Holmdel, NJ (15-Aug-97)

DASH-F RATING ON 10-POINT SCALE:

DISTANCE/POSITION: 9
AUDIO: 4
STEADINESS: 5
HEADS/OBSTRUCTIONS: 4
FOCUS: 6

AVERAGE QUALITY = 5.5 (excludes Distance/Position)
VERDICT: Should be attractive to completists and to those who attended the show.

VIDEO SOURCE:
Hi8 tape probably sourced from a 1st generation tape.

AUDIO SOURCE:
Hi8 tape soundtrack.

DISTANCE/POSITION:
Filmer situated in the left balcony, several rows back, so had to shoot through people in front. The image is mostly waist up with occasional zoom outs and many extreme zoom ins. Filmer occasionally panned to show all players.

AUDIO:
Below average Hi8 soundtrack sound. Sound upgrade not attempted due to choppiness of the video.

STEADINESS:
Fairly steady once the filmer gets situated. Not bad control for a hand-held camera.

HEADS/OBSTRUCTIONS:
Heads are a problem in the beginning; it gets better as the program proceeds, but worsens again during the encores when the crowd is standing and dancing. Dark stretches present when the filmer is blocked or lowers the camera.

FOCUS/COLOR/LIGHT/RESOLUTION:
Mostly focused. Color often good depending on floodlights. Reds and yellows look best. Resolution suffers with extreme close ups.

EDITING:
The disk author heavily edited the footage to deal with all the clips, cuts, and drops. Since this was not a sound upgrade, stills were not employed to fill missing or obstructed video. Only "Silvio," "Watching The River Flow," and "Like A Rolling Stone" survived intact in terms of audio, but these also had dark stretches when the filmer lowered or stopped the camera or was blocked.

PERFORMANCE/HIGHLIGHTS/SPECIAL MOMENTS:
Hard to judge due to the poor sound, but there are stretches that come across quite well, e.g., the bridge of "Just Like A Woman" and the instrumental breaks of "Tangled Up In Blue" and "Watching The River Flow."

NOTE: An occasional message comes up on the screen that reads: "O Nosso Bebé" (Portuguese for "Our Baby"). What this signifies is anybody's guess.