Berkeley, CA (10-Jun-88)

This is a sound upgraded edition of a concert originally circulated as a VHS tape and subsequently produced on DVD as D065, D065.su and D065.suu. This edition uses a superior sound track (LB-1187) and is more skillfully edited than the previous sound upgrades by the same author. In addition, it's divided into 2 disks, thus assuring best video resolution.

Then, there's the historic factor. The Never Ending Tour began in June 0f 1988. This is the third concert, and we're lucky to have a complete show in reasonably good quality. Dylan provides a riveting performance, and his sidemen, accompanied on six songs by Neil Young, are highly energetic.

If you observe the drummer hitting the cymbals, you will notice some a/v sync issues. All of the available audio sources run a bit faster than the video, so the selected audio was slowed down 0.5%. Rather than slow it down further and cause pitch and tempo issues, the disk author inserted brief stills, mostly before some songs, to get the sync right.

5 Stars (a "must-have" at least until the mint tape surfaces)

NB: The distance rating of this and related-DVDs has been changed in accordance with Dundas's DASH-F criteria. A '3' is the correct rating, although the camera does zoom in to a '4' occasionally. A '2' is clearly unfair.

DISTANCE:

5 subject viewed from the waist up
4 head to foot
3 subject recognizable, but space at top and bottom
2 subject larger than a spot
1 subject totally unrecognizable

TANGLED UP IN TAPES (3rd edition, 1994)