DVDylan ID: D847.2
Recording type: Audience
City/Venue: Manchester, England, UK/NYNEX Arena
Date: Thursday, 25th June 1998


Left rear 20˙ & Right rear 40˙
5-/5/4/4/5- (combined rating of edited sources w/upgraded sound)
13/14/11/11/13 (avg. 12.25 B+)
1:31:13:17
PAL

CONTRAST TO D847:
-split into 2 discs for higher bitrate/better resolution
-used master for the right balcony angle (D220.m/Masters Series 097)
-more precise editing and use of the two video sources

PERFORMANCE/HIGHLIGHTS/SPECIAL MOMENTS:
-great performances of all songs, especially "I Want You" and "Mama, You Been On My Mind"
-Campbell's leads on the rockers, especially "Highway 61 Revisited"
-highly engaged Dylan, mugging and gesturing to crowd frequently/salutes after "Highway 61 Revisited"
-wildly enthusiastic crowd

(ratings below are averages for the two camera angles)

DISTANCE/POSITION: 12 (two angles with extreme zooms from VS 1)

AUDIO: 14 (same upgrade for entire program; excellent LB-4898)

STEADINESS: 11 (both cameras intermittently shaky)

HEADS/OBSTRUCTIONS: 11 (both cameras intermittently obstructed or off target; D691 tape counter on for most of program; D220.m tape counter on only at start)

FOCUS: 12 (VS 1 overexposed at times but mostly sharp focus with vivid colors; D220.m not as sharp or colorful as VS 1)

EDITING: Alternated between the two sources where feasible, but emphasis on the more colorful and sharply focused VS 1. Encore applause cut down.

VIDEO SOURCES & LINEAGE:
VS 1: D691
Left rear 20˙
5+4445 (DVDylan rating)
1 DVD
1:19:32
PAL
Taper: The Daves
Camera: unidentified
DVD shared by silentype & mary
D691 > MPEG Streamclip 1.9.2 > dv > iMovie 6.03

VS 2: D220.m (MS-097)
Right rear 40˙
4+4444
2 DVDs
1:27:00
PAL
Taper: "The Ghost"
Camera: SONY CCD TR840E HI 8 camcorder
Shared via bit torrent by Coops2009
SONY CCD TR840E HI 8 > PC > Tempgenc Authoring Works 4 > D220.m > MPEG Streamclip 1.9.2 > dv > iMovie 6.03

AUDIO SOURCE & LINEAGE:
LB-4898
LB rating: A
Taper: Legendary Taper J
Equipment: Sony DAT Deck DTC-59 ES, Marantz PMD 670 Professional
CDs shared by OutsideTheLaw
CDs > Toast Titanium 11.0.4 > Sd2f disk images > > 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)

LB notes for LB-4898:
LB rating: A
Taper: LTJ (Legendary Taper J)
Off DAT clone(s), Taper: LTJ (Legendary Taper J), Source/Linage:, 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), Info:, 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.; bittorrent download 05/07; excellent sound [A]

Reviewed by yassou on 18th February 2014