Friday Night in San Francisco

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Friday Night in San Francisco
Live album by
Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin, Paco de Lucía
Released1981
RecordedDecember 5, 1980
("Guardian Angel" recorded May 1981 at Minot Sound, White Plains, New York)
VenueThe Warfield, San Francisco, California
Genre
Length41:02
LabelColumbia/Sony Music Entertainment
Producer
Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin, Paco de Lucía chronology
Friday Night in San Francisco
(1981) 		Passion, Grace and Fire
(1983)
John McLaughlin chronology
Belo Horizonte
(1981) 		Friday Night in San Francisco
(1981) 		Music Spoken Here
(1982)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllmusicStarStarStarStarHalf star[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record GuideStarStarStarStar[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz RecordingsStarStarStar[3]

Friday Night in San Francisco is a 1981 live album by Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin and Paco de Lucía. 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".[4]

All the tracks except "Guardian Angel" were recorded live at the Warfield Theatre on 5 December 1980, in San Francisco; "Guardian Angel" was recorded at Minot Sound, in White Plains, New York.

Track listing

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  1. "Mediterranean Sundance / Rio Ancho" (Al Di Meola, Paco de Lucía) - 11:31
  2. "Short Tales of the Black Forest" (Chick Corea) - 8:43
  3. "Frevo Rasgado" (Egberto Gismonti) - 7:55
  4. "Fantasia Suite" (Al Di Meola) - 8:50
  5. "Guardian Angel" (John McLaughlin) - 4:01

Personnel

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Position of performers

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Track Left channel Middle Channel Right channel
Mediterranean Sundance Paco De Lucia Al Di Meola
Short Tales Of The Black Forest John McLaughlin Al Di Meola
Frevo Rasgado John McLaughlin Paco De Lucia
Fantasia Suite Paco De Lucia John McLaughlin Al Di Meola
Guardian Angel Paco De Lucia John McLaughlin Al Di Meola

Charts

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1981 chart performance for Friday Night in San Francisco
Chart (1981) Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[6] 100
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[7] 5
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[8] 22
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[9] 48
US Top LPs & Tape (Billboard)[10] 97
US Top Jazz LPs (Billboard)[10] 6
2014 chart performance for Friday Night in San Francisco
Chart (2014) Peak
position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[11] 66
French Albums (SNEP)[12] 154
Italian Albums (FIMI)[13] 55

References

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  1. ^ Gioffre, Daniel. "Friday Night in San Francisco - Al di Meola | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
  2. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 61. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 977. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. ^ Kolosky, Walter (2002). "John McLaughlin, Al DiMeola, Paco DeLucia: Friday Night in San Francisco (1981)". Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin, Paco De Lucía – Friday Night In San Francisco". Internet Archive. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  6. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 84. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  7. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Al Di Meola / John McLaughlin / Paco de Lucia – Friday Night in San Francisco - Live" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 5, 2024.
  8. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Al Di Meola / John McLaughlin / Paco de Lucia – Friday Night in San Francisco – Live" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved June 5, 2024.
  9. ^ "Charts.nz – Al Di Meola / John McLaughlin / Paco de Lucia – Friday Night in San Francisco - Live". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 5, 2024.
  10. ^ a b "Friday Night in San Francisco - Al di Meola, Paco de Lucía, John McLaughlin | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
  11. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Al Di Meola / John McLaughlin / Paco de Lucia – Friday Night in San Francisco - Live" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 5, 2024.
  12. ^ "Lescharts.com – Al Di Meola / John McLaughlin / Paco de Lucia – Friday Night in San Francisco - Live". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 5, 2024.
  13. ^ "Italiancharts.com – Al Di Meola / John McLaughlin / Paco de Lucia – Friday Night in San Francisco - Live". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 5, 2024.
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