Des Moines, IA (28-Aug-04)

BOB DYLAN
Sec Taylor Stadium
Des Moines, Iowa, USA
August 28, 2004
DVDylan ID #440.su

3➛5+/5-/5/5/5-
8➛15/13/14/13 (avg. 13.75 A)
Right floor 50˙
1:28:32:07
NTSC

IMPROVEMENTS OVER & DIFFERENCES FROM D440:
-sound upgraded
-split show into 2 DVDs for higher bitrate
-filled gaps between songs with fills for smoother transitions

PERFORMANCE/HIGHLIGHTS/LOWLIGHTS/SPECIAL MOMENTS:
-"Heartland" w/Willy Nelson & Sons
-Willy's son's (Michael?) lead on "Heartland"
-searing leads by Larry on "Highway 61" and "Summer Days," though you never see him
-interesting arrangement of "Moonlight"
-Stu also pulls out a cool lead on "Summer Days"
-Elana Fremerman's Bob Will's-style fiddle on "Floater"
-"Mad Dog" Tommy Morrongiello's guest guitar or "Summer Days"
-powerful "Hollis Brown" and "Hard Rain"
-nice to see so much of Stu, but not so nice not to see much of Larry,
-Bob's 'dancing' during "Honest With Me"
-plenty of tasty harp

DISTANCE/POSITION: 8➛15 (Right floor 50˙ in the right-field stands behind what looks like a porta-potty/slight left tilt; effective zooming but panning limited due to far right position; camera mostly on Dylan with plenty of Stu; others rarely seen)

AUDIO: 15 (stellar recording)

STEADINESS: 14 (mostly steady)

HEADS/OBSTRUCTIONS: 14 (mostly unobstructed)

FOCUS/COLOR/LIGHT: 14 (color and light quite good/focus a little on the soft side; close-ups test camera's capacity for sharpness)

EDITING: Original author of D440 apparently edited a VHS or dv tape and paused between songs to prepare each one individually, thus leaving gaps and sound drops at the end of songs and VCR time stamps when play resumed; author of D440.su used stills to fill the gaps and most of the shots of the tape counter caused by the pauses.

Special thanks for the video to AN UNIDENTIFIED TAPER & MARKITOS.
Additional thanks for the audio to TRAVELIN' MAN RECORDS (TAPER F) & BLINDWILLY.
Thanks for help identifying video sources to MARY, SILENTYPE & JOE1235.
Edited, sound upgraded & authored by YASSOU.

VIDEO SOURCES & LINEAGE:
D440 (original source):
Taper: Unknown
Disc author: unknown
DVD shared by MARKITOS.
DVDylan rating: 43554
Position: Right floor 50˙
Running time: 1:17:35
Format: NTSC
Unknown camera > NTSC video tape > unknown editing/authoring process > DVD > VOB files > MPEG Streamclip 1.9.2 > dv > iMovie 6.0.3

AUDIO SOURCE & LINEAGE:
LB-7871
Taper: Travelin' Man Records (Taper F)
LB-rating: A
Shared by blindwilly.
Location: DFC from stage
Config: hat mount
Source: Schoeps mk41 > KCY 250/2I > Sonosax SX-M2-LS/2 > SBM-1 > D100
Conversion: D8 > 7-pin Oade optical > PC
DropBox > CDs > Toast Titanium 11.0.4 > SD II disc 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)