Friday Night In San Francisco - best digital version

Great album, not bad recording but should've been better. I have it on Japanese vinyl and still wish it sounded like A Handful Of Beauty by John McLaughlin with Shakti.
If you really like it you will have to try every Japanese version available.In my limited experience Japanese CDs always sound better, even regular ones let alone limited edition. I don't mean releases by audiophile companies.

SACD.

Okay, I have the Dimeola/Mclaughlin/Paco album on vinyl. Its been in my collection for many years. I hardly play it though. Yes, it has great AUDIOPHILE sound ... but the music leaves me cold. Why? Because they are all about technique and playing fast. Where's the soul??

Want to hear great guitar? Take a listen to John Williams or Julian Bream. Here's a great live album where they play together:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Julian-Bream-John-Williams-Live-DOUBLE-LP-1979-EX-/111877928774?hash=item1a0...

And another one with great sound and performance:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/John-Williams-Greatest-Hits-The-Guitar-12-Vinyl-LP-/131707221349?hash=item1e...

oregonpapa, Paco and J. Mc are better as a duo than in the trio IMO.  And of course, their individual efforts are often sublime.
I love all the Bream/Williams LPs.  There's even a live recital on youtube, FWIW. 
One of my favorite guitar recordings for performance and sound is Manuel Barrueco's second VOX LP with music of Albeniz and Granados. It can be found on CD in his VOX box "400 Years of Spanish Guitar."  It is about as good as it gets.

Van Morrison did a SF album as well.