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DVDylan ID: D1089
Recording type: Audience
City/Venue: Boalsburg, PA, USA/Tussey Mountain Amphitheatre
Date: Sunday, 27th April 1997
Never-Ending Tour Concert #873

Special thanks for the Hi8 tape to TOM P. & RAYGUN.
Sincere thanks for recording and sharing the show to BOBBY BOURBON & NET TAPER A.
Additional thanks for providing the audio to HOFZINSER & OUTSIDETLAW.
Edited, sound upgraded & authored by YASSOU.
  • Disk One (57:48:29) (Songs 1-9/Tracks 1-11)
    -Opening Titles [fade in to titles over 2 stills]
    -Introduction [video missing/1 still]
    -Absolutely Sweet Marie [video missing/12 stills]
    -Pretty Peggy-O [no useable footage/10 stills; audio gap fixed @5:50:02; 1:05 audio blip @8:51:10 filled w/LB-2886]
    -All Along The Watchtower [clipped 19:11/1 still; trans. to next song obstr. 11:24/1 still]
    -You Ain't Goin' Nowhere [obstructed or off target throughout/no useable footage/12 stills; brief gap in audio @16:56:17 repaired w/splice]
    -Watching The River Flow [clipped 55:03/2 stills; 1:01 glitch @23:38:08/1 still + 1:05 for a/v sync]
    -Silvio [12-frame audio gap fixed @28:05:10; final 1:32:12 obstr./3 stills; trans. to next song obstr. 54:28/1 still]
    -Friend Of The Devil [clipped 9:27/1 still]
    -Tangled Up In Blue [removed 10 frames before song for a/v sync; obstr. 46:03/2 stills; obstr. 19:26/1 still]
    -Don't Think Twice, It's All Right [removed 4 frames before song for a/v sync; end Disk 1 message]
  • Disk Two (43:26:13) (Songs 10-15/Tracks 12-20)
    -Opening Titles [fade in to titles]
    -Seeing The Real You At Last
    -This Wheel's On Fire [11-frame audio gap fixed before song]
    -Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
    -Alabama Getaway [removed 20 frames before song for a/v sync]
    -Forever Young [12-frame audio gap fixed before song]
    -Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 [12-frame audio gap fixed before song]
    -End Thanks & Credits [thanks/credits, salute, fade out]
  • Crowd Dispersal [footage of audience dispersing after show; used camera audio]
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Number of discs: 2
Running time: 01:41:25
Authoring: DVDs with menu and chapters are circulating
DASH-F RATING 5-POINT SCALE: 3 5- 3- 3- 4-
DASH-F RATING 5-POINT SCALE: 6 9 5 5 6
Filmed from the top of a hill, left of center 30 degrees.

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

AUDIO SOURCES & LINEAGE:
LB-5138 shared by OutsideTLaw.
CDs > Toast Titanium 11.0.4 > SD II disk images > iMovie 6.0.3.

LB-2886 shared by hofzinser via HungerCity tracker.
HC downlaod > flac > xACT 2.20 > aiff > Toast Titanium 11.0.4 > SD II disk images > iMovie 6.0.3.

DVD PRODUCTION PROCESS:
All work done on MacBook Pro running Lion OS 10.7.5.
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: 6
AUDIO: 9
STEADINESS: 5
HEADS/OBSTRUCTIONS: 5
FOCUS: 6

AVERAGE QUALITY = 6.25 (doesn't include Distance since that's not a quality criterion)

VIDEO SOURCE:
Hi8 tape probably sourced from a 1st generation tape.
1st song missing; songs 2 & 4 no useable footage.

AUDIO SOURCES:
LB-5138 (trade CDs)
LB-2886 (downloaded) (used only for fill)

DISTANCE/POSITION:
Top of hill
30 degrees left of center
Looks like standing only/no seats visible in front of stage
Filmer had to deal with people passing in front and with the umbrellas that came out when the rain started to get heavy.
Limited zoom, occasional panning.

SOUND:
LB-5138 excellent but had very brief gaps before and during several songs that had to be fixed (see setlist details); vocals upfront; no distortion, clipping, or echo.
LB-2886 very good; used to fill a gap in LB-5138 during "Pretty Peggy-O."

STEADINESS:
Camera fairly steady except when people pass in front of filmer.

HEADS/OBSTRUCTIONS:
Filmer had to deal with people passing in front and with the umbrellas that came out when the rain started to get heavy.

FOCUS/COLOR/LIGHT/RESOLUTION:
Color is fair; focus generally good except when camera adjusts to obstructions; horizontal tracking lines present, especially during "Don't Think Twice"; this was a daytime concert, so plenty of light was available for the lens, but the distance and the rain were limiting factors.

PERFORMANCE/HIGHLIGHTS/SPECIAL MOMENTS:
Solid, but not particularly special performance. Larry's fiddle on "Friend of the Devil" very nice.
Rain throughout concert, heavy enough for umbrellas at times.
Tony mops area around microphone during "Silvio."
Crew comes out during "Tangled Up In Blue" to mop some more and lay down mat for Dylan to stand on.
Audio taper confronted by security at end of "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere." Taper apparently ignored him because the sound continues uninterrupted.

EDITING:
Stills used to fill missing/cut songs, but otherwise kept to a minimum. Once songs get started, filmer generally maintains a steady/unobrstructed shot so stills not needed.
Left encore breaks and end dispersal scene intact to to preserve the scene and the characters in the crowd.

Reviewed by yassou on 12th June 2013