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Palace Of Fine Arts Discography

This is a discography of albums recorded at the Palace Of Fine Arts in San Francisco.

The Palace of Fine Arts, at 3301 Lyon in San Francisco, was built for the 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition. The building was intended to exist for only a short time and was constructed from materials that were not long lasting. A proposal to rebuild the Palace with more permanent materials was made and when the expostion was dismantled the building was retained. The surrounding area became a city park. Only minor work was carried out however over the ensuing years and the building slowly disintegrated. At the start of the 1950's it was fenced off and remained unused for a number of years. Reconstruction work started in 1964 replacing the existing features with concrete castings to produce a "stripped down" version of the original building. The Palace reopened in 1967. The Theater was added in 1970.

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1974

Play The Palace, The Serendipity Singers, 1974

Recorded at The Palace Of Fine Arts probably in 1974 for a TV show.

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1982

Jugulbandi: At San Francisco, Ustad Ali Akbar Khan & Pandit Ravi Shankar, 1983

Recorded at The Palace Of Fine Arts probably in 1982 as a fundraiser for The Ali Akbar College Of Music, San Rafael.

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1990/91

2nd Wind, Todd Rundgren, 1991

Recorded at The Palace Of Fine Arts in 1990 or 1991.

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1991

Sound Column, Lights In A Fat City, 1993

Recorded at The Sound Column at The Palace Of Fine Arts in 1991.

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Memory Ground, Lights In A Fat City, 1999

Recorded at The Sound Column at The Palace Of Fine Arts in 1991. This album comprises the music from the Sound Column album plus two additional tracks from the same performance.

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1994

Inner Runes, The Tunnel Singer: Lee Ellen Shoemaker, 1995

Recorded live in a 64-foot tall support column of San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts rotunda in 1994.

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Live in San Francisco at the Palace of Fine Arts, Loreena McKennitt, 1995

Recorded at the Palace of Fine Arts in May 1994.

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The Mummer's Dance, Loreena McKennitt, 1997/1998

Two singles released in Europe in 1997 and 1998. Each single includes two tracks recorded live at the Palace Of Fine Arts, San Francisco in May 1994.

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Then And Now, Ali Akbar Khan, 1995

The music on one of the CDs of this 2 CD set was recorded live at the Palace Of Fine Arts, San Francisco in November 1994. The other CD is a reissue of an LP from the 1950's.

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1996

Rare, Precious And Gone, Mike Scott, 1998

One track on single was recorded live at the Palace of Fine Arts in March 1996.

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1997

KFOG: Live from the Archives, Vol. 5, Various Artists, 1998

One track on this collection, by John Hiatt, was recorded live at the Palace of Fine Arts in December 1997.

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2004

San Francisco Debut, daKAH Hip Hop Orchestra, 2004

Recorded live at the Palace of Fine Arts in July 2004.

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Inaugural Season Live 2004, SF Jazz Collective, 2004

Some of the music on this 3 CD release was recorded at the Palace of Fine Arts in 2004.

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2009

Brass Bows And Beats: Live From San Francisco: A Hip-Hop Symphony by Adam Theis, 2009

Recorded live at the Palace of Fine Arts in April 2009.

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2011

An Evening With Neil Gaiman & Amanda Palmer, 2013

Some of the material on this 3 CD set was recorded live at the Palace of Fine Arts in November 2011.

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Last updated August 2019