Hartford, CT (17-Nov-02)

BOB DYLAN
Civic Center Coliseum
Hartford, Connecticut, USA
November 17, 2002
DVDylan ID #040.su2

3->5/5+/5-/5-/4
8->14/15/13/13/11 (avg. 13.00 A-)
3 cams (see "Video Sources & Lineage" below for details)
2:09:52:20
NTSC

IMPROVEMENTS OVER & DIFFERENCES FROM D040, D040.2 D040.su:
-incorporated a 3rd cam from source files (D984.m/MS-018)
-split show into 2 DVDs for higher bitrate
-used alternate highly-rated LB audio source (LB-8268); source audio for D040.su (LB-0785 or LB-1376) has a noticeable auditorium echo with Dylan's voice lower in the mix
-fixed a/v sync problems noticed on D040

PERFORMANCE/HIGHLIGHTS/LOWLIGHTS/SPECIAL MOMENTS:
-terrific setlist
-Larry's mastery of all things stringed
-powerful Dylan vocals on all songs, especially the covers
-sublime "Visons Of Johanna"
-Charley "plays" Bob's keyboard with his foot near end of "High Water"
-Tony's stand-up bass playing on "Summer Days"
-Charley & Larry's harmonies on "Shelter From The Storm" and "Blowin' In The Wind"
-great covers of songs by Van Morrison, the Rolling Stones, Neil Young and Warren Zevon
-smoking hot "All Along The Watchtower," especially Charley's lead guitar
-date/time counter left on by taper of right-angle camera
-some vertical hold issues during "Summer Days"

DISTANCE/POSITION: 8->14 (3 cams - see details below for Video Sources and cam positions)

AUDIO: 15 (excellent Bt recording) (D040.su used LB-8268 which is regarded by LB as "the most natural fullest sounding" of the four available)

STEADINESS: 13 (mostly steady; some vertical hold issues during "Summer Days")

HEADS/OBSTRUCTIONS: 13 (mostly unobstructed except between songs and where audience stands or passes in front of right angle camera; date/time counter left on by taper of right-angle camera)

FOCUS/COLOR/LIGHT: 13 (D040 color a bit faded; D984.m focus, color and light quite good)

EDITING: D040 author mixed two cameras and used stills for transitions and missing parts; author of D040.su2 added the D984.m footage and dealt with the stills added by the D040 author (see setlist details)

Never-Ending Tour Concert #1487
Special thanks for the video to THE UNIDENTIFIED TAPERS, HANDYMAN, COOPS2009 & MARY.
Additional thanks for the audio to BT.
Edited, sound upgraded & authored by YASSOU.

VIDEO SOURCES & LINEAGE:
D040 (2 cameras):
Tapers: Unknown
Disc author: unknown
DVD shared by mary.
DVDylan rating: 44555
Position: 2 cams, one from the left balcony 30˙, the other from the right balcony 30˙
Running time: 2:09:00
Format: NTSC
Unknown cameras > NTSC video tapes > unknown editing/authoring process > DVD > VOB files > MPEG Streamclip 1.9.2 > dv > iMovie 6.0.3

D984.m (MS-018):
Taper: Handyman
Disc author: coops2009
Shared by coops2009 via bit torrent.
Disc author's 10-point scale rating: 58597
Position: Left balcony 45˙ (1st 6 songs); Right rear 30˙ (next 6 songs)
Running time: 52:00
Format: PAL
Panasonic a NV-DS1 > Sony DVDrecorder (HQ mode high gain dv firewire) > TEMPGENC Dvd author 4.3 > DVD > VOB files > DIME tracker > hd > MPEG Streamclip 1.9.2 > NTSC dv > iMovie 6.0.3.

AUDIO SOURCE & LINEAGE:
LB-8268
Taper: Bt
LB-rating: A
Trade CDs shared by an unidentified trader.
CDs > Toast Titanium 11.0.4 > SD II disc 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)

LB-NOTES FOR LB-8268:
Taper: Bt
LB-rating: A
DPA 4061 microphones and Sony TCD-100 DAT recorder
Original Master DAT > GINA24 digital sound card > PC (Audacity) > CD Wave > FLAC
MD5 created by MD5summer. Transferred from DAT in May 2010.
This particular recording likely has not circulated until now. Unique marker: at end of Girl of the North Country track a man says "no smoking cigarettes".
This recording was not edited, except to cut off excess at the beginning and end, and to amplify the volume.
Track 14 "This Old Man" is just Bob singing the line from that song, "this old man came rolling home..." :-)
This is not LB-767 (because no "brief talking at beginning" of I'll Be Your Baby Tonight)
bittorrent download 05/10; cdr splits not specified; in 4-way comparison these are different recordings based on different crowd at end of d1t2; this is the most natural fullest sounding; cedar 4 LB-0767 was more echoey and bassy; LB-0785 was more suppressed; cedar 2 LB-1376 was very similar in sound; excellent sound [A]