Brighton, UK (4-May-02)

BOB DYLAN
Brighton Centre
Brighton, England, UK
May 4, 2002
DVDylan ID #103.msu

4 ➝ 5+/5+/4+/4+/5-
11 ➝ 15/15/12/12/13 (avg. 13:00 A-)
Left rear 40˙/Right balcony 20˙/Right balcony 40˙
2:15:33:19
PAL

IMPROVEMENTS OVER & DIFFERENCES FROM OTHER SOURCES:
-three video sources from PAL tapes combined for a more complete concert
-sound upgraded (D685 sound upgraded by madhasse as D685.su)
-split show into 2 DVDs for higher bitrate
-replaced missing, off-target & obstructed parts with stills

PERFORMANCE/HIGHLIGHTS/LOWLIGHTS/SPECIAL MOMENTS:
-solid performance as was common for the Spring 2002 tour
-unfortunate that six songs were either not filmed or fragmentary
-powerful performance of "Man Of Constant Sorrow"
-chilling harmonies from Larry & Charlie, especially on "Man Of Constant Sorrow"
-"Subterranean Homesick Blues" pulled off shelf for this tour and nicely performed
-great guitar interplay by Charley & Larry

DISTANCE/POSITION: 11 ➝ 15 (cams vary from full stage to extreme closeups)

AUDIO: 15 (superb EBR recording) (editor of CD made cuts between songs to save space thus requiring cuts in video to maintain a/v sync)

STEADINESS: 12 (sometimes shaky, especially VS 1 cam)

HEADS/OBSTRUCTIONS: 12 (cables obstruct VS 1 view on long shots; other cams mostly unobstructed)

FOCUS/COLOR/LIGHT: 13 (VS 1 and VS 2 very good/VS 3 a little grainy and over-exposed)

EDITING: gaps in VS 1 filled with VS 2 and VS 3 footage; used stills for missing & off-target shaky parts (see setlist details)

Special thanks for the video to: THE GHOST, HANDYMAN, PINK ELEPHANT, CA & NAPBON.
Additional thanks for the audio to EBR & BLINDWILLY.
Edited, sound upgraded & authored by YASSOU.

VIDEO SOURCES & LINEAGE:
(missing or fragmentary songs: Summer Days; Cold Irons Bound; Rainy Day Women #12 & 35; Like A Rolling Stone; Honest With Me; Blowin' In The Wind)

VS 1: Source tape for D103.m (also source for D157):
Taper: AN (handyman)
Disc author: coops2009
Shared by coops2009 via bittorrent
DVDylan rating: 53335
Position: Left rear 40˙
Running time: 58:30 (songs 1,2,4,6-9,11-13,17-19,21)
Unknown camera > PAL video tape > DVD > VOB files > DIME tracker > hd > MPEG Streamclip 1.9.2 > dv > iMovie 6.0.3

VS 2: Source tape for D685:
Taper: DD (pink elephant)
Disc author: unauthorized raw footage from PAL tape
Obtained in trade
DVDylan rating: 44555
Position: Right balcony 20˙ (songs 1-8)
Running time: 41:30
Unknown camera > PAL video tape > DVD > hd > VOB files > MPEG Streamclip 1.9.2 > dv > iMovie 6.0.3

VS 3: Source tape for D869:
Taper: CA
Disc author: unauthorized raw footage from PAL tape
Shared by coops2009 via WeTransfer (napbon provided VCD clip of "Masters Of War" that was not needed)
DVDylan rating: 45444
Position: Right balcony 40˙
Running time: 47:57 (songs 5-12)
Unknown camera > PAL video tape > WeTransfer > hd > MPEG Streamclip 1.9.2 > dv > iMovie 6.0.3

AUDIO SOURCE & LINEAGE:
Taper: ebr
Shared by blindwilly via DropBox
LB rating: A
Sonic Studios DSM-6 mics > Sony TCD-D7
Transferred to .wav on a Phillips CDR deck
.wav files converted to FLAC8 via Trader's Little Helper

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-11630:
In 5-way comparison [LB-0250 & LB-11630] are different recordings based on different crowd at end of d1t2; LB-0250 has the warmest fullest sound, then this; LB-0251, LB-0839 (crystal cat), and LB-5221 (Panasonic 61) are less full and warm.