I'm The One Who Loves You

	I'm The One Who Loves You
	Produced by Val Garay
	Released on May 1985
	no chart information
	Find it at GEMM
38 04912 wo. picture sleeve [high resolution scan]

C overs had long been a staple in the Santana diet, but as the Eighties dawned they had ceased to be a source of nourishment: “Well All Right,” “Winning,” “What Does It Take (To Win Your Love).” They were usually toothless in relation to the music around them, intended (I can only speculate) to cultivate a cross-over audience. Toothless would certainly describe their cover of the Curtis Mayfield song, “I’m The One Who Loves You.” Some of the blame may rest with producer Val Garay, whose touch has always seemed brittle and synthetic to my ears. The result sounds like an R&B band inching toward modernism, but nothing like Santana (save for the Latin percussion, which now seems out of place). The B side’s no better, so I don’t expect Beyond Appearances to be making an appearance in my collection any time soon.

TRACK LISTING

I'M THE ONE WHO LOVES YOU (Curtis Mayfield) 3:17
RIGHT NOW (Carlos Santana/Orestes Vilato/Greg Walker/Alex Ligertwood/Chester D. Thompson) 5:58

CREDITS

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REGION	RELEASE DATE	LABEL	MEDIA	ID NUMBER	FEATURES
US	May 1985	Columbia	7"	38 04912
US	1985	Columbia	12PRO	2068	feat. A on both sides

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