| DVDylan ID: | D291 |
| Recording type: | Audience |
| City/Venue: | Sheffield Arena plus three London venues |
This compilation includes some of the best shots from following single DVDs:
- D276 (Sheffield, 20 Nov 2003)
- D277 (Shepherd's Bush, 23 Nov 2003)
- D278 (Brixton 25 Nov 2003)
- D279 (Birmingham / Hammersmith compilation 2003)
CONTENTS
- Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, 20 November (23 mins)
- Desolation Row
- It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
- Girl From The North Country- Brixton Academy, London, 25 November (32 mins)
- Yea! Heavy And A Bottle Of Bread
- Blind Willie McTell
- Tangled Up In Blue
- Jokerman
- A Hard Rain's A-Gonna-Fall- Hammersmith Apollo, London, 24 November (7:20)
- Romance In Durango- Shepherd's Bush Empire, London, 23 November (12:15)
- Dear Landlord
- Under The Red Sky- Brixton Academy, London, 25 November (14 mins)
- Like A Rolling Stone
- Band Intro
- All Along The Watchtower
| Number of discs: | 1 |
| Running time: | 01:29 |
| Video standard: | PAL |
| Authoring: | DVDs with menu and chapters are circulating |
DISC D291
SOUND Only one track here - the s/u Durango - sounds really sweet. Landlord and Red Sky, also upgraded (I think), are nonetheless somewhat shrill. Brixton and Sheffield (which between them provide ten of these 13 songs), though unimproved, remain good enough to enjoy.
IMAGE Durango scores again - close, colourful, occasionally shaky and filmed from over D's right shoulder (see Apollo screenshot), but still fine. Other footage is greyer, slightly more distant and (most regrettable) overly static, concentrating solely and exclusively on Bob for song after song. Indeed Tony is glimpsed for just a few seconds during the band intros and Larry, sadly, never figures once all through. To hear him plenty, as we do, but never see him is a downer. Though Freddie gets some (largely accidental) screen time later on, for the most part expect D only.
RUNNING TIME 89 minutes
PERFORMANCE Good, though long songs like Des Row, It's Alright, Ma and Hard Rain don't lend themselves well to the kind of minimalist keyboard arrangements they're given here. This '03 Jokerman, conversely, finally delivers this great song live in something approaching the magnificent shape of the Infidels original.
HIGHLIGHTS (1) McTell (2) that Jokerman (and see below for better yet) (3) Durango
COMMENT As noted elsewhere, Durango audio and video are very slightly out of sync. But what surprises me (given what a ticklish job it must be) is how rarely on these DVDs this fault is to be seen.
THANKS NW
STARS D291 is certainly worth having, which makes it four. But for similar material more enjoyably presented (not to mention an astonishingly fine audio Jokerman thrown in for good measure) seek out D280.sse.
Reviewed by Jim50 on 25th February 2006
I really enjoyed this dvd. The shots are close up and give ou a great idea about how he plays the piano. Plenty of funny gestures too. "Durango," "Jokerman," "Bottle of Bread" and a beautiful "Girl from the North Country" make it for me!
Reviewed by stumd3 on 09th March 2005