Recorded at Columbia Records, New York in October 1972 - March 1973.
Mahavishnu John McLaughlin – guitar
Devadip Carlos Santana – guitar
Larry Young (Khalid Yasin) – piano, organ
Doug Rauch – bass guitar
Jan Hammer – Hammond organ, drums, percussion
Billy Cobham – drums, percussion
Don Alias – drums, percussion
Mike Shrieve – drums, percussion
Mingo Lewis – percussion
Armando Peraza – congas, percussion.
Love Devotion Surrender is an album released in 1973 by guitarists Carlos Santana and John McLaughlin, with the backing of their respective bands, Santana and The Mahavishnu Orchestra. The album was inspired by the teachings of Sri Chinmoy and intended as a tribute to John Coltrane. Both men were recent disciples of the guru Sri Chinmoy, and the title of the album echoes basic concepts of Chinmoy's philosophy, which focused on "love, devotion and surrender". Chinmoy spoke about the album and the concept of surrender: "Unfortunately, in the West surrender is misunderstood. We feel that if we surrender to someone, he will then lord it over us....But from the spiritual point of view...when the finite enters in the Infinite, it becomes the Infinite all at once. When a tiny drop enters into the ocean, we cannot trace the drop. It becomes the mighty ocean."
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