Atlantic City, NJ (20-Jul-89)

BOB DYLAN
"A Legend In His Own Time"
Bally's Grand Hotel
Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
July 20, 1989
DVDylan ID #351.su

7/9/8/10/5
Center Balcony
1:23:10:05
NTSC

DASH-F RATING ON 10-POINT SCALE

DISTANCE/POSITION: 7 (Center balcony)
AUDIO: 9
STEADINESS: 8  
HEADS/OBSTRUCTIONS: 10
FOCUS: 5

AVERAGE QUALITY = 8.00 (excludes Distance/Position)
PROS: Excellent audio source; quite steady and unobstructed
CONS: On the dark side; occasional video glitches required patches to keep a/v sync; video source audio runs a bit faster than the video making sync an issue.

VIDEO SOURCE & LINEAGE:
Hi8 tape shared by Tom P. & raygun.
4/2/4/5/3- (7/4/8/10/5)
Center balcony
Hi8 tape > Sony Digital Video Camera Recorder (DCR-TRV480) > iMovie 6.0.3.

AUDIO SOURCE & LINEAGE:
LB-2217 (or similar)
LB gives LB-2217 a 'B' rating, but this is better.
Excellent quality (A-)
Sound low for first 28 seconds, but level raised after that.
Taper: Unidentified
Shared via DropBox by blindwilly
flac files> xACT > aiff > Toast Titanium 11.0.4 > disk images > iMovie 6.0.3.

DISTANCE/POSITION:
Center balcony mostly focused on Dylan with pans to G.E. and Tony and sometimes Parker).

AUDIO:
Excellent. No echo, cuts, or clipping with vocal up front. Sound low for first 28 seconds, but level raised after that.

STEADINESS: Mostly steady

HEADS/OBSTRUCTIONS:
Almost completely unobstructed

FOCUS/COLOR/LIGHT/RESOLUTION:
Good focus but dark venue

EDITING:
Some cuts required patches with stills.

PERFORMANCE/HIGHLIGHTS/SPECIAL MOMENTS:
Nice setlist with cover of "Legend In My Time" (song by Don Gibson) and impassioned performances of "Lenny Bruce" and "John Brown."