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4.0 (7 votes)
DVDylan ID: D045.su2
Recording type: Audience
City/Venue: Dubuque, Iowa, USA/Five Flags Center Arena
Date: Tuesday, 12th November 1996
Concert # 833 of The Never-Ending Tour
Concert # 19 of the 1996 US Fall Tour
1996 concert # 77

Special thanks for the off-master Hi8 tape to TOM P. & RAYGUN.
And thanks for the VHS tape to C.CONS.
Additional thanks for the audio to: AN UNIDENTIFIED TAPER & HOFZINSER
Edited, sound upgraded & authored by YASSOU.
  • Disk 1 (1:07:51:15 ) (Tracks 1-11/Songs 1-9)
    -Beginning [Dubuque Five Flags Center Sign from VHS tape]
    -Opening Titles [w/introduction; from VHS tape]
    -Crash On The Levee (Down In The Flood) [clipped 2:26:05/used VHS tape; 14-frame glitch @1:17:22 and 12-frame glitch @1:24:21/2:17 still added for a/v sync; shaky 14:10/1 still; obstr. 23:16/2 stills]
    -If Not For You
    -All Along The Watchtower
    -Shelter From The Storm
    -Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) [obstr. 31:29/2 stills]
    -Silvio [wandering cam 25:10/2 stills]
    -Tangled Up In Blue
    -To Ramona [1:01 glitch @55:26:18/1 still + 8 frames for a/v sync; fan yells "Bob Dylan rules!" at end]
    -Friend Of The Devil [3-frame cut @1:02:48:27/1 still; wandering cam/20:16 still; 4:04 glitch @1:07:02:03/1 still; end Disk 1 message]
  • Disk 2 (56:36:05) (Tracks 12-19/Songs 10-15)
    -Opening Titles [fade in to titles/3-frame still added for a/v sync]
    -Absolutely Sweet Marie [CD split before next song]
    -Ballad Of A Thin Man
    -Highway 61 Revisited [encore break 1 cut/47:13 still added to fill; added audio from encore break 1 for a/v sync; camera time counter comes on and stays on until end of concert]
    -Like A Rolling Stone [28-frame glitch @30:55:17/1 still]
    -It Ain't Me, Babe
    -Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 [upgrade audio from a different concert; extracted audio from video file to fill; 16:01 still added; obstr. 9:21/used clip from later part of song to fill]
    -End Thanks & Credits [thanks/credits/salute/fade out; extracted 5:20 audio from video track to fill end salute]
» Toggle additional (technical) track info
Number of discs: 2
Running time: 02:04:28
Video standard: NTSC
Authoring: DVDs with menu and chapters are circulating
VIDEO SOURCES & LINEAGE:
Off-master Hi8 tape shared by Tom P. & Raygun.
Taper unknown.
Hi8 tape > Sony Digital Video Camera Recorder (DCR-TRV480) > iMovie 6.0.3.

1st generation VHS tape shared by C.CONS.
Taper unknown.
Used to fill missing beginning and first 2:26:05 of 1st song.
VHS tape > CANON ZR700 NTSC Camcorder > iMovie 6.0.3.

AUDIO SOURCE & LINEAGE:
LB-4504
Taper unknown; uploaded to HungerCity by hofzinser.
Final song from another concert.
HC download > flac > xACT 2.20 > aiff > Toast Titanium 11.0.4 > SD II disk images > iMovie 6.0.3.

DVD AUTHORING PROCESS:
All work done on MacBook Pro 4,1.
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)


The uniqueness of this program and the strong reactions to it lend weight to my opinion that this DVD belongs in the collection of every serious Dylan fan, and is thus a "must-have" if not a "5-star" item. No matter what you think of what one member has humorously termed the "gyrating ninnies," one must admit that their sheer number and persistence is an occurrence the extent of which has never been caught on Dylan stealth video. Had Dylan objected, one might sympathise with anyone who refuses to see it through to the end or be so presumptuous as to question why anyone would bother to re-author the program. Far from objecting, Dylan and the band obviously delighted in having the kids on stage, egging them on as they stage dove, kissed and hugged the band, and even ascended the drum platform to go-go dance as Kemper banged out the beat.

A weakness of the DVDylan rating system is that "must-have" and "5-star" are not necessarily co-extensive. I feel that the two converge here, but there are many cases of items in the catalog where they do not. Some of the more recent programs shot and produced in high definition with stellar sound upgrading are clear "5-Stars," but come up short on the performance side. Likewise, there are older items, for example from the great 1995 run, that are deficient in terms of the DASH-5 criteria, but which are "must-haves" due to impassioned performances from Dylan.

Here's one final consideration that reviewers should keep in mind. All of these stealth videos, the good, the bad, the ugly, and even the ugly-ugly are "must haves" in that we're better off with them in the catalog than without them. We're dealing with a significant artist whose work deserves to be preserved and disseminated. To this end, a network of of filmers, audio recorders, editor/authors, viners and uploaders have been collaborating in an admirable spirit of sharing. If a better quality tape of an existing item is found and shared, it's important that it be edited and authored and offered as an upgrade of previous versions. That's certainly the case for D045.su2, as it is for many other items in the catalog, and those that are in the pipeline.

Reviewed by yassou on 21st May 2013