Santana to issue odds-and-ends album in time for Christmas

A limited-edition Santana album titled "Ceremony--Remixes & Rarities," is scheduled to hit stores on Dec. 16.

Only 100,000 copies of the album--Santana's third for Arista Records--will be pressed, according to the label. Santana's first two Arista albums, "Supernatural" and "Shaman," have sold 30 million units worldwide, Arista said.

"Ceremony" features five new songs and five newly recorded versions or remixes of tracks from Santana's first two Arista albums, as well as "Victory is One," a song that appears on "Shaman."

"There was so much great material recorded at those sessions, with so many great musicians, songwriters, producers and arrangers contributing their talents," Carlos Santana said in a statement. "I am honored that Arista has chosen to gather the unissued music together in this package, as a gift to our fans this holiday season."

New tracks include:


  • "Curacion (Sunlight On Water)," which Santana co-wrote producer KC Porter, who contributed to "Supernatural" and "Shaman."

  • "Truth Don Die," produced by Kike Santander and his four-man production team. The song was written by Femi Anikulapo Kuti, the son of the late Afro-beat legend Fela Kuti.

  • "Let Me Love You Tonight," from the the Scandinavian songwriting and production team led by Anders "Bag" Bagge.

  • "Come To My World, from the Jimmyray Productions crew.

  • and "Manana," by songwriter, producer and arranger Salaam Remi, who is known for his work with the The Fugees and Wyclef Jean, among others).

"Cermony" also includes producer/arranger Kike Santander's retooled version of the "Supernatural" track "Primavera," which now features a vocal by salsa singer Jerry Rivera; and producer/arranger Lester Mendez's take on Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger's "Why Don't You & I" (from "Shaman"), which features a new vocal from Alex Band of The Calling.

Also included are remixes of "Smooth" (by Chris Staropoli), "Maria Maria" (by Wyclef Jean) and "Foo Foo" (by Sam "Sever" Citrin).

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