| Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles! Live! | ||||
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| Released | June 7, 1972 | |||
| Recorded | January 1, 1972, at the "Sunshine '72" Festival, inside Diamond Head, Honolulu, Hawaii | |||
| Genre | Psychedelic rock, jam rock, jazz rock, blues rock, jazz funk, funk rock | |||
| Length | 46:01 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles | |||
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Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles! Live! is a live album by Carlos Santana and Buddy Miles, released in 1972. [1]
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide |  [1] |
In a review for AllMusic, William Ruhlmann stated that the recording "was not, perhaps, the live album Santana fans had been waiting for, but at this point in its career, the band could do no wrong." [2]
Ebony's Phyl Garland described the album as "a free form funfest bound to delight the followers of both these super-stars of rock," on which "Santana's Latin soul is fused with Buddy Miles' hypnotic beat to create a mood of frantic immediacy." [3]
Shortly after Live! was issued, the editors of Billboard awarded it "Best New Album of the Week" in the Soul category, [4] and a reviewer commented: "This album should get the nod as one of the best live rock albums of the year... The musicians from both Santana and Miles complement each other on every track." [5]
Some claim that the album was in fact recorded in a studio, after the concert date with audience noise added, because the concert had been marred by power failures which rendered the live recording at the January 1, 1972 concert unusable for release. [6]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Marbles" | John McLaughlin | 4:18 |
| 2. | "Lava" | Buddy Miles | 2:10 |
| 3. | "Evil Ways" | Clarence "Sonny" Henry | 6:36 |
| 4. | "Faith Interlude" | Miles, Carlos Santana | 2:13 |
| 5. | "Them Changes" | Miles | 5:50 |
| 6. | "Free form Funkafide Filth" | Greg Errico, Ron Johnson, Miles, Santana | 24:54 |
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1972 | Billboard 200 | 8 [7] |
| 1972 | Billboard R&B Albums | 6 [7] |
| 1972 | Billboard Jazz Albums | 11 [7] |
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