Liverpool, UK (27-Jun-96)

The Empire
Liverpool, England, UK
June 27, 1996
DVDylan ID #217.mu2
Masters Series #162.mu2

4-5+/5/3/3/5-
11-15/14//8/13 (avg. 10.25 B)
Left balcony 10˙
1:51:58:05
PAL

DIFFERENCES AND IMPROVEMENTS OVER D217.msu/MS-162.msu:
-missing and obstructed parts filled with clips from alternate camera or stills if
necessary
-different top and track menus

PERFORMANCE/HIGHLIGHTS/SPECIAL MOMENTS:
-great setlist highlighted by “When I Paint My Masterpiece” and “Seven Days”
-Al Kooper sits in on organ; quite effective on “Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues” and
quite spooky on “Ballad Of A Thin Man”
-Kooper has a mic, but it’s unclear if he does any backup vocals
-nice pedal steel by Baxter on “Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You”
-strong electric takes on “All Along The Watchtower” and “Silvio”
-very moving performance of “Mr. Tambourine Man” with cool acoustic interplay between
Jackson and Dylan and a fine harp solo
-terrific performance of “John Brown” w/Jackson on banjo and Dylan’s singing and lead
acoustic highly evocative; Garnier’s bass and Watson’s drum create a thumping
backdrop
-Dylan apparently comes in late on last verse of “Ballad Of A Thin Man” but band
adapts nicely
-wonderful take on “When I Paint My Masterpiece” with Kooper’s organ sounding like an
accordion at times
-Dylan introduces Winston Watson as being from Chicago; he’s from Tucson and quips the All Kooper “still looks good”
-smoking hot guitar by Jackson on “Alabama Getaway”
-amazing harp solo to end “It Ain’t Me, Babe”

DASH-F RATING FOR MS-162 (see VIDEO SOURCES for MS-088 rating):
DISTANCE/POSITION: 11-15 (center balcony) (obstructions in front forced close focus on Dylan mostly chest-up with occasional panning to other players)

AUDIO: 14 (excellent LB-6903; occasional light static)

STEADINESS: 8 (often shaky, but watchable and improved over D217.msu)

HEADS/OBSTRUCTIONS: 8 (bottom part of screen often obstructed, but improved over D217.msu)

FOCUS: 13 (excellent color and adequate light; sometimes unfocused or off-target; sometimes grainy on extreme close-ups)

EDITING: editor filled missing and shaky/obstructed/off-target parts with clips from the alternate camera or stills if necessary

Concert #793 of The Never-Ending Tour
Bob Dylan (vocal, electric & acoustic guitar, harp)
Bucky Baxter (pedal steel guitar & electric slide guitar; backup vocals)
John Jackson (acoustic & electric guitar, banjo; backup vocals)
Tony Garnier (standup & electric bass)
Winston Watson (drums & percussion).
Al Kooper (organ; backup vocals?)

Sincere thanks to the filmers “THE TWO DAVES” & “THE GHOST”
Transferred & disseminated by COOPS2009
Audio recorded by AN UNIDENTIFIED TAPER
Audio shared by OUTSIDETLAW
Edited, sound upgraded & authored by YASSOU

VIDEO SOURCES & LINEAGE:
Masters Series 162
Taper: “The Two Daves”
Transferred & disseminated by Coops2009
D8 A8 S8 H7 F8 BC5
63 mins (incomplete - missing 4 songs; 1 fragmentary song)
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-162 VOB files > hd > MPEG Streamclip 1.9.2 > dv > iMovie 6.0.3

Masters Series 088
Taper: “The Ghost”
Transferred & disseminated by Coops2009
D8 A8 S8 H8 F9 BC4
103 mins
DVD Vob format MPEG-2 Sys Bitrate 10080 kb/s VBR
Pic/s 25.000 Frames/s 25/000 Fields/s 50.000
Pal 4.3 format
pic 720x 576
Audio AC3 48 Hz stereo
filmed on a SONY HI 8 camcorder (exact model not known) transferred on a SONY CCD TR840E HI 8 camcorder via hi gain fire wire to PC with Magix Movie Pro 17 then menued with Tempgenc Authoring Works 4.
MS-088 VOB files > hd > MPEG Streamclip 1.9.2 > dv > iMovie 6.0.3

AUDIO SOURCE & LINEAGE:
LB-6903 (Bootleg: “The Empire Strikes Back” Laughing Camel HUMP 001/002)
LB rating: A
Taper: Unidentified
Shared by OutsideTLaw via trade
cd > ultraplex > eac > wav > flac
CDs > hd > aiff files > Toast Titanium 11.0.4 > SD II disk images > iMovie 6.0.3.

COOPS2009 NOTES FOR MS-162:
Not only are both [Liverpool] shows well filmed they were brilliant concerts
The band an Bob really COOK,, don't miss em.
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.

COOPS2009 NOTES FOR MS-088
The second show if anything a little closer than the previous night
though a few audience members get in the way now an then.
But another very nice film.

LB NOTES FOR LB-6903:
has a tv band on d1t9 and spectral bands at 11.5k and 12.5kdrop/cut between cdrs, end of d2t5, d2t9; light static in crowd d2t7 8:02

LB NOTES FOR LB-7289 w/ref to LB-6903:
In 3-way comparison these are different recordings based on different crowd at beginning of d1t1; bootleg LB-6903 has warmest sound, then this, and then LTJ LB-6258; this is a little more echoey.

DVD PRODUCTION NOTES:
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)
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