Manchester, UK (03-Apr-95)

3-4/5+/3/3/4
8-11/15/8/8/11 (avg. 10.50 B-/B)
Right balcony 10˙
1:38:26:17
PAL

DIFFERENCES AND IMPROVEMENTS OVER D358.msu/MS-159.msu:
-missing and obstructed parts filled, where possible, with clips from the alternate camera
-different top and track menus

PERFORMANCE/HIGHLIGHTS/SPECIAL MOMENTS:
-yet another solid show from the 1995 European Spring tour, but not as well-filmed as
some of the others
-first “Where Teardrops Fall” since Kingston, May 30, 1990
-Dylan sings several songs sans guitar, center stage
-another great acoustic set highlighted by Jackson’s acoustic guitar & Baxter’s
mandolin & dobro; the highlight is “Gates Of Eden” with very cool acoustic guitar
from Dylan
-great, sustained harp, on “Mr. Tambourine Man” & “Boots Of Spanish Leather”
-enthusiastic crowd response to “Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat” and sings along on
choruses of “It Ain’t Me, Babe”

DASH-F RATING FOR MAIN CAMERA (MS-160) (MS-034 affords good close-up shots of Dylan, but, is shakier and more obstructed than MS-160):

DISTANCE/POSITION: 8-12 (right balcony 10˙) Panning limited by bodies on left and right. Camera mostly fixed on Dylan knees to waist-up with other players seen when camera zooms out or when near Dylan.

AUDIO: 15 (excellent LB-7196) (some static near end of “Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues,” during “All Along The Watchtower” and during “To Ramona”) (had cuts before encores that were filled with extracted audio from the video soundtrack)

STEADINESS: 8 (addition of MS-034 footage kicks this rating up a notch from 7 to 8)

HEADS/OBSTRUCTIONS: 8 (addition of MS-034 footage kicks this rating up from 7 to 8)

FOCUS: 11 (good color & and mostly adequate light; focus goes in and out due to obstructions and darkness when house lights are dimmed)

EDITING: editor filled numerous missing and obstructed parts with stills and clips from the alternate camera where possible (see setlist details)

Concert #659 of The Never-Ending Tour
Bob Dylan (vocal, acoustic & electric guitar, harp)
Bucky Baxter (pedal steel guitar, electric lap steel guitar, dobro, mandolin)
John Jackson (acoustic & electric guitar)
Tony Garnier (electric & standup bass)
Winston Watson (drums & percussion)

Thanks to the filmers “THE TWO DAVES” & “AN”
Master video transferred & disseminated by COOPS2009
Audio recorded by LEGENDARY TAPER D
Audio shared by OUTSIDETLAW
Edited, sound upgraded & authored by YASSOU

VIDEO SOURCES & LINEAGE:
MS-160/D699.m
D4 A8 S6 H6 F8 BR5
82 mins
Taper: “The Two Daves”
transferred & disseminated by Coops2009
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-160 vob files > MPEG Streamclip 1.9.2 > dv > iMovie 6.0.3

MS-034/D950.m
D7 A8 S5 H7 F9 SC
94 min
Taper: AN
transferred & disseminated by Coops2009
National Panasonic Super-VHS NVS-85B camcorder > LG DRT389H in HQ mode using a super-vhs transfer cable. The disc then menued and prepared in TempgenC Authoring works 4
Transferred from the original camera, a National Panasonic Super-VHS NVS-85B camcorder /Users/georgespanos/Desktop/MS -160 Manchester1995-04-03/MS-160.mu2:D699.mu2/D-2 iMov + mov/MS-160.mu2:D699.mu2 (D-2).iMovieProject/Media/end applause 04.aiff
to a LG DRT389H in HQ mode using a super-vhs transfer
cable. The disc then menued and prepared in TempgenC Authoring works 4
MS-034 vob files > MPEG Streamclip 1.9.2 > dv > iMovie 6.0.3

AUDIO SOURCE & LINEAGE:
LB-7196
Taper:Legendary Taper D
Shared by OutsideTLaw via CD trade
LB rating: A
Sennheiser MKE2002 -> portable DATrecorder - clone -> (digital transfer) m-audio delta audiophile 2496 -> Wavelab -> ssrc -> cdwave for tracking -> tlh
CDs > hd > aiff files > Toast Titanium 11.0.4 > SD II disk images > 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)

ADDITIONAL COOPS2009 NOTES FOR MS-160/D699.m:
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

ADDITIONAL EDITING NOTES:
MS-160/D699.m is more complete than D699, which used blank frames to fill clips & cuts.
MS-034/D950.m afforded good close-ups, but was of limited use due to unsteadiness and obstructions. Still, the chosen fills improved the steadiness and obstruction ratings.
Bonus tracks “I Want You” “All Along The Watchtower” on D699 and not included.

ADDITIONAL LB NOTES FOR LB-7196:
bittorrent download 02/09; same recording as LB-1032, LB-1277, and LB-1912 based on same clapping wavs at end of d2t6; similar wav and spectral view and levels to LB-1032 and LB-1912; this does not have all the flaws on those; excellent sound [A]
drop/cut end of d2t4, d2t5
cut before encore
I did not harm the sound of the recording in any way

ADDITIONAL LB NOTES FOR LB-11787 WITH REFERENCE TO LB-7196:
in 3-way comparison these are different recordings based on different crowd at end of t1; ltd LB-7196 has fullest warmest sound, then this, and then LB-5335 is much narrower and harsher sound; excellent sound [A]