Wellington, New Zealand (24-Feb-03)

NB: The ID # should be D061.hq.su, but the editing program only allows 3-digit suffixes. D061.hq.su is on the DVD opening credits, the setlist, and the rating review.

BOB DYLAN
Queens Wharf Events Centre Arena
Wellington, New Zealand
February 24, 2003
DVDylan ID #061.hq.su

3➛4/5/4-/4/5
8➛11/14/10/11/14 (avg. 12.25 B+)
Balcony left 60˙
1:47:34:20
PAL

DIFFERENCES FROM PREVIOUS EDITIONS:
-sound upgraded
-added missing songs as audio only
-filled off-target parts between songs and various cuts and clips (see setlist details)
-D061.hq bonus track not included

PERFORMANCE/HIGHLIGHTS/LOWLIGHTS/SPECIAL MOMENTS:
-excellent acoustic set
-Billy Burnette an excellent addition to the band, if only for a brief time
-Larry's multi-instrumentalism a plus, as usual, especially his fiddle on "My Back Pages"
-smoking hot "Drifter's Escape" with Billy Burnette's lead and Dylan's harp leading the way

DISTANCE/POSITION: 8➛11 (shot from left balcony behind Dylan's keyboard with effective panning and zooming; Dylan seen from front when he's on the guitar; Larry and Billy Burnette usually in the picture with shots of Tony and George when filmer pans and zooms out)

AUDIO: 14 (fine recording with upfront vocal)

STEADINESS: 10 (unsteady at start and between songs)

HEADS/OBSTRUCTIONS: 11 (off-target between songs with crowd movement in front of camera mostly during the first few songs)

FOCUS/COLOR/LIGHT: 14 (quite colorful, well-focused, good light)

EDITING: used stills for off-target parts between songs and various cuts and clips; added missing songs as audio-only over stills (see setlist details)

Special thanks for the video to LONGFORGAN.
Additional thanks for the audio to AN UNIDENTIFIED TAPER.
Edited, sound upgraded & authored by YASSOU.

VIDEO SOURCE & LINEAGE:
D061.hq
Taper: unidentified (perhaps longforgan, who transferred the master tape and shared the show)
Camera: unknown
Obtained via trade
master tape > ??? > D061.hq > MPEG Streamclip 1.9.2 > dv > iMovie 6.0.3

AUDIO SOURCE & LINEAGE:
LB-0917 (obtained on a DVD data disc)
LB rating: A-
Taper: unidentified
Equipment: unknown
Obtained via trade for DVD data disc
??? > DVD data disc > hd > 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-0917:
very good to excellent sound (A-)
a bittorrent from 04/10 is same recording based on same clapping wavs at end of d1t1 with same wav and spectral view and levels but more digital flaws like digi-pops at d1t1 5:55; described as "Taper and lineage:no info; Great sound" with filenames like "D_1Track01.flac"; xref-00321)
a bittorrent from 05/12 is a same recording based on same clapping wavs at beginning of d1t1 with same wav and spectral view and levels with same digital flaws plus discontinuiites between tracks; described as "Recieved this shows in 2003 on a trade (CD-Rs) no more information on equipment or the taper., -ebbbi-" with filenames like "2003-02-24_101.flac"; xref-01053)