‘Caravanserai’, produced by Carlos Santana and Mike Shrieve , is the fourth album to be released by the rock n’ roll group Santana. The album was released in October of 1972. This album was considered as a major turning point for the career of Carlos Santana since it was a sharp departure from his first three albums which were all highly praised by the critics. This album also marked the replacement of Santana’s original bassist David Brown with Doug Rauch and Tom Rutley. The percussionist Michael Carabello was also replaced by Armando Peraza and keyboardist Gregg Rolie, who during the recording was having a falling-out with Santana, was replaced by Tom Coster on a few songs. The following year Gregg Rolie, along with Neal Schon, went on to form Journey. Have a favourite album's cover art printed onto personalised usb sticks.
The album also departed from Santana’s trademark fusion of jazz, rock, and salsa, and concentrated mostly on the jazz-like instrumental passages. Except for three songs, the entire album was instrumental, which in turn led to the album having no hit singles. The album is also the first of a series of albums that Santana would record to be known for their increasing musical complexity, marking a move away from the popular rock format of their earlier albums and heading towards a more contemplative and experimental jazz sound. This album also marked the start of Santana sliding in their commercial popularity. The album did go platinum in the US, and also reached the top 10 of the Billboard 200 chart.
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