Despite being the first song of the set, this features a massive barrage of drum and percussion soloing and now features the blistering twin lead guitars of Santana and Schon together. The group wastes no time getting down to business, opening their set with their Woodstock showstopper, "Soul Sacrifice." Featuring a new prelude section before launching into the familiar opening riff, this is a powerful opener. Performing choice material from their first two albums as well as introducing new material then currently being recorded for their third album, this set will be a delight to long-term fans and new listeners alike.
Over the course of the previous two years Santana had gone from virtually unknown outside of San Francisco to one of the most popular and commercially successful bands on the planet. Despite growing in two directions simultaneously, the group was incredibly tight on stage and more often than not, delivering incendiary performances. On one hand, Greg Rolie, along with several other band members, were emphasizing the hard rocking Latin flavored sound that established the band initially, while Carlos was beginning to grow beyond rock music and was becoming more interested in the spontaneous improvisational elements in the music of John Coltrane and Miles Davis. Following the monumental success of their second album, Abraxas, this excellent quality recording captures Santana as they were just beginning to splinter into two distinctive musical directions. This was a remarkable and all too brief era in the group's history, when the original lineup was not only at its creative apex, but also at a commercial peak, riding high on both the album and singles charts. His addition gave Santana a powerful dual lead guitar attack and injected the band with even more energy. The teenage guitar prodigy Neal Schon, had joined the band six months earlier after turning down an offer to join Eric Clapton's band, Derek & The Dominos. Performing at Bill Graham's legendary Fillmore East midway through the sessions for the band's third album, this Santana performance captures the classic Abraxas lineup at a most inspired moment in time. Carlos Santana - guitar, vocals Neal Schon - guitar, vocals Gregg Rolie - keyboards, piano, lead vocals David Brown - bass, vocals Michael Shrieve - drums José Chepitó Areas - percussion, conga, timbales Mike Carabello - percussion, conga, tambourine, vocals Thomas "Coke" Escovedo - percussion
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