Cardiff, Wales (03-Oct-97)

3-5+/5+/5-/5-/5
9-15/15/13/13/14 (avg. 13.75 A)
Left balcony 30˙
1:32:49:18
PAL

DIFFERENCES AND IMPROVEMENTS OVER D1068/MS-092:
-filled most missing parts with footage from alternate cameras
-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”

DASH-F RATING (ratings below are for MS-092/see “Video Sources” for ratings of the other camera sources):
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: most missing or obstructed parts of D1068.mu2 filled with footage from other camera sources or with stills if footage unavailable (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” & “AN” & “THE TWO DAVES”
Transferred & disseminated by COOPS2009
Audio recorded by LEGENDARY TAPER J
Audio shared by OUTSIDETLAW
Edited, sound upgraded & authored by YASSOU

VIDEO SOURCES & LINEAGE:
MS-092 (used this camera unless otherwise noted in setlist description)
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

MS-039
D7 A7 S7 H8 F8 BL
90 mins
Taper: “AN”
Transferred & disseminated by Coops2009
DVD VOB format
MPEG-2
Sys bitrate 10080 kb/s VBR
Pal 720x576 4.3 ratio
pics/s 25.000 frames\s 25.000 fields/s 25.00
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
VOB files > MPEG Streamclip 1.9.2 > dv > iMovie 6.0.3

MS-166
D7 A8 S9 H7 F8 BL2
82.5 mins
Taper: “The Two Daves”
DVD VOB format
MPEG-2
Sys bitrate 10080 kb/s VBR
Pal 720x576 4.3 ratio
pics/s 25.000 frames\s 25.000 fields/s 25.00
EC30 tapes transferred to PC via a Panasonic NV-W1 Professional triple standard vhs machine.
Files authored to DVD with Tempgenc DVD Works Author 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 positions; we get a clear and crisp view.
You need this one.

COOPS2009 NOTES FOR MS-039:
A very nice short one here, that could do with a sound upgrade which would make it excellent in my opinion

COOPS2009 NOTES FOR MS-166:
Another great performance from Cardiff. Bob always seem to give his best in Wales; well filmed close and intimate.

Remember even if you have some of the Daves films already that at best your copies will be 2 generations poorer than anything in the Masters series, so get em all. These will be with original sound though many will feature as sound upgrades eventually with my two mates Yassou and Madhasse helping out

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.