London/Hammersmith (24-Nov-03)

3-5+/5/4+/4+/5+
9-15/14/12/12/15 (avg. 13.25 A-)
Center balcony
1:52:17:39
PAL

DIFFERENCES & IMPROVEMENTS TO D318.msu:
-filled missing songs, off-target parts & cuts with footage & stills from other
cameras where feasible
-different title & track menus

PERFORMANCE/HIGHLIGHTS/SPECIAL MOMENTS:
-Dylan strictly on piano/no guitar
-stellar setlist
-lots of harp/“Drifter’s Escape” quite energetic
-a mean performance of “Cry A While”
-tender vocal on “Girl Of The North Country”
“Romance In Durango” the surprise highlight of the show which was last performed in
1976 and hasn’t been performed again as of this posting (May 2, 2016)
-terrific vocal on “Dear Landlord”
-cool fiddle by Koella on “Floater (Too Much To Ask)”
-crowd found lyrics of “Million Miles” to be quite humorous
-up-tempo rendition of “Jokerman”
-crowd enjoys Bob’s dancing on “Honest With Me”
-cool bass runs by Campbell on “Cat’s In The Well” with Koella handling the lead with
aplomb
-Tony laughing and fist-pumping after Dylan introduces Recile as “the finest drummer
on the stage”

RATING DETAILS FOR D318.mu2 (see Video Sources below for details on other sources):
DISTANCE/POSITION: 9-15 center balcony (shot from behind balcony rail so filmer had to zoom in on Dylan; filmer had some problems as evidenced by the six missing songs and the clips and end cuts on other songs; still, some great footage here with great close-ups; Dylan and Koella mostly in the picture, with occasional pans to Recile, Garnier and Campbell)

AUDIO: 14 (LB-1354/LB rating: A) when listened to by the disc author on a DVD player and external speakers, Dylan’s voice sounded a bit echoey and the bass a bit too heavy; the listener may wish to use their equalizer)

STEADINESS: 12 (quite steady once the songs get started and the filmer stabilizes the camera)

HEADS/OBSTRUCTIONS: 12 (lip of balcony railing visible when filmer zooms out; mostly unobstructed once the songs get started and the filmer zooms in)

FOCUS: 15 (rich color and excellent light; sharp focus except on extreme close-ups)

EDITING: stills added where necessary, mostly on transitions and starts of songs (see setlist details)

VIDEO SOURCES & LINEAGE:
MS-177/D318.m (main source; used unless otherwise noted)
Filmer: “The Two Daves”
missing six songs
Transferred & disseminated by COOPS2009
D7 A8 S8 H7 F8 BL4 64 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
vob files > hd > MPEG Streamclip 1.9.2 > dv > iMovie 6.0.3

MS-056/D835.m
Filmer: The Ghost
missing 11 songs
Transferred & disseminated by Coops2009
30 mins
D7 A8 S6 H7 F8 BL5
Filmed on a Sony DV Camcorder, model unknown
Audio Mpeg 2 stereo 48 Khz
Video
MPEG 2 sys bitrate 10080 kb/s VBR
Pic 720 x 576 ratio 4.3 PAL
Pics/s 25 000 Frames/s 25 000
Info file View Info file (1.53 KB)
Transferred to dvd via a Panasonic a NV-DS1
menued with Tempgenc DVD Author 4.3
vob files > hd > MPEG Streamclip 1.9.2 > dv > iMovie 6.0.3

D280
Filmer: unidentified
missing 7 songs
Transferred & disseminated by an unknown person
Obtained via trade
DVDylan info: 54435/Right balcony 10˙/1:01/PAL
No info regarding camera or processing
vob files > hd > MPEG Streamclip 1.9.2 > dv > iMovie 6.0.3

D325
Filmer: unidentified
missing 1 song
horizontal tracking line at top of screen appears on two songs
Transferred & disseminated by an unknown person
Shared by mary via DropBox
DVDylan info: 54535/Left balcony 50˙/1:28/PAL
No info regarding camera or processing
vob files > hd > MPEG Streamclip 1.9.2 > dv > iMovie 6.0.3

AUDIO SOURCE & LINEAGE:
LB-1354
LB rating: A
Recorded by SPOT
Shared by Markitos
no information on equipment or processing
shn files > hd > xACT 2.37 > aiff > 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)

COOPS2009 NOTES FOR MS-177:
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-056:
Let me tell you a sad story
This guy goes to the gig with his camera. For some unknown reason the people next to him keep getting up and fetching drinks. Three times in the first three songs I believe! The guys having enough trouble without that. Anyways one of them even leans over and asks for a copy. But the filmer perseveres and eventually things start to come right. Then the woman gets up again! She goes down front and talks to a security and points up to her seat!. Then Bob starts "Durango!!" Only time ever in the UK and here is a security guy getting a mate and walking up. Do you stop? Not for this one, he presses on and after the song ends and Bob begins "Dear Landlord" he's pulled. SO as he leaves the venue he has to fiddle and distract security long enough to take out that tape and insert a blank. Soo most of this video is crap, I have never issued it all before but the Durango is just priceless !! Goes to show you can even pull a victory from defeat sometimes. You gotta love it. Oh, and that woman never returned to her seat, just as well!

DVDYLAN.COM NOTES FOR D280:
Pleasant steady and close, very good lighting, superb technical quality. Often partially obscured. (7 songs missing. Other editions listed at DVDylan: D280.su and D280.sse)

DVDYLAN.COM NOTES FOR D325:
Title menu only, no track selection.
This show is also available from different sources on D280 and D318 (original and upgraded versions). Mostly very steady and with very close shots (grainy due to digital zoom - see screenshots). Some minor technical faults. Good sound. (“Drifter’s Escape” missing)

LB NOTES FOR LB-1354:
same unknown taper as Wembley; excellent sound; excellent sound; has very light tv band; drop/cut between cdrs, end of d2t3

RELATED NOTES FROM LB-11653:
in 5-way comparison these are different recordings based on same clapping wavs at end of d1t2; LB-1354 has the fullest warmest sound, then tyrus LB-1365; this (LB-11653) is next fullest; cc LB-1548 (sourced from hv LB-1548) and doberman LB-1461 are less full; (did not listen to all of this)