London/Wembley (16-Oct-87)

If D511.msu is 5 Stars then this is surely 5+ Stars.

BOB DYLAN
Wembley Arena
London, England, UK
October 16, 1987
DVDylan ID #511.mu2
Masters Series 120.mu2 (2-cam edition)

5/5-/4/4-/4- (with sound upgrade) (D511.msu)
14/13/11/10/10 (with sound upgrade) (D511.msu) (avg. 11.00 B)
Left floor 10˙
2/5-/5/5/4 (with sound upgrade) (D563.su)
5/13/14/14/11 (with sound upgrade) (D563.su)(avg. 13.00 A-)
Left balcony 80˙

1:05:36:00
PAL

DIFFERENCES FROM & IMPROVEMENTS OVER D511.msu:
-used footage from another camera (D536.su)
-filled stills with movie clips
-D536.su clips affords full view of players including the Queens of Rhythm

PERFORMANCE/HIGHLIGHTS/LOWLIGHTS/SPECIAL MOMENTS:
-Fine vocals throughout (tender "Tomorrow Is A Long Time" and wicked "Seeing The Real You At Last"
-Roger McGuinn and Ron Wood on encores
-McGuinn explains false start of "Chimes Of Freedom"
-excellent piano work by Benmont Tench
-alternate lyrics to "Gotta Serve Somebody"
-Great harp on "Shelter From The Storm" and "Forever Young"

DISTANCE/POSITION:
D511.msu: 14 (left floor 10˙ exclusively waist-up on Dylan with very few views of other players/singers) (Filmer did a great job keeping focus on stage despite being in the middle of a rowdy crowd)

D536.su: 5 (shot from left balcony 80˙)

AUDIO: 13 (excellent LTB recording; ran a bit faster than the video soundtrack so had to be slowed 0.5%)

STEADINESS:
D511.msu: 11 (filmer did an admirable job working in a rowdy crowd)

D536.su: 14 (quite steady)

HEADS/OBSTRUCTIONS:
D511.msu10 (shot between crowd and mostly on-target; body on left often blocks out lower left of screen)

D536.su: 14 (mostly unobstructed)

FOCUS/COLOR/LIGHT:
D511.msu: 10 (good color and adequate light; focus fair/a bit grainy)

D536.su: 11 (very good color and light; good focus)

EDITING: D511.msu had cuts and clips that required the use of stills; this item replaces those stills with movie clips from D536.su; some other off-target parts were also replaced with clips from 536.su)

Special thanks for filming the show to "THE TWO DAVES" & MK.
Masters Series 120 video transferred & disseminated by COOPS2009.
D563.su video shared by JMAN.
Audio recorded by LEGENDARY TAPER B.
Audio shared by BLINDWILLY.
Edited, sound upgraded & authored by YASSOU.

VIDEO SOURCES & LINEAGE:
Masters Series 120:
Pal 4.3 Ratio
Mpeg-2 720x576,
25 fps, 7500 kb/s
Audio AC3 STEREO
63 mins
D6 A7 S7 H7 F7 SRD
Video filmed by "THE TWO DAVES."
Video transferred & disseminated by COOPS2009.
master PAL tape > TEMPGEnc 4.3 DVD author > VOB files > DIME tracker > hd > MPEG Streamclip 1.9.2 > dv > iMovie 6.0.3

D563.su (Same source as Masters Series 154, which is not a master, but dubbed from a Umatic tape. This looks closer to the source.)
An HW Sound Upgrade
Filmed by MK
Shared by jman
25554 (DVDylan rating)
Left balcony 80˙
1:10:00.

AUDIO SOURCE & LINEAGE:
LB-5604
Taper: LTB
Shared by: Blindwilly
LB rating: A-
Slowed 0.50% for a/v sync
flac files > private torrent > hd > Toast Titanium 11.0.4 > SD II disk images > Audacity 1.3.7 > -0.50% aiff file > 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)

Coops2009 notes for MS-120:
D6 A7 S7 H7 F7 SRD
63 mins
Pal 4.3 Ratio
Mpeg-2 720x576,
25 fps, 7500 kb/s
Audio AC3 STEREO

Third of 4 nights still in need of sound upgrade though quite listenable. But great show to watch.

Transferred direct from E-C30 master tapes using oroginal panasonic camera to PC via
high gain fore wire. Authored with Tempgenc 4.3 DVD author
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