New York, NY (18-Oct-90)

NOTE: The emergence of an alternative camera source (D2063) made this upgrade possible. While 2063 was quite good, the D273 footage was better, so it seemed worthwhile to produce this item as a companion to D2063.2.

4+/5-/5-/5-/5-
12/13/13/13/13 (avg. 13.00 A-)
Right balcony 30˙
Left Balcony 20˙
1:27:09:05
NTSC

DIFFERENCES FROM D273:
-sound upgraded with LB-8958
-does not include outside of venue shots

DIFFERENCES FROM D273.su:
-split into 2 DVD’s so higher bitrate and sharper video resolution
-missing songs filled with footage from alternate camera
-improved a/v sync w/no gaps

DIFFERENCES FROM D2063.2:
-used mostly D273 footage
-sourced from D273, not D273.su, so lower gen video

PERFORMANCE/HIGHLIGHTS/SPECIAL MOMENTS:
-setlist heavy on 60s classics
-enthusiastic, sometimes unruly, crowd
-lots of harp
-John Staehely guest guitarist on songs 1-4
-Carl Denson’s tenor saxophone on “Gotta Serve Somebody” and “Masters
Of War”
-Smith’s sinewy electric leads, especially on “Joey” and “Like A Rolling Stone”
-fine acoustic set w/“Gates Of Eden” strongly delivered
-cool acoustic guitar interplay by Smith and Dylan during acoustic set
-spirited “Wiggle Wiggle” with fancy footwork and clapping by Dylan
-moving performances of “Shooting Star” and “I Believe In You”

DISTANCE/POSITION:
D273: 10 Right balcony 30˙ (relatively unobstructed/close zooming on Dylan)
D2063: 12 Left Balcony 20˙ (partially obstructed position/limited zooming & panning)

AUDIO:
JC: 11 (soundtrack of D2063; not in general circulation as of November 18, 2017)
LB-8958: 13 (tempo reduced 0.9965%)

STEADINESS:
D2063: 9 (obstructions affected steadiness)
D273: 13 (mostly unobstructed balcony position helped taper keep things steady)

HEADS/OBSTRUCTIONS:
D2063: 9 (camera often blocked by heads and bodies)
D273: 13 (camera mostly avoided obstructions)

FOCUS:
D2063: 11 (rather dark)
D273: 13 (good color/light/focus)

EDITING:
-missing parts of D273 filled w/D2063 footage
-reduced tempo of LB-8958 0.9965% to sync with D273 soundtrack
-removed frames as necessary to maintain a/v sync
-extracted audio from video soundtrack as needed to to fill gaps in upgrade audio

Concert # 240 of The Never-Ending Tour
Bob Dylan (vocal, electric & acoustic guitars, harp)
G. E. Smith (electric & acoustic guitars)
Tony Garnier (electric & standup bass)
Christopher Parker (drums & percussion)
John Staehely (guitar) (1-4)
César Diaz (guitar) (1-4, 5-7, 12-16, 18)
Carl Denson (tenor saxophone) (5-6)

Thanks for the video to AN UNKNOWN TAPER & CJ GHOST
Thanks for the audio to JF & JC
Thanks for editing & authoring to AN UNKNOWN EDITOR & COOPS2009
Edited & authored by YASSOU

VIDEO SOURCES (see links below):
D2063: http://dvdylan.com/dvd/D2063 (DVDylan rating 3/4/4/4/4) [used only for missing
parts of D273]
D273: http://dvdylan.com/dvd/D273 (DVDylan rating: 4/3/4/5/4) [used unless otherwise
noted]

AUDIO SOURCES:
Uncirculating JC audio from D2063 used for clips from that footage.
LB-8958 ((tempo reduced 0.9965%)

DVD PRODUCTION PROCESS:
Lineage: VOB files > MPEG Streamclip 1.9.2 > dv > iMovie 6.0.3 > iDVD 7.1.2 > VIDEO_TS FOLDER > you
Produced by yassou on a MacBook Pro running Sierra 10.12.6 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).
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