Chicago, IL (31-Oct-99)

Center Balcony
4+/5+/4/5/5
12/15/11/14/15 (avg. 13.75 A)
1:31:13::19
NTSC

CONTRAST TO D766.su:
-better audio upgrade source
-video sourced directly from master mini-dv tapes
-divided into two discs for higher bitrate and better reesolution
-more judicious use of stills
-use of jpegs and movie clips where feasible

PERFORMANCE/HIGHLIGHTS/SPECIAL MOMENTS:
-great harp break at end of "Simple Twist Of Fate" w/Dylan turning to acknowledge crowd in seats behind the stage
-Dylan tosses harp to fans in seats behind stage as he exits
-overall great vocal performance, especially "Not Dark Yet"
-scorching "Highway 61 Revisited" with scintillating lead by Charlie
-agile finger picking by Larry on the acoustic numbers

DISTANCE/POSITION: 12 (center balcony; quite effective panning and zooming with attention to all players)

AUDIO: 15 (excellent LB-7154)

STEADINESS: 11 (unsteady and off target at beginning and ends of some songs)

HEADS/OBSTRUCTIONS: 14 (very few obstructions)

FOCUS: 15 (rich colors and good light with steady focus and good resolution)

EDITING: used repeated movie clips and jpegs and to fill some off target or missing parts; otherwise used stills; used alternate audio source to fill 4:12 of opening applause

VIDEO SOURCE & LINEAGE:
2 master mini-dv tapes
Center balcony
4+/3/4/5/5
NTSC
Taper: Unidentified
Shared by Tom P. & raygun
Master mini-dv tapes > CANON ZR700 NTSC Camcorder > iMovie 6.03.

AUDIO SOURCES & LINEAGE:
AS 1: LB-7154
LB rating: A (Disc author gives it an A+)
Taper: Unidentified
flac files shared via DropBox by blindwilly.
flac files > Toast Titanium 11.0.4 > Sd2f disk images > > iMovie 6.0.3

AS 2: LB-4742 (used only 4:12 to fill opening applause)
LB rating: A-
Taper: Unidentified
CDs Shared by OutsideThe Law
CDs > Toast Titanium 11.0.4 > Sd2f 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 7.0.4. Professional Quality 2-pass variable bit rate encoding.

LB notes for LB-7154:
LB-7154, (65min+30min), version "d"; Source: Sonic Studio Mics PA-6 > Sony D8, Transfer: DAT > Sony Standalone CD Burner > FreeRIP (FLAC) > Bulk Rename Utility (Track ID) > Trader's Little Helper (FFP) > Torrent; bittorrent download 01/09; same recording as LB-5625 based on same clapping wavs at end of d1t2 with similar wav and spectral view except levels slightly different; (did not listen to all of this)
square wav/drop d1t8 4:40
Please retain this info file and its LB number as a marker for this lossless set
and if you spread it please list it in the description to avoid others getting duplicates

LB notes for LB-4742:
LB-4742, (67min+27min), version "a"; AUD DAT Master [unknown equipment] > DAT clone(s) > WAV > Soundforge 6.0 > CD Wave > CD > EAC > WAV > FLAC, I did not harm the sound of the recording in any way, This is the not same recording as LB-1316. d101 and d1t02 of this set come from yet another master, and were already tacked onto my original DAT which started out at 44.1 kHz and changed to 48 kHz after d1t02, This is a new crossfaded version I did using a complete version of this master which I recently received; bittorrent download 04/07; some occasional scratchiness like around d2t1 5:15 which makes it harsher; excellent sound [A-]; in comparison to LB-1316 that one sounds more muffled on the quiet songs and this sounds harsh on the loud songs
a few spots of occasional distortion like around d2t1 5:15 which makes it harsher