Released in 1988, Viva Santana! is a generous 30-track overview of Santana's first 20 years of recording. Appropriately, it concentrates on the band's glory years of the late '60s and early '70s, when both Carlos Santana and his supporting musicians were on fire. There are several unreleased cuts, including live tracks included for hardcore fans, but Viva Santana! is most useful as a thorough overview for curious listeners. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
Viva Santana! (Columbia/Sony)
08/01/1988
All Music Guide Review
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Credits
- David Margen
- Bass
- Raul Rekow
- Percussion, Conga
- Rico Reyes
- Percussion, Vocals
- Chris Solberg
- Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
- Chester Thompson
- Synthesizer, Keyboards
- Chester Thompson
- Keyboards, Production Assistant
- Orestes Vilató
- Percussion, Timbales
- Howie Weinberg
- Mastering
- Peter Fletcher
- Music Coordinator, Music Direction
- Mark Rowland
- Liner Notes
- Jim Marshall
- Photography
- Carlos Santana
- Guitar, Music Direction, Vocals, Executive Producer
- Guido Harari
- Photography
- Chris Scott
- Photography
- Annie Leibovitz
- Photography
- Ray Etzler
- Music Coordinator, Music Direction
- Ken Regan
- Photography
- Coni "Night Loon" Beeson
- Photography
- Roger Ressmeyer
- Photography
- Mark Brady
- Photography
- Deborah Santana
- Coordination
- David Sancious
- Synthesizer, Guitar, Keyboards
- Santana
- Main Performer, Annotation, Music Coordinator
- Greg Walker
- Vocals
- José Chepitó Areas
- Percussion
- Gregg Rolie
- Keyboards, Vocals
- Sterling
- Keyboards
- Coke Escovedo
- Percussion, Timbales
- Richard Baker
- Keyboards
- David Brown
- Bass
- Mike Carabello
- Percussion, Conga
- Leon "Ndugu" Chancler
- Percussion, Drums, Vocals
- David Coleman
- Booklet Design
- Ken Friedman
- Photography
- Jim Gaines
- Producer
- Joe Gastwirt
- Mastering
- Stuart Hirotsu
- Project Assistant
- Alphonso Johnson
- Bass
- Ernie Johnson
- Vocals
- Keith Jones
- Bass
- Graham Lear
- Drums
- Alex Ligertwood
- Vocals
- Michael Jones
- Music Coordinator, Music Direction
- Michael Shrieve
- Drums
- Buddy Miles
- Drums, Vocals
- Neal Schon
- Guitar
- Tom Coster
- Keyboards, Vocals
- Pete Escovedo
- Percussion, Timbales
- Armando Peraza
- Percussion, Conga, Photography, Vocals















