Abraxas SA-CD Multi Hybrid Edition [Limited Edition] [Cardboard Sleeve (mini LP)] Customer Reviews

Great version of a great album. Superb audio quality. Exceeds expectations. Fantastic packaging. Highly recommended.

Beutiful packaging with bunch of extras, Santana's top album, 7'' edition with glorious cover to enjoy in fullness

My favorite 4 channel QUAD SACD release. (so far) Without a center channel and without LFE bass effect allows the fascinating stereo sound reproduced by this mix. The sound engineers have masterfully mixed stereo between each set of speakers has you go around the room. Front to back is exceptionally mesmerizing as your focus is on the full side rather than the front. Must be listened to while shifting your position to take in each wall of sound. Highly recommended.

Abraxas on super Audio CD is an experience. This is the most famous album by Carlos and his band. The sound quality is astonishingly good. Packaged in a very nice 7 inch version, highly recommended!

This second album is just as much a stunner as their debut album was, but now comes also ijn a delightful and unrepentantly ethnic gatefold drawn by the same person who graced one other great album: Miles' Bitches Brew. It was also the first to be graced with that superb logo as well. With an unchanged line-up, Santana is definitely veering towards jazz- rock and they reach a first peak in their career (there will be many more) and this album is among my all time classics too. From the first gusts of winds (cymbals scratchings) of Singing Winds to the latino El Nicoya, this albumis another perfect example of fusion. From the jazz-rock of the instrumental Singing Winds and the delighfully sunf Black Magic Woman (yes, the Fleetwood Mac early classic) to the latino hits such as Se A Cabo, Oye Como Va and others, is there any space for all out RnR? Well get a load of Hope You're Feeling Better or Mother's Daughter, to get your answer: this album kicks ass as well.

Another great example of how reissues should be done. SACD & in surround (quad in this case) Recommended to buy - you won’t be disappointed. I was knocked over by the quality all round.