Wheeling, WV (28-Apr-97)

BOB DYLAN
"With Feeling At Wheeling" (or, "Freewheeling At Wheeling")
Capitol Music Hall
Wheeling, West Virginia, USA
April 28, 1997
DVDylan ID #715.vu

PERFORMANCE/HIGHLIGHTS/SPECIAL MOMENTS:
--Great to hear "Long Black Veil" and "Alabama Getaway."
--Dylan seemed greatly amused during "Alabama Getaway."
--Enthusiastic crowd.
--Attractive girl jumps on stage and starts dancing near end of "Rainy Day Women #12 & 13"
followed by another, but they're escorted off by the first female bouncer I've seen.
They sho' 'nuf grow 'em tough in West Virginny!

Improvements over D715.su:
--Much better video color, light and resolution.
--Author didn't rely on special effects.
__More precise fills of missing/off target parts.

DASH-F RATING ON 15-POINT SCALE
13/14/15 (A-/A/A+)
10/11/12 (B-/B/B+)
07/08/09 (C-/C/C+)
04/05/06 (D-/D/D+)
01/02/03 (E-/E/E+)

DISTANCE/POSITION: 12 Left balcony 20˙(behind rail)
AUDIO: 14
STEADINESS: 11
HEADS/OBSTRUCTIONS: 13
FOCUS: 12

AVERAGE QUALITY = 13/15 = A- (excludes Distance/Position)
PROS: Great improvement over D715.su; energetic performance by a cheerful Bob & band
CONS: "Absolutely Sweet Marie" and "Alabama Getaway" required extensive patching.

VIDEO SOURCE & LINEAGE:
Hi8 tape shared by Tom P. & raygun.
1st or 2nd generation from master tape
Rating: 42455-
Position: Left balcony 20˙(behind rail)
Hi8 tape > Sony Digital Video Camera Recorder (DCR-TRV480) > iMovie 6.0.3.

AUDIO SOURCE & LINEAGE:
LB-3353
CDs shared by OutsideTLaw.
Taper: Net Taper A
LB-rating: A-
CDs > Toast Titanium 11.0.4 > disk images > 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)

DISTANCE/POSITION: 12 Left balcony 20˙(behind rail); good panning and zooming.

AUDIO: 14 (crisp, clear, no cuts or clipping)

STEADINESS: 11 (camera mostly steady once song starts; often off target during breaks)

HEADS/OBSTRUCTIONS: 13 (filmed had unobstructed position behind center balcony rail)

FOCUS/COLOR/LIGHT/RESOLUTION: 12 (bright color and good resolution)

EDITING: Patches need for missing parts of "Absolutely Sweet Marie" and "Alabama Getaway." A few other fills necessary. Breaks before the three encores were cut down.