Santana - Viva Santana!

Tracks taken :
1-1 & 1-3 from LP " Santana III " ( 1971 )
1-2 from LP " Abraxas " ( 1970 )
1-4 unreleased version
1-5 from LP " Santana " ( 1969 )
1-6 unreleased song from the very first period of the band
1-7 unreleased jam from LP " Zebop! " ( 1981 ) sessions
1-8 unreleased track from LP " Shangó " ( 1981 ) sessions
1-9 from 3-LP + 7" V / A " Fillmore - The Last Days " ( 1972 )
1-10 unreleased track from LP " Freedom " ( 1987 ) sessions
1-11 to 2-3, 2-5 to 2-8 and 2-10 to 2-14 previously unreleased
2-4 from 2-LP V / A " California Jam 2 " ( 1978 )
2-9 from LP " Santana " ( 1969 )
2-15 from 3-LP V / A " Woodstock " ( 1970 )

Tracks recorded :
1-1 & 1-3 at Columbia Studios, San Francisco, CA, in the summer of 1971. Remixed at the Plant Studios, Sausalito, CA, in February 1988
1-2 at Wally Heider Recording Studio, San Francisco, CA, during the summer of 1970. Remixed at the Plant Studios, Sausalito, CA, in February 1988
1-4 live in Montreux, Switzerland, during the summer of 1971. It was mixed October 5, 1971, at Trident Studios, London. Originally on Santana III ( 1971 )
1-5 at Pacific Recording, San Mateo, CA, during the winter of 1969. Remixed at the Plant Studios, Sausalito, CA, in January 1988
1-6 at Coast Recorders, San Francisco, CA, in the fall of 1967
1-7 at the Automatt, San Francisco, CA, in the fall of 1980 during the recording of the Zebop sessions. Mixed at the Plant Studios in November 1987.
1-8 at the Automatt Studios, San Francisco, CA, October 14, 1982, during a Shango rehearsal session . Completed in November 1987 and mixed in May of 1988 at the Plant Studios, Sausalito, CA
1-9 live at the Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA, July 4, 1971
1-10 at the Plant Studios, Sausalito, CA, January 2, 1986, during the Freedom album sessions. The final mix was done at the Plant Studios in November 1987
1-11 live from the 1985 World Tour
1-12 live in Paris, France, during the spring of 1977. Mixed in June 1977 at the Automatt Studios, San Francisco, CA. Originally on Caravanserai ( 1972 )
1-13 to 1-15 live in Paris, France, in 1983
2-1 live version from the 1985 World Tour. Original studio version from the Beyond Appearances album ( 1985 )
2-2 live at the Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA, during the fall of 1985. Mixed at the Plant Studios in January 1988. Original studio version from the Inner Secrets album ( 1978 )
2-3 a rough mix done at the Automatt Studios, San Francisco, CA, in July 1979. Original version on the Marathon album ( 1979 )
2-4 live version from Cal Jam during the summer of 1978. (Note: The opening of this version is not hidden by audience noise as is the version that appears on the Cal Jam album package.)
2-5 live version recorded in Osaka, Japan, in October 1979. Original studio cut was on the Amigos album ( 1976 )
2-6 & 2-11 unreleased jam from rehearsals at S.I.R., San Francisco, CA, during the summer of 1985
2-7 live with L' Mobile remote truck at the Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA, during the fall of 1985. Mixed at the Plant Studios in January 1988. Original studio track is from the Moonflower album ( 1977 )
2-8 live at Winterland, San Francisco, CA, on December 31, 1973. 16 track mixed at the Plant Studios in November 1987.
2-9 at Pacific Recording, San Mateo, CA, in 1968
2-10 from a rehearsal session in January 1982 for the Havana Moon album ( 1983 ). A new vocal by Ernie Johnson was added to this track and it was remixed at the Plant Studios in November 1987
2-12 & 2-13 unreleased live versions recorded in Montreal, Canada, in September 1982 with the L' Mobile remote recording truck. Remixed at the Plant Studios in January 1988. Originally from the Abraxas album ( 1970 )
2-14 unreleased live recording from Woodstock, August 16, 1969. Mix done at the Plant Studios, June 23, 1988. Original studio version on " Santana " ( 1969 )
2-15 live version from Woodstock that launched Santana's career. Original studio version on " Santana " ( 1969 )

Includes a 48 page booklet with a band history chart.
The following tracks are designated 'unreleased': 1-6, 1-7, 1-8, 1-10, 1-11, 1-13, 1-14, 1-15, 2-5, 2-9, 2-11. Adding to those tracks are also unreleased live versions.