Tokyo, Japan (23-Apr-16)

3-5-/5+/5+/5+/5+
8-13/15/15/15/15 (avg. 15.00 A+)
Center balcony
1:41:37:26
NTSC

DIFFERENCES & IMPROVEMENTS OVER SOURCE DVD:
-used excellent Hide audio recording
-repeated still replaced with more natural 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”
-Dylan wearing some cool white boots
-Sexton looking very cool sporting shades
-great harp on “She Belongs To Me” and “Tangled Up In Blue”
-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: 8-15 (center balcony) (effective zooming from full stage to waist up on Dylan and close ups of Sexton)

AUDIO: 15 (excellent Hide recording)

STEADINESS: 15 (quite steady with occasional camera adjustments)

HEADS/OBSTRUCTIONS: 15 (virtually unobstructed)

FOCUS: 15 (excellent color, light & focus)

EDITING: Removed a title-page still that was used repeatably by the source video editor as a bridge between songs; replaced that with stills that sought to match the action; no other stills needed (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
Video shared by HIDE
Audio recorded and shared by HIDE
Edited, sound upgraded & authored by YASSOU

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

AUDIO SOURCE & LINEAGE:
Taper: Hide
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 > 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)

HIDE’S REQUEST REGARDING HIS AUDIO:
Don't sell or buy this recording.
Don't upload any other trackers.
Don't convert to any lossy format.