Dance of the Rainbow Serpent
Dance of the Rainbow Serpent is a 1995 three-CD retrospective box set by Santana that also covers Carlos Santana solo projects and appearances with other artists. Unless noted, all tracks are studio recordings, with some of them previously unreleased (all are on the third disc). The individual discs are sub-titled Heart, Soul, and Spirit. It includes a 60-page booklet with detailed track listing, song comments by Carlos Santana, musician credits, biographical essay and a poem by Hal Miller, a list of touring band members through the years, and a band/solo discography up to 1995. The cover art was done by Michael Rios and Anthony Machado.
| Dance of the Rainbow Serpent | |
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| Box set by | |
| Released | January 1995 |
| Genre | Blues rock, hard rock, latin rock |
| Label | Sony Records |
| Producer | Various |
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [2] |
Track listing
Disc 1 - Heart
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Evil Ways" | Clarence "Sonny" Henry | Santana, 1969 | 3:58 |
| 2. | "Soul Sacrifice" (Live at the Woodstock Festival, Bethel, New York, Saturday, August 16, 1969; edited version) | Carlos Santana, Gregg Rolie, David Brown, Marcus Malone | Viva Santana!, 1988; originally from Santana | 8:50 |
| 3. | "Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen" | Peter Green/Gábor Szabó | Abraxas, 1970 | 5:17 |
| 4. | "Oye Como Va" | Tito Puente | Abraxas | 4:18 |
| 5. | "Samba Pa Ti" (Instrumental) | Santana | Abraxas | 4:45 |
| 6. | "Everybody's Everything" | Santana, Milton Brown, Tyrone Moss | Santana III, 1971 | 3:31 |
| 7. | "Song of the Wind" | Rolie, Santana, Neal Schon | Caravanserai, 1972 | 6:10 |
| 8. | "Toussaint L'Overture" (Live at the Osaka Koseinenkin Hall, Osaka, Japan, July, 1973) | José Areas, Brown, Michael Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Schon, Michael Shrieve | Lotus, 1974; originally from Santana III | 7:33 |
| 9. | "In a Silent Way" (Live at the Fillmore West, San Francisco, California, July 4, 1971) | Joe Zawinul | Fillmore: The Last Days, 1972 | 7:54 |
| 10. | "Waves Within" | Doug Rauch, Rolie | Caravanserai | 3:54 |
| 11. | "Flame - Sky" | Rauch, Santana, John McLaughlin | Welcome, 1973 | 11:31 |
| 12. | "Naima" | John Coltrane | Love Devotion Surrender, 1973 | 3:12 |
Disc 2 - Soul
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "I Love You Much Too Much" | Alexander Olshanetsky, Don Raye, Chaim Towber | Zebop!, 1981 | 4:45 |
| 2. | "Blues for Salvador" | Santana, Chester D. Thompson | Blues for Salvador, 1987 | 5:57 |
| 3. | "Aqua Marine" | Alan Pasqua, Santana | Marathon, 1979 | 5:38 |
| 4. | "Bella" | Sterling Crew, Santana, Thompson | Blues for Salvador | 4:30 |
| 5. | "The River" | Leon Patillo, Santana | Festivál, 1976 | 4:52 |
| 6. | "I'll Be Waiting" | Santana | Moonflower, 1977 | 5:20 |
| 7. | "Love Is You" | Santana, Thompson | Freedom, 1987 | 4:00 |
| 8. | "Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile)" | Tom Coster, Santana | Amigos, 1976 | 5:05 |
| 9. | "Move On" | Santana, Chris Rhyne | Inner Secrets, 1978 | 4:27 |
| 10. | "Somewhere in Heaven" | Alex Ligertwood, Santana | Milagro, 1992 | 3:26 |
| 11. | "Open Invitation" | Dennis Lambert, David Margen, Brian Potter, Santana, Greg Walker | Inner Secrets | 4:46 |
Disc 3 - Spirit
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "All I Ever Wanted" | Ligertwood, Santana, Chris Solberg | Marathon | 4:02 |
| 2. | "Hannibal" | Ligertwood, Alan Pasqua, Raul Rékow, Santana | Blues for Salvador | 4:29 |
| 3. | "Brightest Star" | Ligertwood, Santana | Zebop! | 4:51 |
| 4. | "Wings of Grace" (Live in Mexico City, May 22 or 23, 1993) | Santana, Thompson | Sacred Fire: Live in Mexico (video), 1993 | 5:27 |
| 5. | "Se Eni a Fe L'Amo-Kere Kere" (with Babatunde Olatunji) | Olatunji | Dance to the Beat of My Drum, 1986 | 9:14 |
| 6. | "Mudbone" | Santana | Havana Moon, 1983 | 5:52 |
| 7. | "The Healer" (with John Lee Hooker) | Hooker, Roy Rogers, Santana, Thompson | The Healer, 1989 | 5:38 |
| 8. | "Chill Out (Things Gonna Change)" (with John Lee Hooker) | Hooker, Santana, Thompson | Chill Out, 1995 | 4:46 |
| 9. | "Sweet Black Cherry Pie" (with Larry Graham) | Santana, Thompson, Ligertwood | Previously unissued outtake from Spirits Dancing in the Flesh, 1990 | 3:00 |
| 10. | "Every Now and Then" (with Vernon Reid) | Reid | Previously unissued; recorded 1990 | 5:06 |
| 11. | "This Is This" (with Weather Report) | Zawinul | This Is This, 1986 | 7:09 |
References
- Parisian, Roch. Dance of the Rainbow Serpent at AllMusic
- "Santana: Album Guide". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2012-01-28. Retrieved 2012-04-15.
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