Open Invitation
~ Recording by Santana
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track Artist | Release Title | Release Artist | Release Group Type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.6 | Open Invitation | 4:47 | Santana | Inner Secrets | Santana | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | FC 35600 |
| 1.6 | Open Invitation | 4:45 | Santana | Inner Secrets | Santana | Album |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | 86075 |
| 1.6 | Open Invitation | 4:47 | Santana | Inner Secrets | Santana | Album |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | CDCBS 32594 |
| 1.6 | Open Invitation | 4:47 | Santana | Inner Secrets | Santana | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CK 35600 |
| 1.6 | Open Invitation | 4:47 | Santana | Inner Secrets | Santana | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CDANIC 40009 |
| 1.12 | Open Invitation | 4:49 | Santana | The Best of Santana | Santana | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Special Marketing (from ca. 1990s–2003, renamed Sony Music Special Markets ca. 2003) | COL 468268 2 |
| 1.12 | Open Invitation | 4:49 | Santana | The Best of Santana | Santana | Album + Compilation |
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| 2.11 | Open Invitation | 4:47 | Santana | Dance of the Rainbow Serpent | Santana | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | C3K 64605 |
| 1.8 | Open Invitation | 4:46 | Santana | The Best of Santana | Santana | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | CK 65561 |
| 1.8 | Open Invitation | 4:46 | Santana | The Best of Santana | Santana | Album + Compilation |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | CK 65561 |
| 2.2 | Open Invitation | 4:49 | Santana | The Ultimate Collection | Santana | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Media | 17-488544-10 |
| 1.6 | Open Invitation | 4:49 | Santana | Inner Secrets / Amigos (double pack) | Santana | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 5049422000 |
| 2.6 | Open Invitation | 4:46 | Santana | The Essential Santana | Santana | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | C2K 86698 |
| 2.6 | Open Invitation | 4:46 | Santana | The Essential Santana | Santana | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 5094442000 |
| 2.6 | Open Invitation | 4:46 | Santana | The Essential Santana | Santana | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 509444 2 |
| 2.6 | Open Invitation | 4:46 | Santana | The Essential Santana | Santana | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | TV2K 86698 |
| 1.6 | Open Invitation | 4:47 | Santana | Inner Secrets | Santana | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 498371 2 |
| 1.6 | Open Invitation | 4:47 | Santana | Inner Secrets | Santana | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CDCOL 3259 4 |
| 1.6 | Open Invitation | 4:47 | Santana | Original Album Classics | Santana | Album + Compilation |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia), Sony (CBS "walking eye" logo over the name "SONY" in a box, used in Latin-American releases) | 88697445562 |
| 1.6 | Open Invitation | 4:47 | Santana | Original Album Classics | Santana | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697445562 |
| 1.6 | Open Invitation | 4:48 | Santana | Inner Secrets | Santana | Album |
| Sony Records International (Japanese TEXTLESS walking eye imprint) | SICP 2875 |
| 1.8 | Open Invitation | 4:46 | Santana | The Best of Santana | Santana | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697766752 |
| 1.8 | Open Invitation | 4:46 | Santana | The Best of Santana | Santana | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 1.6 | Open Invitation | 4:47 | Santana | Inner Secrets | Santana | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | |
| 1.8 | Open Invitation | 4:46 | Santana | The Best of Santana | Santana | Album + Compilation | Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Sony Music Entertainment Hong Kong Ltd. (for ℗ & © rights use only, releases issued 2009 or later) | 88875182162 | |
| 2.8 | Open Invitation | 4:46 | Santana | The Best of Santana | Santana | Album + Compilation | Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Sony Music Entertainment Hong Kong Ltd. (for ℗ & © rights use only, releases issued 2009 or later) | 88875182162 | |
| Promotion | |||||||||
| 1.5 | Open Invitation | 4:49 | Santana | Sampler from the Serpent | Santana | EP + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | CSK 7217 |
Relationships
| assistant engineer: | Gary Boatner (Engineer) |
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| producer: | Dennis Lambert Brian Potter (US songwriter & producer) |
| guitar: | Carlos Santana (from 1978-07 until 1978-08) Chris Solberg (from 1978-07 until 1978-08) |
| instruments: | Chris Rhyne (from 1978-07 until 1978-08) |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1978) |
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| recorded at: | Western Recorders (@ 6000 Sunset Blvd., part of United Western Recorders studio complex 1957–1985) in Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1978-07 until 1978-08) |
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| recording of: | Open Invitation (from 1978-07 until 1978-08) |
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Related works
Open Invitation
| writer: | D.C. Santana Dennis Lambert Brian Potter (US songwriter & producer) Greg Walker (ex-member of Santana) |
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| publisher: | Lambert & Potter Music Co. |
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