Santana - Europa (1976) 45RPM RiP

"Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile)" is an instrumental taken from the forthcoming Santana's album ''Amigos''.

Songs that sample "Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile)"


B-side............................................."Take Me With You"
Released........................................1976
Format............................................45RPM
Genre.............................................Psichedelic Rock
Total Time......................................9 ' 02''ca.
Producer........................................David Rubinson
Label..............................................CBS
Filetype..........................................Wav @ 48kHz


TRACKLiST:

Side A - Santana - Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile)
Side B - Santana - Take Me With You



GENESiS:

Upon seeing his friend was suffering a bad experience whilst high on mescaline, Santana composed a song titled "The Mushroom Lady's Coming to Town". This precursor contained the first lick to the song "Europa". It was put away and not touched for some time.

When Santana was touring with Earth, Wind & Fire in Manchester, England, he played this song again, this time with Tom Coster who helped him with some of the chords and thus Europa was born. It was renamed to "Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile)".


COVERS:

A famous rendition was by saxophonist Gato Barbieri off his 1976 from album Caliente!.
In 2006, saxophonist Jimmy Sommers covered the song for his Standards album "Time Stands Still."
Contemporary jazz guitarist Nils released a rendition from his 2009 album Up Close & Personal.



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