Let Us Go Into the House of the Lord (). traditional /1973 == oil crisis 1.0/

Alex V makes an impressive claim for the Carlos Santana/John McLaughlin album Love, Devotion, Surrender:

Then I put the needle to this one, and wild haired angels appeared to slaughter the unicorns and revel in their rainbow-hued blood, erupting in fireworks and fairy circles of mushrooms, collapsing the universe into the coils of Carlos Santana's pickups. Really, listen to "Let Us Go Into the House of the Lord" at least once in your life and get cleansed for the dawn of The Next Phase.

This was one of the first albums I bought, circa 1973. The spiritual aspects (and maybe even the guitar magic) were beyond my comprehension at the time.

Ground and Sky:

The performance is inspired by the Pharaoh Sanders version of the song, but Santana and McLaughlin take it to incredible heights of guitar-shredding ecstasy.

Alex V also goes on to suggest we don't confuse the artifact with the attraction. The question then becomes whether I still have this LP up in the attic or if I've achieved enlightenment and let it go.

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love, devotion, surrender: wikipedia. last.fm (with full stream of the track). alex cook: most listened to artists. 1973 oil crisis: wikipedia

Comments

[alex]

Thanks! fortunately for me, Yahoo has most of the album available on their service, so I didn't need to search the attic

[Michael Leddy]

I still have the LP, with the gatefold photograph of JMcL and CS sitting with Sri Chinmoy. The beginning of McLaughlin's solo on "Let Us" is staggering. Thanks for bringing back the memory.