Tokyo, Japan (22-Apr-16)

5/5+/3+/4+/4-
14/15/9/12/10 (avg. 11.50 B/B+)
1:42:20:18
NTSC

DIFFERENCES & IMPROVEMENTS OVER SOURCE DVD:
-sound upgraded
-compromised parts filled with stills
-different title & track menus

PERFORMANCE/HIGHLIGHTS/SPECIAL MOMENTS:
-effective mix of songs off of “Tempest,” “Shadows In The Night” and “Fallen Angels”
with only three earlier than the 90s
-strong vocals, especially “Pay In Blood”
-great harp “She Belongs To Me”
-Dylan spits out the lyrics to “That Old Black Magic” more so than on “Fallen Angels”
-Dylan says “… arigato” (“… thank you”) in Japanese before announcing the
intermission
-a wistful “Why Try To Change Me Now”
-“Love Sick” seems a perfect summation given the themes of the love songs on “Shadows
In The Night” and “Fallen Angels”
-audience quite appreciative of the lyrics of “Long And Wasted Years”
-“Autumn Leaves” sung with great care

DISTANCE/POSITION: 14 (Right floor 10˙) (camera stays close close on Dylan with Herron & Garnier occasionally in picture behind him; Sexton & Kimball seen only during final bows; Recile never seen )

AUDIO: 15 (excellent Hide recording)

STEADINESS: 9 (jittery, especially at start and end of songs)

HEADS/OBSTRUCTIONS: 13 (body on left sometimes intrudes, but never fully obstructs; black outs between songs and the beginning of songs a function of the filmer hiding the camera rather than bodies or stage obstructions)

FOCUS: 10 (reddish color; low light; focus fairly good)

EDITING: filmer probably hid camera between songs because screen is black at those times, so stills used for transitions and starts of songs; stills for a few other compromised parts (see setlist details)

Bob Dylan - vocals, piano, harp
Tony Garnier - electric & standup bass
George Recile - drums & percussion
Stu Kimball - acoustic & electric rhythm guitar, maracas
Charlie Sexton - lead electric guitar
Donnie Herron - violin, banjo, electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel

Filmed by AN UNIDENTIFIED TAPER
Shared by HIDE
Audio recorded and shared by HIDE
Edited, sound upgraded & authored by YASSOU

VIDEO SOURCE & LINEAGE:
??? > NTSC DVD
Filmed by an unidentified taper
Transferred to DVD by an unknown editor
Shared by Hide
DVD vob files > hd >MPEG Streamclip 1.9.2 > dv > iMovie 6.0.3 (DVD-9/16:9)

AUDIO SOURCE & LINEAGE:
Recorded by Hide
Flac files shared by Hide
Source: DPA 4061's > MMA6000 > SONY PCM-M10 (24bit/48kHz)
Lineage: SD card > PC > WAV (24bit/48kHz) > Soundforge (Edit, Sampling rate convert to 16bit/44.1kHz) > TLH > FLAC
flac files > Toast Titanium 11.0.4 > SD II disk images > iMovie 6.0.3

NOTE FROM THE AUDIO TAPER (HIDE):
I don’t want to upload my recordings on bittorrent sites anymore because a Japanese bootleg shop has sold most of my recordings. There are also many debates regarding me & my recordings at a Japanese SNS site. So, I don’t want to share with those people. But I will provide my recordings on these great DVD/BD projects!”

DVD PRODUCTION PROCESS:
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)