Cardiff, Wales (27-Mar-95)

BOB DYLAN
International Centre Arena
Cardiff, Wales, UK
March 27, 1995
DVDylan ID #214.msu
Master Series #153.msu

3-5+/5+/5-/5-/5-
8-15/15/13/13/13 (avg. 13.50 A-)
Right balcony 40˙
1:45:10:45
PAL

DIFFERENCES & IMPROVEMENTS OVER PREVIOUS EDITIONS
-original PAL format (D214/D214.su were transcoded to NTSC)
-missing, cut and clipped songs filled with stills
-sound upgraded
-new top and track menus

PERFORMANCE/HIGHLIGHTS/SPECIAL MOMENTS:
-setlist heavy on 60’s songs (10 out of 15)
-strong vocals throughout, several with Dylan center stage sans guitar
-as tight a band as you’re going to hear
-Baxter’s attire looks like that of a cattleman on the Great Plains in
the winter
-another meaty and mean “Down In The Flood”
-impassioned vocal and wailing harp on “Señor”
-Watson’s pulsating drumming on “Tangled Up In Blue”
-soulful lead by Jackson on “Born In Time”
-excruciatingly tender vocal and harp on “Mr. Tambourine Man” with great dobro by
Baxter
-terrific arrangement of “Boots Of Spanish Leather”
-a majestic, 9-1/2 minute performance “Desolation Row”
-“Dignity” (in word, in deed, and in-the-flesh!)
-Baxter unseen but excellent pedal steel on “She Belongs To Me”
-Dylan says after the band intros: “Anyway, we’re gonna get out of
here right now ‘cause we got places to go and things to do.”
-Baxter excellent mandolin on “Boots Of Spanish Leather” and “It Ain’t Me,
Babe”
-cool guitar interplay by Jackson and Dylan on “Like A Rolling Stone”
-another smoking hot “Maggie’s Farm”
-great, convincing vocal on “Like A Rolling Stone” with clapping crowd
-fine acoustic arrangement of “It Ain’t Me, Babe” with crowd singing along
on chorus (one would hate to be the female object of this performance
and the preceding “Like A Rolling Stone”)
-Jackson’s slide guitar on “Highway 61 Revisited” with Dylan handling the
electric lead with aplomb
-Garnier’s solid bass work throughout, especially his descending bass
line on “Like A Rolling Stone” and standup bass on the acoustic numbers

DISTANCE/POSITION: 8-15 (right balcony 40˙) (camera follows Dylan with some panning and zooming from full stage to close on Dylan’s face; Baxter on far right rarely seen except when standing next to Garnier; Watson only seen on some zoom outs; Jackson frequently on screen)

AUDIO: 15 (superlative LB-1626; has small drops before some songs, probably vestiges of song breaks)

STEADINESS: 12 (sometimes jittery and shaky, especially between songs or cut parts, but quite watchable)

HEADS/OBSTRUCTIONS: 12 (occasionally obstructed)

FOCUS: 12 (good color/too vivid in reds and oranges/adequate light/sometimes unfocused; grainy on extreme closeups)

EDITING: missing song, cuts, clips and transitions between songs filled w/stills, and to maintain a/v sync (see setlist details)

Concert #654 of The Never-Ending Tour
Bob Dylan (vocal, acoustic & electric guitar, harp)
Bucky Baxter (pedal steel guitar, electric slide guitar, dobro, mandolin)
John Jackson (acoustic & electric guitar)
Tony Garnier (electric & standup bass)
Winston Watson (drums & percussion)

Video courtesy of “THE TWO DAVES”
Master video transferred & disseminated by COOPS2009
Audio recorded by AN UNIDENTIFIED TAPER
Audio shared by OUTSIDETLAW
Edited, sound upgraded & authored by YASSOU

VIDEO SOURCE & LINEAGE:
MS-153/D214.m
Filmed by “The Two Daves”
Master transferred & disseminated by Coops2009
D6 A8 S8 H8 F8 BR3 93 mins
VIDEO : Mpeg-2, 720 x 576. 25 fps, pic ratio 4.3. PAL
AUDIO : AC3 Dolby Digital, 48000 Hz, stereo 38.4 kb/s
EC30 tapes transferred to PC via a Panasonic NV-W1 Professional triple standard vhs machine.
Files authored to DVD with Tempgenc DVD Works Author 4
MS-153 VOB files > hd > MPEG Streamclip 1.9.2 > iMovie 6.0.3

AUDIO SOURCE & LINEAGE:
LB-1626
LB rating: A-
Taper: Unidentified
Shared by OutsideTLaw via trade
unknown camera
unknown editing & authoring process
LB-1626 flac files > hd > Toast Titanium 11.0.4 > SD II disk images > iMovie 6.0.3.

DVD PRODUCTION PROCESS:
All work done on MacBook Pro running El Capitan OS 10.11.1 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)

COOPS2009 NOTES FOR MS-152:
Remember even if you have some of the Daves films already that at best your copies will be 2 generations poorer than anything in the Masters series, so get em all.
These will be with original sound though many will feature as sound upgrades eventually with my two mates Yassou and Madhasse helping out

LB NOTES FOR LB-1626:
Another in the series of 1995 off-masters.
Unknown taper
Lots of small drops d1t7, d1t8, d2t1 plus a few more afterward
Excellent (A-)

COOPS2009 NOTES FOR MS-153:
Remember even if you have some of the Daves films already that at best your copies
will be 2 generations poorer than anything in the Masters series, so get em all.
These will be with original sound though many will feature as sound upgrades eventually with my two mates Yassou and Madhasse helping out