Oil Well Bootlegs - RSC CD: Santana - Soul Sacrifice Oil Well RSC 016 CD

Santana - Soul Sacrifice
Oil Well RSC 016 CD

1 Se A Cabo 5:18
2 Medley: Black Magic Woman - Gypsy Queen - Savor - Jingo 14:40
3 Oye Como Va 5:08
4 Hope You're Feeling Better 5:00
5 Toussaint L'Overture - Evil Ways 9:27
6 Persuasion 2:44
7 Soul Sacrifice 15:01
8 Encore 7:25

Note:
All songs by Santana

Recorded live in New York 1970 - April 12th, 1970 Fillmore East.

Lineup:
Carlos Santana - Guitar, Vocals
Mike Carabelo - Conga, Percussion
Mike Shrieve - Drums
Dave Brown - Bass
Jose Chepito - Timbales, Conga, Percussion
Gregg Rolie -Piano, Organ, Vocals

This album is a digital clone of: Live in San Francisco 1970 - The Early Years ‎– 02-CD-3332
This Oil Well version has a fine cover, fine quality. Fold-out insert shows details of other CDs in the series. Limited to 200 copies only. Please note that Encore is "Treat".
Contrary to what was mentioned in the covers of some bootlegs containing this concert: this is not the Fillmore West concert (where Santana played from 10 to 13 September of the same year) but it is the concert at the Fillmore East. The band played three nights in a row, giving two concerts on the last evening (April 12th).

The list of titles comes from the concert on April 12th, but we do not know if it is the first or second concert.Due to its rarity and good quality, this disc is recommended.
On the front cover Carlos Santana performing live during a concert.
Read below for more information on the concert.

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The Fillmore East

The Fillmore East was rock promoter Bill Graham's rock venue at 105 Second Avenue near East 6th Street in the (at the time) Lower East Side neighborhood, now called the East Village neighborhood of the borough of Manhattan of New York City. It was open from March 8, 1968 to June 27, 1971 and featured some of the biggest acts in rock music at the time. The Fillmore East was a companion to Graham's Fillmore Auditorium, and its successor, the Fillmore West, in San Francisco, Graham's home base.

The theatre at 105 Second Avenue, was originally built as a Yiddish theater in 1925-26, designed by Harrison Wiseman in the Medieval Revival style, at a time when the section of Second Avenue was known as the "Yiddish Theater District" and the "Jewish Rialto" because of the numerous theatres that catered to a Yiddish-speaking audience. Called the Commodore Theater, and independently operated, it eventually was taken over by Loews Inc. and became a movie theater, the Loews Commodore. It later became the Village Theatre. When Graham took over the theatre in 1967, it had fallen into disrepair. Despite the deceptively small marquee and façade, the theater had a capacity of almost 2,700.

The venue provided Graham with an East Coast counterpart to his existing Fillmore in San Francisco, California. Opening on March 8, 1968, the Fillmore East quickly became known as "The Church of Rock and Roll," with two-show, triple-bill concerts several nights a week. Graham would regularly alternate acts between the East and West Coast venues.

Until early 1971, bands were booked to play two shows per night, at 8 pm and 11 pm, on both Friday and Saturday nights.
Among the notable acts to play the Fillmore East was Jimi Hendrix. His album Band of Gypsys was recorded live on New Year's Day 1970. However, even before Hendrix hit the stage, The famous British blues-rock trio Cream played the Fillmore East when it was called the "Village Theater" on September 20 & 23 1967 featuring the virtuoso guitar wizardry of Eric Clapton who later along with Hendrix, would lead the world of guitar as the two foremost innovators with legions of followers and copyists. The Kinks played October 17th and 18th, 1969, supported by the Bonzo Dog Band.

Just some bands at Fillmore...

John Lennon and Yoko Ono sat in with Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention at the theater on June 6, 1971. The Allman Brothers Band played so many shows at Fillmore East that they were sometimes called "Bill Graham's House Band"; additionally, the Grateful Dead played a total of 43 concerts at the theater from June 1968 through April 1971. Jefferson Airplane performed six shows and Taj Mahal played eight shows at the venue, while Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young did four shows in September 1969 and six performances in June 1970. Led Zeppelin made four appearances in early 1969, opening for Iron Butterfly.

Because of changes in the music industry and large growth in the concert industry, Graham closed the Fillmore East. The final concert took place on June 27, 1971, with the billed acts: The Allman Brothers Band, The J. Geils Band, Albert King, and special surprise guests – Edgar Winter's White Trash, Mountain, The Beach Boys, and Country Joe McDonald – in an invitation-only performance. The concert was simulcast live by New York City radio stations WPLJ and WNEW-FM, with between-set banter by many of New York's then-trend-setting disc jockeys – WPLJ's Dave Herman and Vin Scelsa and WNEW-FM's Scott Muni and Alison Steele (AKA the Night Bird) among them.
http://concerts.wikia.com/wiki/

Fillmore_East April 10 Fri: Fillmore East, New York, NY W/Alberto Gianquinto Note: Two shows played in the same evening On 11 and on 12 April 1970 Santana; It’s a Beautiful Day; The American Dream played at Fillmore east; April 11 Sat: Fillmore East, New York, NY 1st show. 64 min. Exact: Se A Cabo - Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen/Savor/Jingo - Oye Como Va - Hope You're Feeling Better - Toussaint L'Overture/Evil Ways - Persuasion - Soul Sacrifice W/Alberto Gianquinto Note: Two shows played in the same evening.; April 12 Sun: Fillmore East, New York, NY 1st show or 2nd show. 71 min. Exact: Se A Cabo - Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen/Savor/Jingo - Oye Como Va - Hope You're Feeling Better - Toussaint L'Overture/Evil Ways - Persuasion - Soul Sacrifice - Treat W/Alberto Gianquinto Note: Two shows played in the same evening. http://santanamigos.pagesperso-orange.fr/1970.htm