Cardiff, Wales (06-May-02)

NB: This DVD is sourced from D239.m, which was authored in 4:3 aspect ratio. D239.su was authored in 16:9 aspect ratio. It is unclear if the original film was shot in 4:3 or 16:9. Fortunately, neither DVD appears to be squeezed or stretched.

BOB DYLAN
Cardiff International Arena
Cardiff, Wales, UK
May 6, 2002
DVDylan ID #239.msu

5- ➝ 5+/5/4-/4-/5-
13 ➝ 15/14/10/10/13 (avg. 12.00 B+)
Left balcony 60˙/Left balcony 50˙
2:21:28:23
PAL

IMPROVEMENTS OVER & DIFFERENCES FROM D239.su:
-incorporated a 2nd cam (D988/MS-023)
-split show into 2 DVDs for higher bitrate
-replaced missing, off-target & obstructed parts with stills
-aspect ratio is 4:3 like D239.m (D239.su is 16:9)

PERFORMANCE/HIGHLIGHTS/LOWLIGHTS/SPECIAL MOMENTS:
-a true bummer that "Solid Rock" wasn't filmed; not played in concert after the 2002 tour
-setlist good, performance solid
-"Lonesome Day Blues" particularly well-sung by Bob and played by Larry and Charlie
-sublime "Visons Of Johanna" with haunting harp by Bob
-great harmonies by Charlie and Larry on "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" and Blowin' In The Wind"
-excellent harp by Bob on "Moolight"

DISTANCE/POSITION: 13 ➝ 15 (2 cams - see details below for Video Sources and cam positions) (both cams afford close-ups, but crowd in front of filmers is an issue; Dylan and Larry usually in the picture/other players not so much)

AUDIO: 14 (excellent NTE recording) (editor of CD made cuts between songs to save space thus requiring cuts in video to maintain a/v sync)

STEADINESS: 10 (both cams often shaky due to crowd interference)

HEADS/OBSTRUCTIONS: 10 (cables obstruct VS-1 view on long shots; both cams go off-target as filmer deals with crowd)

FOCUS/COLOR/LIGHT: 13 (fine color & light; focus generally good)

EDITING: used stills for missing & off-target shaky parts (see setlist details); video cut before some songs to account for cuts in audio

Special thanks for the video to THE GHOST, AN UNIDENTIFIED TAPER & COOPS2009.
Additional thanks for the audio to NTE & BLINDWILLY.
Edited, sound upgraded & authored by YASSOU.

VIDEO SOURCES & LINEAGE:
VS-1: D239.m (MS-102)
Rating on 10-point scale: D9 A8 S8 H8 F8
Position: Left balcony 60˙
2:20
PAL
Taper: The Ghost
Shared by: coops2009 via bit torrent
Camera: Canon digital camcorder (unknown model)
Lineage: Canon digital camcorder (unknown model) > hard drive using Sony Hi 8 TR720E > TEMPGEnc DVD Author 4.3 > VOB files > bit torrent > hard drive > MPEG Streamclip 1.9.2 > iMovie 6.0.3

VS-2: D988 (MS-023)
Rating on 10-point scale: D7 A8 S7 H7 F8
Position: Left balcony 50˙
26:00
PAL
Taper: Unidentified
Shared by: coops2009 via bit torrent
Camera: Panasonic NV-DS1
Lineage: Panasonic a NV-DS1 > hard drive in HQ with Sony DVDrecorder using a high gain dv firewire (original camera used for transfer) > TEMPGEnc DVD Author 4.3 > VOB files > bit torrent > hard drive > MPEG Streamclip 1.9.2 > iMovie 6.0.3

AUDIO SOURCE & LINEAGE:
LB-5251
LB rating: A
Taper: NTE
Shared by blindwilly via private torrent
LB-5251 flac files > private torrent > hard drive > Toast Titanium 11.0.4 > SD II > iMovie 6.0.3

DVD PRODUCTION PROCESS:
Produced by yassou on a MacBook Pro running Lion 10.7.5 and Apple software.
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 VIDEO SOURCES:
D239.m (MS-102)
Masters series 102
D9 A8 S8 H8 F8 I BL6
140 mins
Well another first for me, my first triple DVD set, and this video
is missing 2 songs also! another example of how sometimes you luck
is all you need, The taper had filmed at this venue before
but was unaware there was a balcony. He'd got a seat in the second
row near the stage so was hopeful. Then when he got there it turns
out this is a 3 row balcony only!! added to which security kept coming,
in, probabkly to make sure that in a paroxysm of ectasy we weren't
throwing ourselves over the balcony. Looked bad, then he noticed the
guy almost in front of him was amate ! Lets call him Paul, the
nice man offered our taper a front row seat, not his, but his sons!!
So to the front row, There is a rail on the balcony wall so the taper
leant on the rail and leaned over his camera. I cannot imagine
why it worked but it did. We get a VERY close film of the show.
Amazing stuff.
Filmed on a Canon digital camcorder (unknown model)
Transferred to hard drive using a Sony Hi 8 TR720E
Menu created with TEMPGENC DVD AUTHOR 4.3
This film has never previously been shared from the master.
TECHY STUFF
DVD VOB Fornmat
MPEG-2
Sys bitrate 10080 kb/s VBR
Audio AC3 stereo
Pics 25.000 Frames/s 25.000 Fields/s 50.000 pic 720 x 576 ratio 4.3
PA

D988 (MS-023):
D7 A8 S7 H7 F8 BL5 26:00
This is the last part of stage one of my Masters Series these are those of my retired friend but others will follow. It will be a long series if we do them all. This is the last of his DV tapes. A gap will follow as I sort out the S-vhs tapes, won't be long!
A rather short film due to more zealous security.
All will be HQ mode so apologies that this creates extra discs but I am determined to preserve the quality as far as possible.
Finally a word of thanks is owed to my generous friend for supplying them and my other very helpful friends who have aided in locating cameras and things and now left therby making all the work (and tapes!) possible. Well I don't sleep a lot anyways !!
I've been a Bob collector a very long time and many of my trading buddies have gone on to be real friends. If your a later "net collector" try an get to know those annoymous people you contact, we all get older an one day you suddenly realise that. Many of my taping buddies have gone on to be real friends. Don't remain totally annoymous, we all need friends. I still try, though it ain't easy. Hi George ! Hi Peter! an my retired mate? Well no doubt I will see him at the coming October shows, an we'll share a pint (I doubt he has given THAT up!)
OK this was
filmed on a Panasonic a NV-DS1,
transferred in HQ mode to Sony DVDrecorder. Using a high gain dv firewire
Original camera used for transfer
menued with TEMPGENC Dvd author 4.3
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LB NOTES FOR LB-5251:
Taper: NTE
LB rating: A
2 CDRs (68 min/74 min)
bittorrent download 08/07; levels a little low; excellent sound [A]; this is a close eac match to LB-0262 on d1t3; in 3-way comparison these are different recordings based on having different crowd at end of d1t3 with this being the warmest most natural sound making LB-0270 sound harsh and hollow and cc LB-0844 sound harsh
drop d1t1 0:09l drop/cut between cdrs
Source: Low-gen audio disks (dBpowerAMP set to compression level 6) flac.