Over the weekend I grabbed a remastered version of the Carlos Santana / John McLaughlin show from Berkeley, CA (9/5/73). The pair did a brief tour in support of their "Love Devotion Surrender" album, and the Chicago show from that tour has been widely circulated from a recording of the FM broadcast. The Berkeley show is also from an FM recording, and the overall quality is very good.
Both of these guys were at creative peaks around this time with Santana having recorded the epic "Lotus" live album a couple of months prior in Japan, while McLaughlin's Mahavishnu Orchestra was breaking up after releasing two seminal fusion recording over the previous two years.
Propelled by Billy Cobham's insistent drumming, the relatively simple arrangements build a base for relentless guitar dueling between Carlos and John. Khalid Yasin (aka Larry Young) on organ, Doug Rauch on bass and Armando Peraza on congas round out the band. There is some incredible guitar playing during this show, and there is nothing subtle about this musical assault. Highly recommended.
Disc 1
Meditation
The Life Divine
A Love Supreme
I’m Aware of You
Disc 2
Flame-Sky
Let Us Go Into the House of the Lord
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