| Friday Night In San Francisco | |
| Type: | live |
| Artist: | Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin, Paco de Lucía |
| Cover: | Friday Night in San Francisco.jpg |
| Released: | 1981 |
| Recorded: | December 5, 1980 ("Guardian Angel" recorded May 1981 at Minot Sound, White Plains, New York) |
| Venue: | The Warfield, San Francisco, California |
| Genre: | |
| Length: | 40:39 |
| Label: | Philips |
| Producer: | |
| Next Title: | Passion, Grace and Fire |
| Next Year: | 1983 |
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".[1]
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.
| Peak position | ||
| Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[2] | 100 | |
|---|---|---|
| US Top LPs & Tape (Billboard)[3] | 97 | |
| US Top Jazz LPs (Billboard) | 6 |