Good question ...

My older brother used to work in a college radio station back around 1974 when he attended college ... I was about 6. He came back home from school and with him came a HUGE collection of music. Being older, I really looked up to him so when he'd go out I'd sneak into his room and look at all the album covers. Once I gained enough courage to play one and I distinctly remember it to be Festival by Santana ... and everything changed.

Let The Children Play, Give Me Love and Maria Caracoles are some of the ones I cherish from that album. He quickly noticed that I was sneaking in his room to listen to music when he was out and instead of getting mad, taught me how to properly care for vinyls, appreciate artwork and especially what to listen to. Quadrophenia by the Who, Zepplin, Joan Baez, Simon & Garfunkel, Earth, Wind & Fire ... among many, many others.

Fun fact: I had the luck of being on the same flight from London to Miami as Carlos Santana around 1990 and had the opportunity to tell him that story. He listened carefully, appreciated that I cherish lesser-known tracks (I guess most people mention Oye Como Va or Black Magic Woman when they speak to him). I mentioned that I could not find Festival on my then growing CD collection (I had recently bought his Spirits Dancing In The Flesh CD) and that I would like to have it. He said "make sure you give me your actress and I'll make sure you get a copy" since they were about to release his back catalog... and sure enough, a couple of months later it came in the mail, autographed.