I doubt this is really coming out next week, but does anyone know the track listing for disc 3? The original Essential Santana missed some songs but was pretty good-this could be even better. I have a feeling they'll screw it up by just adding live tracks!

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003JJR16K/?tag=imwan-20

These three disc Essentials are excellent value for the money, but the packaging is atrocious.

I'd like to see Sony take a page from Universal's playbook and release the 3rd "bonus" discs separately, at a bargain price.

Y'know, they were supposed to reissue the Neil Diamond collection with some early Bang recordings, but it never materialized.

The Essential Neil 3.0 isn't so bad for Bang material -- in addition to the 9 mono Bangs on Disc 1, the "bonus" Disc 3 adds the 2 mono Bang cuts "Do It" and "The Boat That I Row." It also adds 2 live recordings unreleased elsewhere: "And The Grass Won't Pay No Mind" (Birmingham, 2005) and "Done Too Soon" (Edmonton, 2008). That said, I'm still waiting for The Complete Bang Recordings.

These Essential 3.0s are a nice bargain at Target..$15.00 each, and if you buy two, you get a free iTunes $15 gift card.

WHAT A JOKE.
The morons at Sony/Legacy continue to do the work of a zombie. I absolutely knew they'd blow this with live tracks previously released, but I ask, who the hell would buy this???? Who???

Disc: 1
1. Jingo
2. Evil Ways
3. Soul Sacrifice
4. Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen
5. Oye Como Va
6. Samba Pa' Ti
7. Everybody's Everything
8. No One To Depend On
9. Toussaint L'Overture
10. Guajira
11. La Fuente Del Ritmo
12. In A Silent Way (Live)
13. Love, Devotion & Surrender
14. Mirage
15. Carnaval
16. Let The Children Play
17. Jugando
Disc: 2
1. She's Not There
2. Dance Sister Dance (Baila Mi Hermana) (Live)
3. Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile)
4. Stormy
5. Well All Right
6. Open Invitation
7. Aqua Marine
8. You Know That I Love You
9. All I Ever Wanted
10. Winning
11. Hold On
12. Nowhere To Run
13. Say It Again
14. Veracruz
15. Blues For Salvador
16. The Healer
Disc: 3
1. Persuasion (Live)
2. As The Years Go Passing By (Live)/Se A Cabo (Live)
3. Batuka (Live)
4. Jungle Strut (Live)
5. Incident At Neshabur (Live)

3CDs of stuff that's on endless compilations.

This is a real shame.