Saturday Night in San Francisco CD

Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin & Paco De Lucia

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SKU:

IMXCD3304

UPC:

856276002480

Description

Audiophile CD!
Long-Awaited Follow Up to Friday Night in San Francisco!
From Original 16-Track Analog Live Session Tapes by Al Di Meola, Katsu Naito & Roy Hendrickson!
Mastered from Analog Tapes by Bernie Grundman!
Pressed at Sonopress in Germany!

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Jazz writer Walter Kolovsky has said that Friday Night in San Francisco "may be the most influential of all acoustic guitar albums." LPs of it have been a demonstration staple on turntables around the world for over 40 years. To celebrate the lasting impact of this singular album and the legendary concert that it represents, Impex Records is proud to announce the long-awaited follow up: Saturday Night in San Francisco.

Working with hours of original 16-track live session tapes, Al Di Meola and his team have brilliantly curated this musical tour-de-force, bringing to life for the first time on LP, SACD-Hybrid and CD the explosively virtuosic final performance of Di Meola, John McLaughlin, and Paco De Lucia at the Warfield Theater in San Francisco, December 6, 1980. In the exclusive essay by music historian Charles L. Granata, Di Meola says of that final night: "It's exciting because the audience was right there with us, savoring every single note of music. And, we were ripping. It was crazy good!"

Impex worked carefully with Di Meola, mixing engineer Roy Hendrickson (SPIN Studio), and mastering engineer Bernie Grundman to recreate the magic of Friday Night In San Francisco so these never-before-released solos and trios burst out of your system with striking clarity, dynamics and technical brilliance. "Crazy good," indeed.

Features

CD
Never Before Released
Assembled from the Original 16-track Analog Live Session Tapes by Al Di Meola with Engineers Katsu Naito & Roy Hendrickson
Mastered from Analog Tapes by Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering
Pressed at Sonopress in Germany
Deluxe New Packaging with Never-Before-Seen Photos
Exclusive Essay by Charles L. Granata feat. New Interviews with Al Di Meola & Original Recording Engineer Tim Pinch

Musicians

Al Di Meola	guitar
John McLaughlin	guitar
Paco De Lucia	guitar

Selections

Bill Graham Introduction
Splendido Sundance
One Word
Trilogy Suite
Monasterio de Sal
El Pañuelo
Meeting of the Spirits