London/Hammersmith (13-Feb-93)

BOB DYLAN
Hammersmith Apollo
London, England, UK
February 13, 1993
DVDylan ID #506.mu2
Masters Series #141.mu2

3-5+/5+/4/5-/4+
8-15/15/11/13/12 (avg. 12.75 B+)
Left center balcony 10˙
2:09:48:05
PAL

DIFFERENCES & IMPROVEMENTS OVER D506.msu:
-used two alternate camera angles to fill missing and defective parts
-different top and track menus

PERFORMANCE/HIGHLIGHTS/SPECIAL MOMENTS:
-highly appreciative audience
-Dylan’s extensive, and impressive, use of the acoustic guitar
-Dylan’s part strumming/part picking guitar technique, e.g., on “Tangled Up In Blue,”
“Shooting Star,” and “It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry”
-appearance of Dave Stewart on “Highway 61 Revisited”
-new opening song: “Rainy Day Women #12 & 35” (only performance in the Hammersmith
run)
-“Shooting Star” and “It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry” played for
the only time in the Hammersmith run
-extended endings on some songs, e.g., “Simple Twist Of Fate” and “I And I”
-impassioned vocals on “Shooting Star,” “I And I” and “What Good Am I”
-sinewy and slinky take on “It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry”
-a fine performance of “It Ain’t Me, Babe” with exquisite tremolo mandolin work by
Baxter
-Garnier’s bass work, quite prominent on “Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right”
-“I And I” highlighted by Watson’s intense drumming and Dylan’s wailing vocal
-moving vocal on “Jim Jones”
-incisive, head-clearing harp, especially “Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right” and “It
Ain’t Me, Babe”
-Bucky Baxter’s lap steel on “It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry” and
pedal steel on “What Good Am I”
-the usual fine leads by J.J. Jackson, e.g., on “Shooting Star”
-nice interplay between J.J. Jackson, Stewart & Dylan on “Highway 61 Revisited”
-some distracting special effects added by filmer (see setlist details)

DISTANCE/POSITION: 8-15 (10˙ left center balcony)(effective panning and zooming)

AUDIO: 15 (excellent LTA/LB-5923 recording)

STEADINESS: 11 (sometimes jittery, but impressive control for a hand-held cam)

HEADS/OBSTRUCTIONS: 13 (few audience obstructions)

FOCUS: 12 (excellent color, though too vivid when light are bright; adequate light; mostly good focus, but grainy on extreme close-ups)

EDITING: stills and clips from alternate cameras used for missing parts and special effects; brief cuts had to added before and during some songs to maintain a/v sync; (see setlist details)

Never-Ending Tour Concert #463
Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar)
Bucky Baxter (pedal steel guitar & electric slide guitar)
John Jackson (guitar)
Tony Garnier (bass)
Winston Watson (drums & percussion)
Dave Stewart (electric guitar on “Highway 61 Revisited”)

Special thanks for filming the video to “THE TWO DAVES,” A.N. & COOPS2009
Video transferred & disseminated by COOPS2009
Sincere thanks for recording the audio to LEGENDARY TAPER A
Audio shared by OUTSIDETLAW
Edited, sound upgraded & authored by YASSOU

VIDEO SOURCES & LINEAGE:
Masters Series 141 (D506.m)
Taper: “The Two Daves”
Transferred & disseminated by Coops2009
D6 A8 S8 H7 F8 BC4
119 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
DVD > hd > VOB files > MPEG Streamclip 1.9.2 > dv > iMovie 6.0.3

Masters Series 027 (D956.m):
Taper: AN
Transferred & disseminated by Coops2009
D3 A7 S7 H8 F6 BC4
122:00 mins
DVD VOB format
MPEG-2
Sys bitrate 10080 kb/s VBR
Pal 720x576 4.3 ratio
pics/s 25.000 framess 25.000 fields/s 25.00
National Panasonic Super-VHS NVS-85B camcorder > Philips DVD Recorder in HQ mode using a super-vhs transfer cable. The disc then menued and prepared in TempgenC DVD Author 4.3
DVD > hd > VOB files > MPEG Streamclip 1.9.2 > dv > iMovie 6.0.3

Masters Series-080 (D211.m):
Taper: “Coops2009”
Transferred & disseminated by Coops2009
D6 A7 S7 H8 F8 BC4
112 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
SONY HI 8 camcorder (exact model not known) > SONY CCD TR840E HI 8 camcorder via hi gain fire wire to PC with Magix Movie Pro 17;
menued with Tempgenc Authoring Works 4.
DVD > hd > VOB files > MPEG Streamclip 1.9.2 > dv > iMovie 6.0.3

AUDIO SOURCE & LINEAGE:
Taper: Legendary Taper A
Shared by OutsideTLaw via trade
LB rating: A
78min+53min
legendary taper A, ?? -> portable DATrecorder - clone -> (digital transfer) m-audio delta audioph/Users/georgespanos/Desktop/MS-141.msu:mu2/D506.msu/setlists + details/DASH-F RATING.txtile 2496 -> Wavelab -> tlh
LB-5891 > aiff files > hd > Toast Titanium 11.0.4 > SD II disk images > iMovie 6.0.3.

LB NOTES FOR LB-5981:
cut before encore
I did not harm the sound of the recording in any way
bittorrent download 04/08; excellent sound [A]
small discontinuity pops on right channel d2t5 4:11, 4:22, 4:28, 4:38, 4:44 plus more like this on d2t5 to d2t7

COOPS2009 NOTES FOR MS-141:
Sixth, final 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-027:
This is a continuation of my retired friends original films
Most have been around before but never taken from the Master
recording as these are and in many cases not complete as here.
This flood will be a little slower than the last give you slow uploaders a time to catch up. But to start things off here is a nice hot show from Brixton in '95

COOPS2009 NOTES FOR MS-080:
Sorry been a while life keeps getting in the way !
Anyway Here's the sixth and final night of the residency. A nice performance, the group seem well relaxed and are in good form. The songs of course continue to get longer and longer! Mr Stewart makes a return appearance on Highway 61 Revisited
I would say this is a little more obstructed than the previous show but its still quite watchable.

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