Tokyo, Japan (26-Apr-16)

Excellent two camera video, clearly high quality cameras as they make the best of the low lighting on the 2016 staging which baffles lesser machines.
Audio source is also excellent.
Band and Dylan all doing a great job playing their parts.
Best video release of 2016 as of this writing, closely followed by Nap-in-Rags film of Mashantucket.

BOB DYLAN & HIS BAND
Bunkamura Orchard Hall
Tokyo, Japan
April 26, 2016
DVDylan ID #2044.dl
DVD-9 Edition

5-point scale: 3-5+/5+/5+/5+/5+
15-point scale: 8/15/15/15/15/15 (avg. 15:00 A+)
Center balcony (2 cams)
1:44:16:02
NTSC

PERFORMANCE/HIGHLIGHTS/SPECIAL MOMENTS:
-final show of the 2016 Tokyo concerts
-Dylan sporting white hat and white boots
-highly appreciative audience
-strong, clear, carefully-sung vocals
-superlative and tight band, with Sexton and Herron particularly effective
-eight Sinatra-related songs
-only two 60’s songs and one 70’s song; remainder post-1999
-head-clearing harp solos on “She Belongs To Me” & “Tangled Up In Blue”
-Dylan seems to hold back a laugh near end of “That Old Black Magic”
-Dylan addresses audience in Japanese before the intermission

DISTANCE/POSITION: 8-15 (2 cams, both center balcony, one for close-ups; near pro-shot camera work with frequent panning and zooming to show all players)

AUDIO: 15 (excellent Hide recording)

STEADINESS: 15 (rock steady with only a couple of camera adjustments)

HEADS/OBSTRUCTIONS: 15 (unobstructed except for a passing body before the intermission)

FOCUS: 15 (excellent color, light and focus)

EDITING: Removed a title-page still from the video source that was repeatably used between songs; replaced with stills that matched the action; no other stills needed (see setlist details)

Filmed by UNIDENTIFIED TAPERS
Video shared by HIDE
Audio recorded & shared by HIDE
Edited, sound upgraded & authored by YASSOU

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

VIDEO SOURCE & LINEAGE:
commercial blu-ray (Alexander)
filmed by unidentified tapers
cameras & production info unknown
shared by HIDE
Blu-Ray > hd > m2ts files > iSkysoft Video Converter 5.3.0 > MP4 >iMovie 6.0.3

AUDIO SOURCE & LINEAGE:
Taper: 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 > hd > Toast Titanium 11.0.4 > SD II disk images > iMovie 6.0.3

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)