| DVDylan ID: | D085 |
| Recording type: | Audience |
| City/Venue: | Rodahal, Kerkrade, The Netherlands |
| Date: | Sunday, 19th March 1995 |
Never-Ending Tour Concert #648
- Crash On The Levee (Down In The Flood)
- Lay Lady Lay
- All Along The Watchtower
- Just Like A Woman
- Tangled Up In Blue
- I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
- Mr. Tambourine Man (acoustic w band)
- Masters Of War (acoustic w band)
- Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (acoustic w band)
- Dignity
- God Knows
- Maggie's Farm
- Like A Rolling Stone
| Number of discs: | 1 |
| Running time: | 01:21 |
| Video standard: | NTSC |
| Authoring: | DVDs with menu and chapters are circulating |
Excellent concert. Dylan, sans guitar most of the way, very animated throughout. Lots of harp, lots of dancing.
*This disk has been re-edited and re-authored using the same source as the original. The annoying timecode blips in the audio track have been eliminated, and the sound is thus better than the earlier version. The sound is also richer, even though this is not a sound upgrade. The extraneous button in the "Dignity" sub-menu has also been eliminated, and a few other alterations have been made in the sub menus.
*This show has been sound upgraded. See D085.su for details.
There is a technical glitch* in one of the sub menus, the one with
the "Dignity" audio clip. If you scroll up to the projector screen(the
theme of the sub menu), a red button appears that corresponds to the
very same audio clip. While this does not cause any problems with the
rest of the menu or the play of the disk, it might cause some to
believe that it's an "Easter egg" or some such hidden feature.
I could settle on a "4" for this one, but Dylan's cool "sans guitar"
performance makes it a "5" even without a sound upgrade. I find I can
get better than average sound by playing around with my equalizer and
jacking up the volume. So, let's give it a '5' and stop pussyfooting
around.
*The sub-menu glitch and the timecode break blips in the audio track
have been fixed on the re-edited and re-authored disk. This disk now
deserves at least 4 stars.
*This show has been sound upgraded. See D085.su for details.
Reviewed by yassou on 07th December 2005
D085 KERKRADE 19 MARCH 1995
Having heard and read lots of good things about this DVD, I put it in the machine with high expectations of a fun time to come. And though the show is indeed very well filmed, with a clear view of the stage, close, steady shots, enough panning to keep things interesting and only two ceiling interludes (one during the early part of T Man and one during the last minute of LARS), it's so far so good. Bob sings seven of the first ten songs without guitar and that, too, pleases, for though his mood is mellow, his delivery is sympathetic and sure-footed. (Actually, he doesn't look that well and at one point has to pause between songs to blow his nose - can't remember having seen that one before!) But what's decidedly lacking here is a decent soundtrack. A few weeks ago I watched and really enjoyed D182, a show from Brixton played just 12 days after this one and, to make sure it wasn’t just my memory playing tricks on me, after finishing Kerkrade I played some of the Brixton again to see just how different they sounded. And yes, they ARE notably different, and yes, that modest but crucial difference makes ALL the difference. As I concluded after first viewing it, D182 is a thoroughly satisfying show to revisit, whereas D085, sadly, stands in need of a sound upgrade before it can hope to be ranked up with the best. Something else too - every 30 seconds or so, there's a little blip* or jump in the audio track which kicks in right away and recurs regularly and repetitively all the way through to the end. Very distracting - it gets to the point where your mind's off Bob as you wait expectantly for the next one to arrive.
THANKS Y
STARS Though havering between three and four, I'm finally going with four because D085 looks fine and sounds okay - but there are better '95 shows around than this one.