









Santana - Inner Secrets (MOFI)
ORDER LIMITED TO ONE ITEM PER CUSTOMER
Carlos Santana – guitar, backing vocals [click here to see more Vinyl/SACD featuring Carlos Santana]
Greg Walker – lead vocals
Chris Solberg – guitar, backing vocals
Chris Rhyne – keyboards
David Margen – bass
Graham Lear – drums
Armando Peraza – percussion, backing vocals
Raul Rekow – percussion, backing vocals
Pete Escovedo – percussion
Dennis Lambert - clavinet, backing vocals
Mike Boddicker - synthesizer programming
1 LP, Gatefold Cover
Limited to 3,000 numbered copies
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33RPM
Size : 12”
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Fidelity Record Pressing
Label : MOFI
Original Label : Columbia
Recorded at Western Recorders, Los Angeles, California. July & August, 1978
Engineered by Matt Hyde
Produced by Dennis Lambert & Brian Potter
Executive-Producer – Ray Etzler
Mastered by Krieg Wunderlich at Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, Sebastopol, CA on GAIN 2
Originally released in 1978
Reissued in 2024
Tracks:
Side A :
- Dealer / Spanish Rose
- Well All Right
- One Chain (Don't Make No Prison)
- Stormy
Side B :
- Open Invitation
- Wham!
- The Facts Of Love
- Life Is A Lady / Holiday
- Move On
Reviews :
"Since he had joined Santana in 1972, keyboard player Tom Coster had been Carlos Santana's right-hand man, playing, co-writing, co-producing, and generally taking the place of founding member Greg Rolie. But Coster left the band in the spring of 1978, to be replaced by keyboardist/guitarist Chris Solberg and keyboardist Chris Rhyme. Despite the change, the band soldiered on, and with Inner Secrets, they scored three chart singles: the disco-ish "One Chain (Don't Make No Prison)" (#59), "Stormy" (#32), and a cover of Buddy Holly's "Well All Right" (#69), done in the Blind Faith arrangement. (There seems to be a Steve Winwood fixation here. The album also featured a cover of Traffic's "Dealer.") The singles kept the album on the charts longer than any Santana LP since 1971, but it was still a minor disappointment after Moonflower, and in retrospect seems like one of the band's more compromised efforts." AllMusic Review by William Ruhlmann
Ratings :
AllMusic : 2 / 5 , Discogs : 3,76 / 5