I got this two CD set just to see what the cover of "With a Little Help from My Friends" sounded like; it sounds like Joe Cocker's version, but the guitar/organ work on this track is awesome. After listening to both CD's, the music grew on me and I couldn't listen to anything else for more than a week. Disc 1 contains three future popular Santana charts in Jingo, Persuasion, and La Puesta De Sol-aka Fried Neckbones. Disc 2 is titled Santana Jam, and that's pretty much all you have to say about it. The CD contains some great guitar, organ, and latin percussion features. Overall, a great buy for a low price.

The first time I heard Santana was back in 1968 at University of Washington's Street Fair. This was awesome music then, and still is today. I discovered this old CD when cleaning out my junk, it had fallen into a dark place. Now that I have this music in the light, I am really enjoying it. This music has the feel of a live jam session, and most of the songs are fairly long. It is good music for working out and listening with my iPOD.

The recordings are actually between (my guess) 28 and 32 years old. The strength of Santana is that they still sound fresh today.... Another one of these obscurities that are required material for the devotees and may sound less pleasing to others.....