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Title: Santana – Abraxas
Year/Genre/City: 1970, Latin Rock, San Francisco, CA
Matrix #: Columbia KC 30130
Condition: VG+

Cultural Facts:

[Woodstock Hangover]: The band rode straight out of the Woodstock spotlight into this era, with the pressure of sudden fame colliding with heavy drug use and nonstop touring.

[Band Friction]: Carlos Santana’s growing spiritual direction and control instincts created real internal strain, setting up later lineup turbulence as the group wrestled over what “Santana” even meant.

[Album Art]: The cover uses Mati Klarwein’s surreal painting “Annunciation,” an artwork with its own cult following that later became a visual calling card for multiple counterculture-era classics.