Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin & Paco de Lucía Friday Night In San Francisco (180g 45RPM Vinyl 2LP

Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin & Paco de Lucia's Friday Night in San Francisco on 180g 45RPM 2LP from Impex: Features All-Analog Mastering by Bernie Grundman Mastering and Foil-Stamped Stoughton Jacket 

Friday Night in San Francisco is the landmark 1981 album that virtuoso guitarists Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin, and Paco De Lucia recorded at The Warfield Theatre on December 5, 1980 in San Francisco, CA at the height of their respective powers. All tracks are live except for the closer, "Guardian Angel," which is the opening theme from a song that appears on McLaughlin's 1978 album Electric Dreams. Friday Night in San Francisco is by far one of the most acclaimed guitar recordings ever made and as integral to the evolution of the acoustic guitar as any album in the genre before or since. From start to finish, the mighty trio of Di Meola, McLaughlin, and De Lucia match musical wits with aplomb, playing nylon-stringed classical guitars in a flamenco/jazz style to absolute perfection.

Every note. Every strum. Every impossibly perfect run. Every dynamic blast. Every tonal nuance. Every staccato reverberation. Every unexpected moment of towering virtuosity. Every caught breath. Every thunderous applause. Everything you've loved about this iconic, reference-defining recording is laid bare, reproduced here with stunning fidelity and nuance.

Featuring all-analog mastering by Bernie Grundman Mastering and an exclusive foil-stamped jacket by Stoughton for this very special release. Listen as Impex's 180g double vinyl LP reveals all of the above and more to your voracious, deep-listening ears.

"Impex's reissue crackles with energy and newfound immediacy and 'there-ness,' with a notable sense of dynamic life and snap to the guitar strings and halos of reverberant air surrounding them."
—Wayne Garcia, The Absolute Sound

"This new 45 RPM pressing takes the music to a new level. It astounds me that there was still more information to dig out of those master tapes. Talk about tangible!"
—Robert Youman, Positive Feedback

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

Features:
• 180g 45RPM vinyl 2LP pressing from Impex Records
• All-analog mastering by Bernie Grundman Mastering
• Exclusive foil-stamped jacket by Stoughton