Cardiff, Wales (03-Oct-97)

3-5+/5+/5-/4+/5
9-15/15/13/12/14 (avg. 13.50 A-/A)
Left balcony 30˙
1:33:11:10
PAL

DIFFERENCES AND IMPROVEMENTS OVER D1068/MS-092:
-sound upgraded
-filled missing parts with stills
-different top and track menus

PERFORMANCE/HIGHLIGHTS/SPECIAL MOMENTS:
-wildly enthusiastic crowd; Dylan responds with an energetic performance
-unfortunately, no harp
-scintillating leads by Campbell, especially on “Silvio” and “Highway 61 Revisited”
-fine performance of “Stone Walls And Steel Bars” with cool country harmonies by
Campbell & Baxter
-nifty guitar work by Dylan and Campbell on “Tangled Up In Blue”
-convincing takes on “This Wheel’s On Fire” and “My Back Pages”
-Dylan quite animated during “Highway 61 Revisited” perhaps due to the scintillating
lead by Campbell
-crowd sings along on choruses of “Like A Rolling Stone” & “My Back Pages”
-a very special “My Back Pages”
-great pedal steel by Baxter on “Rainy Day Women #12 & 35”

DISTANCE/POSITION: 9-15 (Left balcony 30˙) (mostly unimpeded vantage point except for first two songs of Disc 2; filmer keeps camera on Dylan, zooming in while singing and out when not singing to show other players; Garnier often in the picture, Campbell mostly seen during zoom outs; Baxter seen several times, and Kemper hardly at all; lots of extreme close-ups)

AUDIO: 15 (superlative LB-6338) (sounds like a pro job)

STEADINESS: 13 (occasionally jittery, but generally strong command , even during breaks between songs)

HEADS/OBSTRUCTIONS: 12 (virtually unobstructed except for a few passing bodies, the long stretch to end of “It's All Over Now, Baby Blue” and the first two songs of Disc 2)

FOCUS: 14 (fine video quality with rich colors, good light, and mostly sharp focus except on extreme close-ups)

EDITING: an relatively easy job for the editor with the missing or obstructed parts filled with stills (see description in setlist details)

Concert #903 of The Never-Ending Tour
Bob Dylan (vocal, acoustic and electric guitars)
Bucky Baxter (pedal steel guitar, electric slide guitar, mandolin: backup vocals)
Larry Campbell (acoustic and electric guitars; backup vocals)
Tony Garnier (electric, acoustic & standup bass)
David Kemper (drums & percussion)

Filmed by “THE GHOST”
Transferred & disseminated by COOPS2009
Audio recorded by LEGENDARY TAPER J
Audio shared by OUTSIDETLAW
Edited, sound upgraded & authored by YASSOU

VIDEO SOURCE & LINEAGE:
MS-092
D7 A8 S8 H8 BL
87 min
Taper: “The Ghost”
Transferred & disseminated by Coops2009
DVD Vob format MPEG-2 Sys Bitrate 10080 kb/s VBR
Pic/s 25.000 Frames/s 25000 Fields/s 50.000
Pal 4.3 format
pic 720x 576
Audio AC3 48 Hz stereo
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 mended with Tempgenc Authoring Works 4.
VOB files > MPEG Streamclip 1.9.2 > dv > iMovie 6.0.3

AUDIO SOURCE & LINEAGE:
LB-6338
LB-rating: excellent (A)
Taper: legendary taper J
CDs shared by OutsideTLaw via trade
Sennheiser MKE 2002 -> portable DATrecorder - clone ->(digital transfer) m-audio delta audiophile 2496 -> Wavelab -> ssrc -> Wavelab, levels raised -> cdwave, tracking -> tlh
CDs > hd > aiff files > Toast Titanium 11.0.4 > SD II disk images > iMovie 6.0.3.

DVD PRODUCTION NOTES: 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)

COOPS2009 NOTES FOR MS-092:
Third show, and Bob’s in spectacular voice; nice setlist and an excellent video.
The band are well on. I always felt that Bob never really exploited the musicianship here enough. The taper is in a great position; we get a clear and crisp view.
You need this one.

LB NOTES FOR LB-6338:
bittorrent download 08/08; in 4-way comparison these are different recordings based on different crowd at end of d1t9; NTI LB-6327 is the warmest, then LTD LB-5159, then this, then bootleg Never Mind the Bollocks; NTI LB-6327 seemed too warm on the muffled side; this and bootleg Never Mind the Bollocks had fuller sound than those; this seemed to have best balance of sound; excellent sound [A]
I did not harm the sound of the recording in any way.