Sacred Fire: Santana Live in South America

• Artist: Santana
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• Release Date: October 19, 1993
• Total Time: 77:19
• Type: Live
• Genre: Rock

Review

For their third live album, Santana introduced a new bass player, Myron Dove, and added guitarist Jorge Santana (Carlos Santana's brother), and singer Vorriece Cooper to bring the band up to nine members. Adopting the mantle of Bob Marley, the band played "Esperando," which borrowed Marley's characteristic audience chant. Much of the album is given over to repeating Santana's earliest hits -- "No One to Depend On," "Black Magic Woman," "Soul Sacrifice," -- which should please the band's new record label (it's always good to have versions of the hits in your catalog). ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Angels All Around Us (Introduction)	Pharoah Sanders	Santana	(1:57)
Vive la Vida (Life Is for Living)	Pat Sefolosha	Santana	(4:18)
Esperando	Chester Thompson, Karl Perazzo, Carlos Santana, Alex Charles	Santana	(5:58)
No One to Depend On	Gregg Rolie, Coke Escovedo, Mike Carabello	Santana	(4:38)
Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen	Gabor Szabo, Peter Green	Santana	(8:53)
Oye Como Va	Tito Puente	Santana	(5:07)
Samba Pa Ti	Carlos Santana	Santana	(6:49)
Guajira	José Chepitó Areas, David Brown, Rico Reyes	Santana	(6:13)
Make Somebody Happy	Alex Ligertwood, Carlos Santana	Santana	(7:14)
Toussaint l'Overture	Michael Shrieve, José Chepitó Areas, Gregg Rolie, Mike Carabello, D. Brown, Carlos Santana	Santana	(6:52)
Soul Sacrifice/Don't Try This at Home	Michael Shrieve, José Chepitó Areas, Gregg Rolie, David Brown, Mike Carabello, Carlos Santana	Santana	(7:26)
Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile)	Tom Coster, Carlos Santana	Santana	(6:11)
Jin-Go-Lo-Ba	Babatunde Olatunji	Santana	(5:43)

Credits

Santana (Main Performer), Jorge Santana (Guitar), Wally Buck (Assistant Engineer), Walfredo Reyes (Percussion), Walfredo Reyes (Drums), Myron Dove (Bass), Myron Dove (Vocals (Background)), Jim Gaines (Engineer), Jim Gaines (Mixing), Bruce Jones (Engineer), Judy Kirschner (Assistant Engineer), Alex Ligertwood (Vocals), Alex Ligertwood (Vocals (Background)), Karl Perazzo (Conga), Karl Perazzo (Timbales), Karl Perazzo (Vocals), Karl Perazzo (Vocals (Background)), Raul Rekow (Percussion), Raul Rekow (Conga), Raul Rekow (Vocals (Background)), Doug Sax (Mastering), Craig Silvey (?), Craig Silvey (Digital Sequencing), Chester Thompson (Keyboards), Chester Thompson (Vocals (Background)), Chester Thompson (Producer), Kent Matcke (Assistant Engineer), Carlos Santana (Guitar), Carlos Santana (Percussion), Carlos Santana (Vocals), Carlos Santana (Vocals (Background)), Carlos Santana (Producer), Kevin Chisholm (Coordination), Paul Freehauf (Photography), Pat Murray (Assistant Engineer), Vorriece Cooper (Vocals), Vorriece Cooper (Vocals (Background))