Boston, MA (24-Oct-89)

RATING NOTE: 1989 shows in this video quality are hard to come by, hence, a 5-Star rating seems appropriate.
BOB DYLAN
The Opera House
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
October 24, 1989
DVDylan ID #627.msu
Masters Series 169.msu

3-4/5-/4+/5+/3+
8-11/13/12/15/9 (avg. 12.25 B+)
Right balcony 10˙
1:32:57:19
PAL

DIFFERENCES & IMPROVEMENTS OVER D627.m/MS-169:
-sound upgraded
-missing parts filled with stills
-different top and track menus

DIFFERENCES & IMPROVEMENTS OVER D838:
-original PAL format (D838 was NTSC sourced from a transcoded source)
-improved color & focus
-sound upgraded but with speed reduced to eliminate most of the need for video cuts
to maintain a/v sync
-split into two DVDs for higher bitrate
-audio only songs restored, 25-Oct-1989 songs not included
-different top & track menus

PERFORMANCE/HIGHLIGHTS/SPECIAL MOMENTS:
-very solid, stripped down set
-harp used on “I Believe In You”
-tender take on “Forever Young” with cool tremolo guitar fills by Dylan
-tart electric slide by Smith on “Highway 61 Revisited”
-wonderful acoustic set
-cool harp ending of “Mr. Tambourine Man”
-Dylan blows last line of “The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll” (sings “Now ain’t
the time for your tears” instead of “Now’s the time for your tears”)
-slowed-down “Suddenly, I turned around …” and harp ending verse of “Shelter From The
Storm”
-slow and sinewy workout on “It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry”
-“Most Of The Time” still fresh, having been released September 18, 1989 on OH MERCY,
and dripping with irony
-slowed last verse of “Maggie’s Farm”

DISTANCE/POSITION: 8-11 (unobstructed right balcony shot centered mostly on Dylan knees to waist up with some shots of Smith to his right and numerous of Parker behind; Garnier unseen except his hand on the neck of his bass)

AUDIO: 13 (excellent LB-2237, if a bit harsh; ran ~1.10% faster than video soundtrack so had to be reduced)

STEADINESS: 11 (mostly steady)

HEADS/OBSTRUCTIONS: 15 (virtually unobstructed)

FOCUS: 9 (colors fair/rather dark/soft focus)

EDITING: stills added for missing parts and a few a/v sync adjustments; upgrade audio slowed down to sync with video; audio editing needed to account for cuts in upgrade audio

Filmed by “THE TWO DAVES”
Transferred & disseminated by COOPS2009
Audio recorded by AN UNIDENTIFIED TAPER
Audio shared by OUTSIDETLAW
Edited, sound upgraded & authored by YASSOU

VIDEO SOURCE & LINEAGE:
MS-169
D6 A7 S7 H8 F7 BR4D
74 mins
Taper: “The Two Daves”
Transferred & disseminated by Coops2009
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
Files authored to DVD with Tempgenc DVD Works Author 4
VOB files > MPEG Streamclip 1.9.2 > dv > iMovie 6.0.3

AUDIO SOURCE & LINEAGE:
LB-2237
LB rating: A-
Taper: unidentified
Shared by OutsideTLaw via trade
Camera & editing process not identified
Audio ran faster than the video soundtrack and was reduced 1.10% using Audacity 2.0.0
CDs > hd > aiff files > Toast Titanium 11.0.4 > SD II disk images > Audacity 2.0.0 > -1.10% > aiff files > iMovie 6.0.3

DVD PRODUCTION NOTES: 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-169
Not one of their best it must be said, but a good setlist and a spirited performance nonetheless.

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

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 willbe with original sound though many will feature as sound upgrades eventually with my two mates Yassou and Madhasse helping out

LB NOTES FOR LB 2237:
(46min+46min), version "a"; upgrade in sound over previous version, a different recording;; excellent sound [A-]; drop/cut between cdrs; square wav static d2t7 4:42