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Melvins   04/10/2007

Batschkapp, Frankfurt, Germany
Source HD edit for TV program "Underground Live TV" > DVD > HD > authoring with DVD-lab pro 2 > DVD
Media DVD   1 disc
Notes PAL. missing the first 4 tracks.
Tech Notes MELVINS

2007-04-10 Frankfurt, Batschkapp

Format: PAL
Ratio: 16:9 anamorphic
Video: 7800 kbps (average bitrate)
Audio: PCM
Length: 56 min.

Lineage:
HD edit for TV program "Underground Live TV" > DVD > HD > authoring with DVD-lab pro 2 > you

Original broadcast date: 2007-05-04 "Underground Live TV - LiveMusik von Melvins"
Producer: Bernhard Baran, Frankenthal

Here we have something very special: a pro-shot multi-camera wide-screen recording of
the Melvins with the sound coming from a soundboard feed plus an audience mike.
Originally it was shot for and broadcast on a small local free TV station
(Offener Kanal Ludwigshafen / Vorderpfalz) near Frankfurt.
I received a copy of the original edit for this show from the producer Bernhard Baran, who
kindly agreed for me to seed it for all of you to enjoy. As his DVD had no menu and only one
chapter I decided to re-author it with proper chapters for each track and a basic menu.

So what you have here is very likely the best footage you will see from the spring 2007
European tour of the Melvins. The picture quality is as good as you could wish for.
The editing of the various camera angles is also really nice, you get lots of close-ups from all
four musicians including some really cool ones of Dale shot from underneath one of his toms.
The sound quality is good, although clearly with more input from the audience/atmo mike
than the sbd feed. I guess the producers optimised their mix for TV playback -
the DVD actually sounds better on my TV set than on my stereo system.

Basically, you could say that if the producers had spent a little more time on the audio mix,
this DVD would have been good enough to be commercially released.
Yes, it is THAT good.

The only letdown is the fact that we only get 55 minutes of the show, the first 15 minutes
or 4 songs are missing: 'The Talking Horse', 'The Bloated Pope', 'Civilized Worm' and 'Oven'.
The whole show was filmed, but then edited down to fit the TV program schedule.
The good side of this is the fact that it allows for a high bitrate and PCM sound on this DVD.

Tracks:

Suicide In Progress
Set Me Straight
Desert Citites of the Heart
Skypup
Let It All Be
Blood Witch
A History Of Drunks
Rat Faced Granny
The Hawk
You’ve Never Been Right
A History Of Bad Men
The Mechanical Bride
The Bit
The Ballad of Dwight Fry
Outro

Line up:
King Buzzo - guitar, vocals
Dale Crover - drums, vocals
Jared Warren - bass, vocals
Coady Willis - drums

DVD cover art and the German tour poster are included in this torrent,
also an MD5 checksum file.

Authored & seeded on DAD by surfling september 2007.

If you sell this you're an idiot.
Share this DVD freely with other Melvins fans.
Support the band, buy their official releases and go see their live shows.

Enjoy!
Trades Allowed Yes
Ratings Show: B    Sound: A
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Owned by veltmore · Last Updated May 23, 2023