Access All Areas (Spyro Gyra album)

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Access All Areas
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Live album by
ReleasedJune 1984
RecordedNovember 17–19, 1983
VenueFlorida
Genre Jazz, fusion
Length85:09 / 76:49 (CD)
Label MCA
Producer
Spyro Gyra chronology
City Kids
(1983)
Access All Areas
(1984)
Alternating Currents
(1985)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Access All Areas is the first live album by Spyro Gyra, released in 1984 on double-LP vinyl, cassette tape, and CD. It reached No. 77 on the Top 200 album chart at Billboard magazine and No. 1 on that magazine's Jazz Albums chart. [2]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Old San Juan" Jay Beckenstein 8:20
2."Shaker Song"Jay Beckenstein7:14
3."Serpent in Paradise"Jay Beckenstein5:56
4."Heliopolis"Jay Beckenstein11:49
5."Harbor Nights"Jay Beckenstein7:04
6."Conversations" Tom Schuman 8:30
7."Schu's Blues"Tom Schuman4:46
8."Morning Dance"Jay Beckenstein5:37
9."Islands in the Sky" Jeremy Wall 6:29
10."Sea Biscuit"Jay Beckenstein, Tom Schuman, Chet Catallo, Eli Konikoff, Gerardo Velez, David Wofford6:03
11."Latin Streets"Jorge D'Alto, Gerardo Velez8:24

"Old San Juan" is only on vinyl, cassette and digital releases, but omitted on CD version due to 80 minutes limit; however, hence July 10th, 2025, the song is now available on digital for the first time in 41 years.

Personnel

Spyro Gyra

Production

Live personnel

References

  1. Kohler, Paul. "Access All Areas". AllMusic. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
  2. "Top 200 Albums". Billboard. September 15, 1984. Retrieved May 30, 2017.