London/Hammersmith (11-Feb-93)

3-5/5+/4-/5/4-
8-14/14/10/14/12 (avg. 12.00 B+)
Center balcony
2:14:25:01
PAL

DIFFERENCES & IMPROVEMENTS OVER D504.msu:
—filled stills, vertical hold problems and special effects with footage from MS-078
where possible (the MS-078 fills are shakier and not as vivid as MS-139)
-different top and sub-menus

PERFORMANCE/HIGHLIGHTS/SPECIAL MOMENTS:
-Dylan’s extensive use of the acoustic guitar
-Dylan’s thumb + forefinger acoustic and electric guitar technique, e.g., on
“Tomorrow Night” and “All Along The Watchtower”
-long drawn out endings to some songs, e.g., “Tangled Up In Blue” and “Stuck Inside
Of Mobile”
-strong vocals on “What Good Am I” and “I And I”
-stellar backup by Watson and Baxter on “What Good Am I?”
-“I And I” highlighted by Watson’s intense drumming
-moving vocals on “Jim Jones,” “She Belongs To Me” and “It Ain’t Me, Babe”
-incisive harp, especially on “Tangled Up In Blue” and “Simple Twist Of Fate”
-Bucky Baxter’s lap steel on “Watching The River Flow,” pedal steel on “She Belongs
To Me” & dobro on “Desolation Row”
-blistering leads by J.J. Jackson, especially on “All Along The Watchtower”
-nice interplay between J.J. & Dylan on “Highway 61 Revisited” and “Everything Is
Broken”
-rather distracting special effects added by filmer, but filled where possible with
MS-078 footage (see setlist details)

DISTANCE/POSITION: 8-15 (both sources center balcony; effective zooming and panning; focus on Dylan during singing with shots of others during instrumentals)

AUDIO: 15 (excellent LTA/LB-5855 recording)

STEADINESS: 10 (MS-139 a bit jittery; MS-078 shakier)

HEADS/OBSTRUCTIONS: 14 (both sources mostly unobstructed except far left side on long shots blocking J.J. Jackson)

FOCUS: 12 (both sources very good color and adequate light; MS-139 color too vivid under bright lights; focus soft and grainy on close-ups; MS-078 footage has less vivid color)

EDITING: MS-078 footage used where possible for missing songs and parts; MS-139 vertical control issues and distracting special effects filled where possible with MS-078 footage; brief cuts had to added before and during some songs to maintain a/v sync; audio extracted from video soundtrack to fill out ending (see setlist details)

Never-Ending Tour Concert #461
Bob Dylan on vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar and harp
John Jackson on electric and acoustic guitar, banjo
Bucky Baxter on pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar, electric & acoustic slide guitar, dobro, electric mandolin
Tony Garnier on bass
Winston Watson on drums

Special thanks for filming to “THE TWO DAVES” & COOPS2009
Transferred & Disseminated by COOPS2009
Thanks for recording the audio to LEGENDARY TAPER A
Audio shared by OUTSIDETLAW
Edited, sound upgraded & authored by YASSOU

VIDEO SOURCES & LINEAGE:
MS-139
Filmed by “The Two Daves”
Transferred & disseminated by Coops2009
D6 A8 S8 H8 F8 BC4
113 mins
filmer used some distracting special effects
occasional vertical hold problems
time counter left on for last song w/incorrect date
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
MS-139 > VOB files > MPEG Streamclip 1.9.2 > dv > iMovie 6.0.3

MS-078
Filmed by Coops2009
Transferred & disseminated by Coops2009
D6 A8 S7 H8 F8 BC4
119 Mins
DVD Vob format MPEG-2 Sys Bitrate 10080 kb/s VBR
Pic/s 25.000 Frames/s 25/000 Fields/s 50.000
Pal 4.3 format
pic 720x 576
Audio AC3 48 Hz stereo
Camera: no information
Files authored to DVD with Tempgenc DVD Works Author 4
MS-078 > VOB files > MPEG Streamclip 1.9.2 > dv > iMovie 6.0.3

AUDIO SOURCE & LINEAGE:
LB-5855
Taper: Legendary Taper A
Shared by OutsideTLaw via trade
LB rating: A (DVD author gives it an A+)
?? -> portable DATrecorder - clone -> (digital transfer) m-audio delta audiophile 2496 -> Wavelab -> tlh
LB-5855 > hd > Toast Titanium 11.0.4 > SD II disk images > iMovie 6.0.3.

DVD PRODUCTION POROCESS:
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 MS-139:
Courtesy of The Two Daves
Yet another very watchable film.They were on form this tour.
Fourth night of his third and final residency (so far) at Hammersmith. Bob clearly wants to play though and seems reluctant to finish many of the songs.
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-078:
The fourth night of the residency. A nice performance, the group seem well at home now. The songs of course continue to get longer and longer!

LB NOTES FOR LB-5855:
Taper: Legendary Taper A
76min+59min)
Rating: A (DVD author gives it n A+)
LTA; cut before encore, legendary taper A, ?? -> portable DATrecorder - clone -> (digital transfer) m-audio delta audiophile 2496 -> Wavelab -> tlh, I did not harm the sound of the recording in any way
bittorrent download 02/08; in 4-way comparison these are different recordings based on different crowd at beginning of d1t10, this has warmest sound with similar fullness to bootleg If Not For You which has fuller but harsher sound than GD LB-5462
drop d2t5 7:27 not in music