Carlos Santana: Oneness: Silver Dreams/Golden Reality (CBS)
Richard Williams, Melody Maker, 3 March 1979
AS THE sleeve makes abundantly clear, this is Carlos Santana's equivalent of Pete Townshend's Meher Baba solo album: a dedication to Sri Chinmoy, the guru with a predilection for Take Six white suits and gullible lead guitarists.
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