

[snubbs741]

agreed, and well put

[pantherius]

I hear you. And what's worse, mainstream music seems to be becoming more and more proccessed. It's a lot more Frankenstein food than it is home cooking. And that scares me.

[Power2theFlyingV]

hahaha Frankenstein food? Like Burger King and McDonald's? Yeah I'm pretty afraid that there will never be another great era in music. We had the 17th and 18th century, the 60's, the 70's, the 90's, but I hope to God something good comes up next year >: (

[pantherius]

There are bands out there that are influenced by classics like this track. Groups like moe., Discipline (2), and Phis are all right. And Zeit-influenced folk like Lull and Auvox are good enough for sex. Just be on the lookout. Buzz the Web.

[MyFistToYourFace]

I Always get shivers down my spine every time i hear this amazing epic spiritual song.

[elevenart]

my god- The Life Divine sends me to places indescribable

[Fr3derick]

Magnificent video!!!! Thanks so much for posting:)

Grandma Mary

[nishant6199]

Besides the album "electric guitarist","devotion" john mclaughlin has this masterpiece to his credit.Carlos Santana is excellent.

[Alhambra22]

Wish somebody could upload a video recording from the recording studio.

[cholody666]

god!

[robertalvarenga]

sweeeeet stufff . i had no idea bout this one .. it jus flowzzzzzzzz .. big ups to these master performers .. new schools take a lesson from this old school playbook of genious .

[alichoturko]

Fucking brilliant.

[wizardofwaste]

From without a doubt one of the most INSPIRED albums ever recorded.

[leowakawaka]

My new favorite song.

[KennyBlue51]

Best concert I attended was the Coltrane Festival in Los Angeles. Alice performed with their two sons. Carlos played with his great eclectic band including C.T. (Chester Thompson) on keyboards from San Francisco. Organize / start an annual Coltrane Festival / help to keep the spirit of John Coltrane alive in your town.

[Wikicrel74]

Absolutely wonderful

[rb7magnetico]

Both were way ahead of there time and there was no candy coating on them like todays musicians........

[BacksidePL]

I've added video response with live version of this Divinde Tune (sorry for making mess and adding by accident 1 unnecessary video).

[ezridder]

I had this album. Saw Santana in '72 and John a little later. Remember John with that double neck guitar the rest is a bit hazy-I know I enjoyed it though...

[cosmicgirl5]

This is an extrodinary track! The Cosmic Forces was definitely there when this track was collaborated.

[surethingbaby]

I wish I could explain how I feel when I listen to this album. I sometimes question whether God is real in a world full of problems, but whenever I play this Santana/McLaughlin album, I feel spiritual energy, and visions of a path that keeps going and going and going. Deep in a jungle, or deep in a spiritual world. Strange, I know.

[petros1479]

I LOVE IT!

[gitar54]

I was at the Paramount Seattle live love/devotion/surrender. 1971. Kevin DiRito Remember CTI summer jazz festivals ? Stanley Turrentine,George Benson, Billy Colbham, Ron Carter. After Talor River party on sunday. They played for FREEE ! Remember;anybody ? "You Make It Real Compared, To What ?"

[dorian411]

sure, remember "Cold Duck Time"?

[tonyverano]

Anyone knows what's the meaning of Mahavishnu ?

[dorian411]

Power, passion and beauty.

[florafox]

maha means "great", vishnu is a name of a very popular indian god. Some scientists derive vishnu from vi- sanu, that means "all-pervading"

[xcaluhbration]

What it means basically is being one with the divine

[sakshama]

The name was given to Mclaughlin by Sri Chinmoy and means Great Vishnu. Vishnu is a central deity in the Hindu tradition beside Brahma and Shiva and signifies the aspect of God that preserve the universe.

[dorian411]

drkam6 is spot on!!! Phenomenal music and musicianship. NO words can describe what happens @7:12 onwards during his extraodinary musical gift to us all. GO JOHN MCLAUGLIN, you almost make me believe god is possible.

[ybyainc]

Exactly.. John is a spiritual master who plays guitar.

[cosmicgirl5]

Extraordinary in every sense of the word when I listen to this song I am at the feet of the Divine Father,Mother, God ~ in every note Carlos & John play Many thanks to you for posting on youtube! One

[houndz11]

this is like LOVING rock and roll,yet stumbling upon the Keys to the Universe. And this may well be IT.I have the original vinyl..have also witnessed this LIVE in THE U S A !

[houndz11]

F A B U  LOUS ! !

[jimdep1]

Not of this world. It doesn't get any better than this.

RIP Doug Rauch and Larry Young.

[orlandoCF1]

The contrast between these two guitarist are amazing. This is a great classic for both of them. Hear the purity in Carlos's tone and the haunting bends of John McLaughlin, this recording was whey ahead of it's time.

[Flaoo]

This is amazing. The beginning before the solo guitar comes in is pure post-rock in a time no one knew about it yet.

[53hearts]

I absolutely agree with you,let us go into the house of the lord is the best cut on this jam... why isn't it posted??

[ruben1956]

Yes it is the best.

[rarebully]

An absolute classic, two guitar greats -John Mclaughlin & Carlos Santana -tackling their own vision of Jazz-Rock fusion.But also featuring such talents as Billy Cobham and Michael Shrieve.

The end result is sheer joy; a slice of boundless optimism .

[Orangelazaruspete]

I have the original vinyl album but only play the CD at this point. I've seen a few vinyl albums, but they are pretty rare now days. "Let us go into the house of the Lord" is the best cut on the album if you guys decide to get the CD you will not be disapointed.

[surethingbaby]

I just meant you can go to amazon or ebay and pick up the album that contains this song. Obviously CD stores nowadays are a joke and won't sell such an awesome album.

[MilesTrane21]

Not true. I found this album while browsing at a little indy cd store. They had about three copies selling for $8.99.

[MahvishnuNathan]

Look fro the re mastered version...its has a couple versions of the top 2 songs on the album.

This is the best unbriddled fusin Cobham, Sanatan, McLaughlin...what else is there?

Major retaiuls store...maybe 20 yearts ago, youll need to shop for this treasure!!!

[raymax3000]

The bass player in this album is underrated extraordinaire Douglas Rauch (deceased),featured in "Carvanserai" and the "white" album with the Santana Band.

[HoracioAmiritoDiaz]

I love how the drums come in.