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Balc. L30°
Avg.Rating:
4.0 (3 votes)
DVDylan ID: D1088
Recording type: Audience
City/Venue: West Long Branch, NJ, USA/Monmouth University
Date: Sunday, 20th April 1997
Never-Ending Tour Concert #869

Special thanks for the video to TOM P. & RAYGUN.
Additional thanks for the audio to TRAVITZ & WKLITZ & OUTSIDETLAW.
Edited, sound upgraded & authored by YASSOU.
  • Disk 1 (1:01:12:13) (Songs 1-9/Tracks 1-10)
    -Introduction [intro w/titles over 10:00 still w/fade in]
    -Crash On The Levee (Down In The Flood) [missing/9 stills]
    -Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You [clipped 1:19:00/4 stills; distant cam 1:54:20/left alone; shaky/obstr. 43:13/2 stils; obstr. 16:00/1 still; obstr. trans to next song/6:08 still]
    -All Along The Watchtower [clipped 5:10/continue still from trans; obstr. 14:17/1 still; trans to next song obstr/14:22 still]
    -You Ain't Goin' Nowhere [obstr. start 26:26/2 stills; obstr. trans to next song/fade to 2:00 still then fade in to 25:26 still]
    -It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry [obstr. start 5:25/still continued; cam off target 1:56:23/4 stills; cam off target 11:18 near end/1 still; trans to next song obstr 25:04/1 still]
    -Silvio [obstr. start 11:21/2 stills; cam off target 1:22:05/4 stills]
    -Friend Of The Devil [obstr. 18:13 after start/1 still; obstr. trans to next song 15:12/1 still]
    -Masters Of War [cam off target @end/7:03 still; trans to next song obstr. 14:11/1 still
    -Tangled Up In Blue [start obstr. 9:13/1 still; obstr. 13:18/1 still; fade to black still and end Disk 1 message over 12:00 still]
  • Disk 2 (41:53:18) (songs 10-15/Tracks 11-19)
    -Opening Titles [titles over opening clip]
    -Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again [obstr. trans to next song/1 21:25 still]
    -This Wheel's On Fire [obstr. start 8:15/2 stills; cam off target 21:08/1 still; trans to intros obstr. 1:18/1 still]]
    -Band Introductions [start obstr. 4:02/1 still; CD split after intros/extracted ~1 sec. audio from video sound track to smooth transition]
    -Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat [fade out and fade in to 30:14 still/cut 2:28:06 audio & video of 1st encore break]
  • Encores:
    -I Shall Be Released [obstr. 15:12/1 still; fade out to 11:20 still/cut 1:00:20 audio & video of 2nd encore break]
    -Don't Think Twice, It's All Right [end obstr. 6:02/1 still w/fade to 3rd encore break; removed 1:23:00 audio & video/1 42:05 still]
    -Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 [clipped 2:01/1 still; only have 1:13:17 shaky start/left untouched; remaining 4:51:12 cut/15 stills]
    -End Thanks & Credits [thanks/credits/salute over 22:12 still w/fadeout]
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Number of discs: 2
Running time: 01:43:06
Authoring: DVDs with menu and chapters are circulating
DASH 5 rating: 4 5 3 3 4
DASH 10 rating: 8 10 6 6 7

VIDEO SOURCE & LINEAGE:
off master Hi8 tape shared by Tom P. & raygun
Hi8 tape > Sony Digital Video Camera Recorder (DCR-TRV480) > iMovie 6.0.3.

AUDIO SOURCE & LINEAGE:
CDs shared by OutsideTLaw
CDs > flac > xACT 2.20 > aiff > Toast Titanium 11.0.4 > SD II disk 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)


DASH-F RATING ON 10-POINT SCALE:

DISTANCE: 8
AUDIO: 10
STEADINESS: 6
HEADS/OBSTRUCTIONS: 6
FOCUS: 7

AVERAGE QUALITY = 7.25 (doesn't include Distance since it's unclear how that factors in)

VIDEO SOURCE:
Hi8 tape probably sourced from a 1st generation tape.
1st song missing; last song substantially cut.

AUDIO SOURCE:
LB-4153
Trade CDs

DISTANCE/POSITION:
Upper balcony
30 degrees left of center
Filmer behind rail in upper part of balcony shooting between couple sitting in last row of
lower part of balcony.
Zoom used to good effect with many waist and above captures; panning limited due to narrow window so little opportunity to see Campbell and Baxter on the wings.

SOUND:
Excellent: vocals upfront; no distortion, clipping, or echo

STEADINESS:
Camera unsteady between songs when camera raised and lowered, and occasionally during songs due to crowd movement.

HEADS/OBSTRUCTIONS:
Filmer had a narrow window and the couple in front often cuddled or talked thus closing the window entirely.

FOCUS/COLOR/LIGHT/RESOLUTION:
Color is good, but grainy on close-ups; focus generally good except when camera adjusts to obstructions; venue fairly dark thus affecting the capability of the camera to collect enough light to maintain a sharp resolution. Distance also a limiting factor.

PERFORMANCE/HIGHLIGHTS/SPECIAL MOMENTS:
Strong vocals by Dylan with compelling harmonies from Campbell and Baxter. Very nice acoustic set with "Masters Of War" a highlight. No harp; effective picking by Dylan when Campbell plays fiddle during "Friend Of The Devil." Voices in the crowd at the end of "Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat" call out "Bruuuce," thinking that Springsteen might be hanging out in his hometown.

EDITING:
Stills used to fill the missing/cut songs, but otherwise kept to a minimum. Once songs get started, filmer generally maintains a steady shot.

Reviewed by yassou on 12th June 2013