Santana's Abraxas is enshrined in the Library of Congress

Which is no small thing ... works like this conceptual album Carlos Santana and "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor, are among the 25 recordings of sounds that were selected for preservation in the famous Library of Congress.

The consecration is because this institution is practically the legacy of humanity.

And every year, this institution chooses recordings considers important, from the point of cultural, historical or aesthetic view and have at least ten years old.

So, there are things since 1911, and of course, there's everything from academic music, country, rock, jazz, blues and world music.

With "Abraxas" happens to be an album that mixes Latin music with other styles, and in the words of Steve Leggett, program coordinator of the Board of Preservation of Records, "is probably the first in the file which introduced a mass audience Latino artists and concept albums. He had a huge commercial and artistic impact. "