In 1978, Greg Errico, Sly Stone's first great drummer, finally got Mike Carabello's 1971-72 \"Attitude\" sessions released under the title \"Giants\" through War's LA International label. Errico finished off the vocal tracks on the album and it stands as a curio, a sense of what Santana could have sounded like, 1971 vintage, with a heavy Sly Stone influence.
Attitude was the name of a short-lived band formed in 1971 by Carabello and Errico that failed for two reasons: 1) the band couldn't find a recording contract, and 2) as Errico puts it, \"It was party time then and not very focused.\" Rumor has it that the album was released in Japan under the title San Francisco Giants.
This album was recorded in 1971, released in 1978, and charted in 1980. While the album didn't make the Billboard album chart, it did spend 8 weeks on the Cash Box album charts starting on December 22, 1979, peaking at #166.
