Sheffield, England (23-Jun-98)

BOB DYLAN
Sheffield Arena
Sheffield, England, UK
June 23, 1998
DVDylan ID #1067.su

Cam 1:
5-/5-/4/4+/5- (audio rating is for sound upgrade source)
13/13/11/12/13 (avg. 12.25 B+)
Right balcony 30˙
Cam 2 (used only for final song)
5/5/3/2/4 (audio rating is for sound upgrade source)
14/14/8/5/11 (avg. 9.50 C+)
Right floor 10˙

Total Time: 1:29:15:17
PAL

PERFORMANCE/HIGHLIGHTS/LOWLIGHTS/SPECIAL MOMENTS:
-excellent singing and playing throughout
-"Mama, You Been On My Mind" exceptional
-Dylan very animated on "Highway 61 Revisited"

DISTANCE/POSITION: Cam 1: 13 (Rt. balcony 30˙) (extreme close-ups when Dylan sings; camera pulls back during instrumentals to show Larry and others); Cam 2: 14 (rt. floor 10˙)

AUDIO: 13 (excellent Bt recording)

STEADINESS: Cam 1: 11; Cam 2: 8

HEADS/OBSTRUCTIONS: Cam 1: 12 (very few bodies; cable on stage right occasionally distracting; Cam 2: 5

FOCUS: Cam 1: 13 (a bit blurry on extreme close-ups; color excellent but reds rather vivid); Cam 2: 11 (better color & focus on close-ups)

EDITING: minimal (see bracketed setlist details)

VIDEO SOURCES & LINEAGE:
Cam 1: D1067 (Masters Series 095)
DVDylan rating: 4/4/4/4/4
Taper: The Ghost
Camera: Sony Hi8 (unknown model)
Uploaded to bittorrent tracker by The Ghost.
D1067 > MPEG Streamclip 1.9.2 > dv > iMovie 6.0.3.

DVD author notes:
This master recording was filmed on a SONY HI 8 camcorder (exact model not known)
transferred on a SONY CCD TR840E HI 8 camcorder via hi gain fire wire to
PC with Magix Movie Pro 17 then menued with Tempgenc Authoring Works 4.

Cam 2: D951.m1 (Masters Series 040) (used only for final song)
DVDylan rating: 5/3/3/2/4
Taper: AN Other
Camera: National Panasonic Super-VHS NVS-85B camcorder
Uploaded to bittorrent tracker by The Ghost.
D951.m1 > MPEG Streamclip 1.9.2 > dv > iMovie 6.0.3.
DVD author notes:
Transferred from the original camera, a National Panasonic Super-VHS NVS-85B camcorder
to a LG DRT389H in HQ mode using a super-vhs transfer cable. The disc then menued and prepared in TempgenC Authoring works 4

AUDIO SOURCE & LINEAGE
taper: Bt
equipment: DPA 4061 microphones and Sony TCD-100 DAT recorder
shared by tbc via ElectricLadyland tracker
Original Master DAT > GINA24 digital sound card > PC (Audacity) > CD Wave > FLAC
MD5 created by MD5summer. Transferred from DAT in April 2010.
ElectricLadyLand tracker > flac > 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-8617
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 April 2010.

Excellent sound quality. This recording was not edited in any way, except to cut off excess at the beginning and end.

I reviewed Lossless Bob on 5/8/2010 where two sources are listed. Judging purely by the descriptions on that site (I do not have the recordings) this is not LB-4614 which refers to static on Gotta Serve Somebody, and is not LB-6989 which is described as muddy, etc.
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