Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin & Paco DeLucia - Friday Night In San Francisco


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Jazz

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180 Gram Vinyl Record



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100% analog 180-gram vinyl LP

Mastered by Bernie Grundman and Bob Donnelly from original analog master tpaes!

Friday Night In San Francisco is a 1981 live album by Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin and Paco de Lucia. It was described by jazz author and critic Walter Kolosky as "a musical event that could be compared to the Benny Goodman Band's performance at Carnegie Hall in 1938...(it) may be considered the most influential of all live acoustic guitar albums. All the tracks except "Guardian Angel" were recorded live at The Warfield Theatre on December 5, 1980 in San Francisco.

This debut recording on Columbia Records became a landmark recording that surpassed the 2 million mark in sales. The three virtuosos in the Trio toured together from 1980 through 1983.

Ah the Mediterranean... Filled with fine foods, wines, beautiful people, and the inspirational style of music that descended upon the able fingers of these guitar giants. This is by far one of the hottest guitar albums ever to bless sweet vinyl. Al Dimeola, John McLaughlin, & Paco Delucia play classical guitars (the kind with the nylon strings) in a flamenco / jazz style that will blow your socks off!

Paco de Lucia was a Spanish flamenco guitarist, composer and producer. A leading proponent of the New Flamenco style, he helped legitimize flamenco among the establishment in Spain, and was one of the first flamenco guitarists to have successfully crossed over into other genres of music such as classical and jazz. De Lucia was noted for his fast and fluent finger style runs. His collaborations with guitarists John McLaughlin and Al Di Meola saw him gain wider popularity outside his native Spain.

Al Di Meola is an acclaimed jazz fusion and Latin jazz guitarist, composer, and record producer. With a musical career that has spanned more than three decades, he has become respected as one of the most influential guitarists in jazz to date. Albums such as Friday Night In San Francisco have earned him both artistic and commercial success with a solid fan base throughout the world. A prolific composer and prodigious six-string talent, Di Meola has amassed over 20 albums as a leader while collaborating on a dozen or so others.

John McLaughlin is an English guitarist, bandleader and composer. His music includes many genres of jazz and rock, which he coupled with an interest in Indian classical music to become one of the pioneering figures in fusion. In 2010, guitarist Jeff Beck called him "the best guitarist alive." In 2003, McLaughlin was ranked 49th in Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time." After contributing to several key British groups of the early sixties and making his first solo record, he moved to the US where he played with Tony Williams' group Lifetime and then with Miles Davis on his landmark electric-jazz fusion albums: In A Silent Way, Bitches Brew, A Tribute To Jack Johnson and On The Corner.

"Loose and spontaneous, this (mainly) live album is a meeting of three of the greatest guitarists in the world for an acoustic summit the likes of which the guitar-playing community rarely sees. Broken up into three duo and two trio performances, Friday Night in San Francisco catches all three players at the peaks of their quite formidable powers." — AllMusic

Features:
• Mastered by Bernie Grundman and Bob Donnelly from the original analog master tapes!
• Numbered limited edition 100% analog 180-gram vinyl LP!
• Limited to only 3,000 numbered copies!
• Plated and pressed at RTI, supervised by Rick Hashimoto

Musicians:
Al Di Meola, guitar
John McLaughlin, guitar
Paco de Lucía, guitar



1. Mediterranean Sundance / Rio Ancho
2. Short Tales of the Black Forest
3. Frevo Rasgado
4. Fantasia Suite
5. Guardian Angel

Customer Reviews (5.00 Stars) 4 person(s) rated this product.

Thrilling!

posted on 05/15/2020
5 Stars
Reviewer: Anthony
I don't have, nor have I ever heard, the 45 RPM version of this recording so I can't compare them. What I can say is that I can find no faults or flaws here and I cannot imagine a better pressing. Offerings from Impex have been consistently good in my experiences. I only wish I had attended this concert, although this certainly is the next best thing.


6 stars please

posted on 09/06/2019
5 Stars
Reviewer: Mike
This is for me a better press than the 45 rpm version that was released some years ago. Just outstanding dynamics and instrument separation, exactly what this recording needs! Impex always delivers.


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