Tokyo, Japan (23-Apr-16)

5/5+/3/3+/4-
14/15/8/9/10 (avg. 10:50 B/B+)
Left floor 10˙
1:41:51:12
NTSC (DVD-9)

DIFFERENCES & IMPROVEMENTS OVER SOURCE DVD:
-sound upgraded
-blacked out and 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” and “Melancholy Mood”
-Sexton looking very cool with shades on
-great harp on “She Belongs To Me”
-piano a plus on “Beyond Here Lies Nothin’” and “Duquesne Whistle”
-Dylan says “… domo arigato” (“… thank you very much”) in Japanese before announcing
the intermission
-a wistful “Why Try To Change Me Now” seems that Dylan identifies with it
-“Love Sick” seems a perfect summation given the themes of the love songs on “Shadows
In The Night” and “Fallen Angels”
-“Autumn Leaves” sung with great care

DISTANCE/POSITION: 14 (Left floor 10˙) (filmer very close to stage/good for shots of Dylan when stage front, but not so good when he’s behind the piano; camera stays close on Dylan with Herron & Sexton occasionally in picture behind him; Kimball and Recile unseen)

AUDIO: 15 (excellent Hide recording)

STEADINESS: 8 (rather jittery, especially at start and end of songs)

HEADS/OBSTRUCTIONS: 9 (piano hides all but Dylan’s head when he’s not standing)

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 some transitions and all starts of songs; stills used 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 unidentified editor
Shared by Hide
DVD vob files > 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)