DI MEOLA - MCLAUGHLIN - DE LUCIA: FRIDAY NIGHT IN SAN FRANCISCO

Performer: Al di Meola, John McLaughlin, Paco de Lucia
Author: Di Meola- Mclaughlin- De Lucia
Number of discs: 1
Label: Impex Records
Support: LPs
Genre: Pop/Rock
Year: 2018

Remastered by Bernie Grundman
Bob Donnelly from the original analog tapes.
Limited edition of only 3000 numbered copies worldwide on 100% analogue 180 gram LP.

If ever there was a live concert recording that literally mesmerized audiences with the mastery of its acoustic guitars, it's Friday Night in San Francisco. The concert that took place on the evening of December 5, 1980 in a completely sold out Warfield Theater is something more than an Olympic-level performance by three guitar giants. This was an event that certainly stirred the contrasting styles of its performers like never before. Paco de Lucia, the incredible wizard of flamenco was almost involuntarily adopted among jazz guitarists. John McLaughlin a pungent guitarist who had already taken part in the recording sessions of Bitches Brew with Miles Davis and his Mahavishnu Orchestra (“Inner Mounting Flame”), reveals his more tender and melodic side in this album. Al di Meola takes his 1976 ethno-pop hit "Mediterranean Sun Dance" to dizzying new heights, as is only possible in a live performance. The spontaneous applause to the slightly bluesy “Pink Panther” theme further underlines that this album is simply beautiful. Thanks to a perfect recording in every respect, each artist is reproduced loud and clear in this sort of competition. It is up to the listener to decide who is the best.

Tracklist
Side A
Mediterranean Sundance / Rio Ancho
Short Tales of the Black Forest

Side B
Frevo Rasgado
Fantasia Suite
Guardian Angel