Helsinki, Finland (30-May-89)

BOB DYLAN
Helsingin Jäähalli (Helsinki Ice Rink)
Helsinki, Finland
May 30, 1989
Masters Series 112 (sound upgraded)
DVDylan ID #071.msu2

4/5/5/5+/4-
11/14/14/15/10 (avg. 13.25 A-)
Right balcony 50˙
1:20:37:13
PAL

IMPROVEMENTS OVER & DIFFERENCES FROM PREVIOUS EDITIONS:
-used master video files
-richer color
-filled out-of-focus and missing parts with stills from affected songs
-kept acoustic set together on Disc 1

PERFORMANCE/HIGHLIGHTS/LOWLIGHTS/SPECIAL MOMENTS:
-first Dylan in-concert cover of "Confidential"
-tough, yet tender performance of "Eileen Aroon"
-passionate vocal on "In The Garden"
-excellent harp, especially on acoustic songs
-searing guitar solo by Smith on "Like A Rolling Stone"
-overall cool appearance of Aaronson

DISTANCE/POSITION: 11 (pretty much fixed on Dylan & Smith from the left balcony with panning and zooming; some shots of Aaronson, few of Parker)

AUDIO: 14 (excellent recording)

STEADINESS: 14 (mostly steady; some tracking issues - see setlist details)

HEADS/OBSTRUCTIONS: 15 (virtually unobstructed)

FOCUS/COLOR/LIGHT: 11 (improved over previous editions)

EDITING: cuts, clips, tracking and focus issues required stills (see setlist details)

Concert # 74 of The Never-Ending Tour
Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar)
G. E. Smith (guitar & backing vocals)
Kenny Aaronson (bass)
Christopher Parker (drums)

Special thanks for the video to AN ANONYMOUS TAPER & COOPS2009.
Additional thanks for the audio to LEGENDARY TAPER D & BLINDWILLY.
Edited, sound upgraded & authored by COOPS2009 & YASSOU.
Artwork courtesy of Alias1976 (see last screenshot).

VIDEO SOURCE & LINEAGE:
Taper: Anonymous
Shared by coops2009 via WeTransfer
Camera: unknown
unknown camera > ??? > DVD > WeTransfer > hd > iMovie 6.0.3

AUDIO SOURCE & LINEAGE:
LB-7229
LB rating: A-
Taper: Legendary Taper D
Shared by blindwilly via private torrent
flac > private torrent > hd > Toast Titanium 11.0.4 > disk images > Sound Designer II > iMovie 6.0.3.

DVD PRODUCTION PROCESS:
Produced by yassou on a MacBook Pro running Lion 10.7.5 and Apple software.
Audio and video assets edited in iMovie 6.0.3; authored, multiplexed and burned to VIDEO_TS folder in iDVD 7.1.2 (Professional Quality 2-pass variable bit rate encoding)

LB notes for LB-7229
Taper: Legendary Taper D
LB rating: A-
bittorrent download 02/09; same recording as LB-2500 based on same clapping wavs at beginning of t1; in comparison this has a similar but little harsher fuller sound; excellent sound [A-]
Lineage: Sennheiser MKE 2002 >Sony WM 6 (Maxell XLIIS) >DAT 48kHz > Hard Drive >ssrc 44.1kHz >wave convert to >flac (dbpoweramp Music Converter) >md5summer