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Position:
Balc. centre
Avg.Rating:
4.0 (4 votes)
DVDylan ID: D351.su
Recording type: Audience
City/Venue: Bally's Grand Hotel, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
Date: Thursday, 20th July 1989
Concert # 107 of The Never-Ending Tour.
Concert # 15 of the 1989 USA Summer Tour.
Concert # 29 with the second Never-Ending Tour Band: Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar), G. E. Smith (guitar), Tony Garnier (bass), Christopher Parker (drums).

Special thanks for the Hi8 tape to TOM P. & RAYGUN.
Additional thanks for the audio to THE UNIDENTIFIED TAPER & BLINDWILLY.
Thanks for help in identifying best video source to MARYMACBEAN.
Edited, sound upgraded & authored by YASSOU.
  • Disc 1 (41:55:09) (Songs 1-8/Tracks 1-8)
    -Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) [opening titles over 16:00 still followed by 12:10 still to fill shaky start; 15-frame still @2:39:06 to fill video glitch]
    -Lenny Bruce [10-frame still added before song for a/v sync; glitch @6:30:21/10-frame still added]
    -John Brown {cut 2:20 @11:35:14/1 still]
    -I Want You [5-frame still added before song for a/v sync]
    -You're A Big Girl Now
    -Highway 61 Revisited
    -Mama, You Been On My Mind
    -It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) [end Disc 1 message; CD split before next song]
  • Disc 2 (41:14:26) (Songs 9-16/Tracks 9-18)
    -Opening Titles [titles over 11:18 clip; added 2-frame still for a/v sync]
    -Boots Of Spanish Leather [27-frame glitch @1:27:21/left untouched]
    -Silvio (Bob Dylan/Robert Hunter)
    -Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
    -Legend In My Time (Don Gibson)
    -In The Garden
    -Like A Rolling Stone [3:25 cut @end/1 still w/fade to encore break; video cut 24:13/cut a/v to match/added 24:13 still + 5 frames for a/v sync]
    -It Ain't Me, Babe
    -Maggie's Farm
    -End Thanks & Credits [thanks/credits/salute/fadeout; let video run another 31:06 to show stagehands/extracted 45:21 from encore applause to fill out credits and end]
» Toggle additional (technical) track info
Number of discs: 2
Running time: 01:23:10
Video standard: NTSC
Authoring: DVDs with menu and chapters are circulating
VIDEO SOURCE & LINEAGE:
Hi8 tape shared by Tom P. & raygun.
Probably 1st gen from master.
4/2/4/5/3- (7/4/8/10/5)
Center balcony
Hi8 tape > Sony Digital Video Camera Recorder (DCR-TRV480) > iMovie 6.0.3.

AUDIO SOURCE & LINEAGE:
LB-2217 (or similar)
LB gives LB-2217 a 'B' rating, but this is better.
Excellent quality (A-)
Sound low for first 28 seconds, but level raised after that.
Taper: Unidentified
Shared via DropBox by blindwilly
flac files> xACT > aiff > Toast Titanium 11.0.4 > disk images > 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)


BOB DYLAN
"A Legend In His Own Time"
Bally's Grand Hotel
Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
July 20, 1989
DVDylan ID #351.su

7/9/8/10/5
Center Balcony
1:23:10:05
NTSC

DASH-F RATING ON 10-POINT SCALE

DISTANCE/POSITION: 7 (Center balcony)
AUDIO: 9
STEADINESS: 8  
HEADS/OBSTRUCTIONS: 10
FOCUS: 5

AVERAGE QUALITY = 8.00 (excludes Distance/Position)
PROS: Excellent audio source; quite steady and unobstructed
CONS: On the dark side; occasional video glitches required patches to keep a/v sync; video source audio runs a bit faster than the video making sync an issue.

VIDEO SOURCE & LINEAGE:
Hi8 tape shared by Tom P. & raygun.
4/2/4/5/3- (7/4/8/10/5)
Center balcony
Hi8 tape > Sony Digital Video Camera Recorder (DCR-TRV480) > iMovie 6.0.3.

AUDIO SOURCE & LINEAGE:
LB-2217 (or similar)
LB gives LB-2217 a 'B' rating, but this is better.
Excellent quality (A-)
Sound low for first 28 seconds, but level raised after that.
Taper: Unidentified
Shared via DropBox by blindwilly
flac files> xACT > aiff > Toast Titanium 11.0.4 > disk images > iMovie 6.0.3.

DISTANCE/POSITION:
Center balcony mostly focused on Dylan with pans to G.E. and Tony and sometimes Parker).

AUDIO:
Excellent. No echo, cuts, or clipping with vocal up front. Sound low for first 28 seconds, but level raised after that.

STEADINESS: Mostly steady

HEADS/OBSTRUCTIONS:
Almost completely unobstructed

FOCUS/COLOR/LIGHT/RESOLUTION:
Good focus but dark venue

EDITING:
Some cuts required patches with stills.

PERFORMANCE/HIGHLIGHTS/SPECIAL MOMENTS:
Nice setlist with cover of "Legend In My Time" (song by Don Gibson) and impassioned performances of "Lenny Bruce" and "John Brown."

Reviewed by yassou on 06th August 2013