(2xDVDfull aud-shot)
Guthrie Theater
source:
unknown master (probably 8mm analog) > 1st gen VHS > DVD (synched w/ sbd audio)
Silver Stallion DVD Production
Lineage:
JVC S-VHS HR-S8007UM VCR > GTH Electronics Advanced Convertor Enhancer > Canopus ADVC-110 > firewire > HD
Rory Gallagher - guitar / vocals
Gerry McAvoy - bass
Brendan O'Neil - drums
Mark Feltham - harmonica
video encoding:
disk 1 - 2-pass VBR at 9K max, 6,850 avg, and 1K min
disk 2 - 2-pass VBR at 9K max, 7,150 avg, and 1K min
audio encoding (both disks): LPCM at 1,536 kbits (soundboard and videotape audio matrix)
disk 1 (69 mins)
01. Continental Op
02. I Wonder Who
03. Moonchild
04. The Loop
05. Don't Start Me Talkin'
06. Tatoo'd Lady
07. Off The Handle
08. Shin Kicker
09. A Million Miles Away
10. Kid Gloves
11. Walkin' Wounded
12. Laundromat
13. Goin' Down To Ely's
disk 2 (66 mins)
01. Ghost Blues
02. Out On The Western Plains
03. Walkin' Blues
04. Pistol Slapper Blues
05. Shadow Play
06. Bad Penny
07. Heaven's Gate
08. Messin' With The Kid
09. Bullfrog Blues
10. Tumbling Dice
11. All Around Man
12. Loanshark Blues
13. Used To Be
length: 135 minutes
NOTES:
You may view a preview of Rory playing "Heaven's Gate" at this URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-P2b6L8JKI
Filmed while Rory was touring in support of his last real studio release, which was 1990's "Fresh Evidence." Rory played five songs from that album at this performance. By 1991 audience video standards, I'll charactize the video and filming quality of this source tape as being "decent." I've seen better videos from this era, but I've also seen many that were much worse. It's a handheld shot that is never perfectly steady, but the shake isn't bad enough to be annoying IMO. The videocam couldn't handle the bright lights, and throughout almost the entire show, the spotlight is on Rory. So his face, hands, and light colored guitars are often over-exposed. The rest of the band members look great and are almost never over-exposed. The filmer kept the auto-focus on the entire time, so occasionally, the camera gets a little out of focus (probably due to light changes and old analog videocam technology).
The video starts off mostly with a stage shot, but at the start of the fifth song on DVD #1, the filmer moved in and gets a nice closeup shot (waist to head high) for the rest of the show.
Only the first half minute or so of "All Around Man" is in the video - at that point the videotape ran out on the filmer (must have had a 2 hour videotape in the videocam). The remaining audio after that is from the soundboard only. There is a little audio glitch at the beginning of last song on DVD #2.
The audio on the videotape is about what you'd expect for a video from the early '90s (in other words, it's not very good). However, I wanted to capture some of the audience noise and venue ambience, so I included the videotape audio in the production. Between songs, it's at normal volume, and during the songs I reduced it -12 dB (which would barely be audible by itself - but loud enough to just be able to hear the occasional hooting and whistling). When Rory is talking between songs, the audio is a little "boomy" because it includes the audio coming from the videotape or normal volume. As soon as the band starts playing, that's the point where I reduced the videotape audio, so sometimes you'll be able to hear the transitions where I reduce the videotape portion of the audio. Overall, however, I think having the audience cheering in between songs makes for a much more enjoyable DVD, so I think it's a good trade-off.
This needed some minor color correction and cleaning up of analog noise (mostly in the dark background), so I fixed that using a GTH Electronics ACE.
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