DVDylan ID: D691.msu
Recording type: Audience
City/Venue: Manchester, England, UK/NYNEX Arena
Date: Thursday, 25th June 1998


3-5+/5+/4/4/5-
8-15/15/11/11/13 (avg. 12.50 B+)
Left balcony 30˙
1:30:00:00
PAL

DIFFERENCES & IMPROVEMENTS TO MS-691.m:
-sound upgraded
-filled missing songs, off-target parts & cuts with stills, where feasible
-different title & track menus

PERFORMANCE/HIGHLIGHTS/SPECIAL MOMENTS:
-great performances of all songs, especially "I Want You" and "Mama, You Been On My
Mind"
-Dylan does a fair bit of mugging and posing
-great crowd sing-along on “Blowin’ In The Wind”
-“Make You Feel My Love” quite moving
-fine acoustic set, especially “Masters Of War”
-Campbell's leads on the rockers, especially "Highway 61 Revisited"
-highly engaged Dylan, mugging and gesturing to crowd frequently/salutes after "Highway 61 Revisited"
-enthusiastic, but respectful crowd

DISTANCE/POSITION: 8-15 left balcony 30˙ (effective zooming; close views of Dylan, Campbell and Garnier, not much Baxter, hardly any Kemper; camera often tilted to the left)

AUDIO: 14 (excellent with minimal crowd chatter)

STEADINESS: 11 (crowd in front presents some control problems)

HEADS/OBSTRUCTIONS: 12 (bodies in front offered a narrow window)

FOCUS: 13 (rich color and excellent light; reds on the vivid sign)

EDITING: stills added where necessary; unfortunately, filmer left time stamp, which cannot be removed (see setlist details)

Concert #994 of The Never-Ending Tour
Bob Dylan (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars)
Bucky Baxter (pedal steel guitar, electric slide guitar, mandolin, backup vocals)
Larry Campbell (acoustic & electric guitars, backup vocals)
Tony Garnier (electric & standup bass)
David Kemper (drums & percussion)

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

VIDEO SOURCE & LINEAGE:
MS-172/D691.m
Taper: “The Two Daves”
Transferred & disseminated by Coops2009
D4 A8 S7 H7 F7 BL3
79 mins
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
vob files > MPEG Streamclip 1.9.2 > dv > iMovie 6.0.3

AUDIO SOURCE & LINEAGE:
LB-4898
LB-rating: A
Taper: Legendary Taper J
Shared by OutsideTLaw via trade
DAT clone(s) > Sony DAT Deck DTC-59 ES > Marantz PMD 670 Professional > SanDisc 2.0 GB CompactFlash Card > Peak Pro 4.14 (tracking) > Xact 1.59 > FLACs
(except track 1) DAT clone(s) >? >? > FLAC (file and patching from Oecourt)
CDs > hd > aiff files > Toast Titanium 11.0.4 > SD II disk images > iMovie 6.0.3.

DVD PRODUCTION PROCESS:
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-172:
Not only are these shows well filmed but they were brilliant concerts
The band an Bob really COOK,, don't miss em.
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.

LB NOTES FOR LB-4898:
Track 1 was patched from an other clone of the same recording since my DAT tape had drops. Thank you very much for your great help, Oecourt! Without you this torrent would not be possible.

Reviewed by yassou on 05th April 2016