Curtis Ensler's Collection
Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin & Paco De Lucia 04/12/1981
Boston Opera House, Boston, MA
| Media | CDR 2 discs |
| J-Card Comment | An Evening of Acoustical Wizardry with The Super Guitar Trio in Boston Al DiMeola Paco De Lucia John McLaughlin The Opera House Boston, Mass. U.S.A. April 12, 1981 filename:AlJohnPaco41281flac16 performance quality: A recording quality: B+ (third row center!!!) source: master audience tape runtime: 138:46 (for 2 CD's) 1st set: 75:16 2nd set: 63:30 (1st 2 songs 1st gen.) this is part of glasnostrd19's Jazz Masters Series. Bringing you up close and personal with some of the greatest jazz performers recorded in concert. comments: I went to this great show with a friend who had a mono Sony recorder and I had my Sony 158SD stereo deck, so it took me a little longer to set up, we arrived just seconds before Al DiMeola opened the show and missed maybe the 1st 2 or 3 notes of his tuneup. Nothing else is missing and from when McLaughlin makes his entry and begins playing you get the stereo master tape. Both sources come from 3rd row dead center, the sound was magnificent for an acoustic concert and included 3 of the very best at that game to show it off. John and Al have been very well recieved in all the Boston shows I've seen of them, and always play a strong concert. Paco was up to the challenge too. No opening act here, just under 139 minutes of superb acoustic guitar playing by all 3, some of it in solo and duets. This is the same tour from which came Friday Night in San Francisco released live disc. That's a goodie. Unless someone has a soundboard of this somewhere, this is almost surely as good a recording as anybody got of this show, and any fan of any one of these three masters will want to hear this one (many times). They all play very well throughout this whole long show and the audience makes alot of noise to say thanks for it- fortunately most of them are behind the recording and most of that noise is reserved for between songs. I've heard a few shows of this tour, have yet to hear a bad one, this has to be one of the better shows and recordings anybody will ever hear of Al,John & Paco trio. I will have more Electric Al to share too, my whole upload schedule is delayed 14 months but I'm peddling as fast as I can to catch up on lost time. Do Not sell this recording. Trade freely and losslessly. |
| Trades Allowed | Yes |
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· Last Updated May 23, 2023
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