Hold On
	Produced by John Ryan (B side produced by Carlos Santana & Gregg Rolie)
	Released on August 1982
	US CHART POSITION #15 (charted Aug. 14, 1982 for 14 weeks)
	Find it at GEMM
18-03160 wo. picture sleeve [high resolution scan]

H old on, I thought disco was already dead. Don’t they tell Carlos Santana anything in that band? The single version is a half-minute shorter than the elpee version. I listened to them side by side, got sleepy, had a second cup of coffee, scratched my 12.5% German heinie like the barely evolved monkey man that I am and realized that I hadn’t been paying very close attention while either version was playing. Probably they cut out part of the ending or shortened the guitar solo or something. I’d rather sing of the Oxun anyway; it’s got a little jungle vibe running through it and a sneaky melody, exactly the sort of thing that makes me snag a Shango so many years on.

18-03160 promo single [high resolution scan]

TRACK LISTING

1. HOLD ON    (Ian Thomas)    3:49
2. OXUN (OSHÜN)    (Carlos Santana/Alexander J. Ligertwood/Gregg Rolie/Graham Lear/Armando Peraza/Raul Rekow*)    4:12
   
   *Orestes Vilato is not credited as a co-author of "Oxun," though he is on the Shango elpee.
   

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