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Marillion   06/18/1988

Radrenbahn Weissensee, Berlin, Germany
Source dvd(TV B/cast)
Media dvd   1 disc
J-Card Comment Broken Promises

Group: Marillion
Title: Broken Promises
Date: June 18, 1988
Venue: Radrenbahn, Weissensee, Berlin, East Germany
Media: 1 DVDr - 108:26 NTSC
Catalog: Duley Digital - DD-M880618-D
Source: Secam TV Broadcast > Secam VHS > 1st gen PAL VHS >
PAL DVD > NTSC AVI > Color Correction & Sharpen > NTSC DVD


Setlist
01. Slainte Mhath
02. Assassing
03. White Russian
04. Sugar Mice
05. Fugazi
06. Hotel Hobbies
07. Warm Wet Circles
08. That Time of the Night
09. Waterhole (Expresso Bongo)
10. Lords of the Backstage
11. Blind Curve
12. Childhoods End?
13. White Feather
-----------1st Encore----------
14. Kayleigh
15. Lavender
16. Heart of Lothian
-----------2nd Encore----------
17. Incommunicado
18. Garden Party
-----------3rd Encore----------
19. Market Square Heroes / Let's Twist Again



Before playing Market Square Hereos, Fish promises that
this show won't be the last time they play this location,
and promises to come back on the next tour. Of course,
the band never played there again with the then current
lineup. Thus the title "Broken Promises", taken from
Slainte Mhath.

Production Details

There are a few versions of this show in circulation. Some
are in black and white, and some with washed out colors.
Having recieved a first generation copy of this on PAL DVD,
I found that it was badly afflicted by a very red tint;
so much so that the show was unpleasant to watch. I'm
guessing this has something to do with the way it was filmed
or broadcast, as the equipment used in East Germany at the
time was behind current western standards. I suspect
there weren't many people with good recording equipment.
Also, the broadcast standard there is Secam. The discs I had
were PAL. So, somewhere along the way, this red tint was
introduced. I believe this is why most versions of this
show are in Black and White or washed out color, as people
attempted to get rid of this overpowering red tint, but went
a bit too far.

I used a red tint reduction filter myself. In order to apply
this filter, I had to work on this video in uncompressed .avi
format. This meant that once the filter was applied, I would
have to re-encode the video. Since a re-encode was require
anyway, I took the opportunity to convert to NTSC. It would
have remained PAL if the reencoding had not been neccessary.

Applying this filter was a painstakingly slow process,
requiring about 18 hours. I did a few run throughs, trying
to get the proper amount of tint reduction. Not everyone will
agree with my final choice. However, as I made the disc
primarily for my own enjoyment, it is myself that I must
ultimately please. There wasn't going to be any way to get
the whole show perfect. I could have it one of two ways:
1. Normal color through most of the show,
but some distracting red tint in spots.
2. Very little red tint anywhere, but washed out color in
most of the video.

I chose option 1. To me it was preferable to have decent
color throughout, even if this meant putting up with some
red tint from time to time. Like I said, not all will agree
with this approach, but there you have it.

Video for this is pretty clear. Also, the sound is quite nice.

Artwork is included on disc, as usual.

Enjoy,

Duley - December 2005
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Owned by Everett · Last Updated May 23, 2023