{"product_id":"al-di-meola-john-mclaughlin-paco-de-lucia-saturday-night-in-san-francisco-impex","title":"Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin, Paco De Lucía – Saturday Night In San Francisco (IMPEX)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e180-gram vinyl\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe long-awaited follow-up to\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eFriday Night In San Francisco\u003c\/em\u003e!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom original 16-track analog live session tapes by Al Di Meola, Katsuhiko Naito and Roy Hendrickson!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMastered from analog tapes by Bernie Grundman\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePressed at RTI\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWorking 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 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!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eImpex worked carefully with Di Meola, mixing engineer Roy Hendrickson (SPIN Studio), and mastering engineer Bernie Grundman to recreate the magic of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eFriday Night In San Francisco\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eso these never-before-released solos and trios burst out of your system with striking clarity, dynamics and technical brilliance. \"Crazy good,\" indeed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Our newly-announced release of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSaturday Night in San Francisco\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eis the culmination of over two years of combined efforts between us (artist\/label manager\/fearless leader Abey Fonn, designer Robert Sliger, and quality control guru Bob Donnelly) and: guitarists Al Di Meola and John McLaughlin (plus the estate of Paco De Lucia); Ulrike Schwarz of Anderson Audio; audio engineers Katsu Naito, Roy Hendrickson and original recording engineer Tim Pinch; writer Charles L. Granata; and Sony Music Entertainment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"There were many detours, compromises, and unexpected gains, all of which made our sequel to the classic\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eFriday Night in San Francisco\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebetter in every way. As we move into production of the HQ-180 LPs, SACD-Hybrid, and compact discs we once again shout out the highly collaborative and successful partnerships we have with Stoughton Printing (jackets, booklets, and tray cards) G\u0026amp;M Printing (screen-printed LP labels), Record Technology (HQ-180 vinyl) and Sonopress Germany (SACD and CD discs). The success of every Impex release — and especially the enormous undertaking that is\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSaturday Night in San Francisco\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e—hangs solidly on this astonishing cross-company partnership, made even more miraculous by the delays and shortages caused by the pandemic. We never work in a vacuum and the work we share makes us all better for it.\" — Impex Records\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eA1 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=Paco+De+Luc%C3%ADa,+Al+Di+Meola,+John+McLaughlin+Bill+Graham+Introduction\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBill Graham Introduction\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA2 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=Paco+De+Luc%C3%ADa,+Al+Di+Meola,+John+McLaughlin+Splendido+Sundance\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSplendido Sundance\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA3 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=Paco+De+Luc%C3%ADa,+Al+Di+Meola,+John+McLaughlin+One+Word\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eOne Word\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA4 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=Paco+De+Luc%C3%ADa,+Al+Di+Meola,+John+McLaughlin+Trilogy+Suite\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eTrilogy Suite\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA5 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=Paco+De+Luc%C3%ADa,+Al+Di+Meola,+John+McLaughlin+Monasterio+de+Sal\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMonasterio De Sal\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eB1 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=Paco+De+Luc%C3%ADa,+Al+Di+Meola,+John+McLaughlin+El+Pa%C3%B1uelo\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eEl Pañuelo\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eB2 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=Paco+De+Luc%C3%ADa,+Al+Di+Meola,+John+McLaughlin+Meeting+Of+The+Spirits%C2%A0\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMeeting Of The Spirits\u0026amp;Nbsp;\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Urbanrecords","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47891426869475,"sku":null,"price":85.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2333\/3945\/files\/6a95263dfce0b07b72f6723c5fc9a548_534x534_0ff0f885-fc6b-4bdf-b7a1-61de8719ea6c.webp?v=1769652525","url":"https:\/\/urbanrecords.com.au\/products\/al-di-meola-john-mclaughlin-paco-de-lucia-saturday-night-in-san-francisco-impex","provider":"Urbanrecords","version":"1.0","type":"link"}