''Oneness: Silver Dreams - Golden Reality'' is a 1979
album
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by
Carlos Santana. It was his second of three solo albums (the others being ''
Illuminations
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and
The Swing of Delight
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'') to be released under his temporary
Sanskrit
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name ''Devadip'' Carlos Santana, given to him by
Sri Chinmoy
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, as well as Carlos Santana's first wife Deborah and father-in-law
Saunders King.
According to Santana, ''Oneness'' was influenced by
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's album ''
Mysterious Traveller
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''.
The track "Transformation Day" is an adaptation of part of
Alan Hovhaness
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's symphonic work ''
Mysterious Mountain''.
Track listing
Personnel
* Greg Walker –
vocals
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(1, 11, 13)
* Deborah Santana – vocals
(14)
*
Carlos Santana –
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, vocals
* Chris Solberg – guitar
(5,11),
Hammond organ (5, 11)
*
Saunders King – guitar, vocals
(7)
*
Tom Coster
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Early years
Detroit-born and San Francisco-raised, Coster played piano and accordion as a youth, continuing his studies ...
–
keyboards
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, vocals
*
Narada Michael Walden –
piano
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, Hammond organ
(9, 15)
* Bob Levy –
strings,
synthesizer (6)
* Chris Rhyne – keyboards
(11)
* David Margen –
bass guitar
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*
Graham Lear –
drums
*
Pete Escovedo
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With his two brothers, Pete formed Escovedo Bros Latin Jazz Sextet, before Carlos Santana hired Pete and ...
–
timbales
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(6)
*
Armando Peraza
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Early life
Born in Lawton Batista, Havana, Cuba in 1924 (although the ...
–
percussion
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, vocals
*
Clare Fischer
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–
string arrangements and
conductor; piano
(7, 12)
External links
Carlos Santana – ''Oneness: Silver Dreams - Golden Reality'' (1979) album releases & creditsat
Discogs.com
Carlos Santana – ''Oneness: Silver Dreams - Golden Reality'' (1979) album review by William Ruhlmann, user reviews, credits, releases & Billboard chartat
AllMusic.com
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References
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1978 albums
Columbia Records albums
Carlos Santana albums
Albums produced by Carlos Santana
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