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Curtis Ensler's Collection

Ry Cooder   ??/??/1978

PBS Soundstage-In A Mist, TV, TV
Media DVD   1 disc
J-Card Comment Ry Cooder
November 16, 1978 (original airdate)
"Soundstage"
WTTW TV (PBS Network)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.

NTSC DVD video - Reworked version of the best source that circulates.

Not especially great audio/video quality but still decent. There is brief on screen text from a Japanese VCR display in a few spots so the source may derive from a Japanese rebroadcast.

Reworked with accurate chapters, edits smoothed out and resynched. Includes a few short audio splices from a vinyl bootleg of this same show. Lots of level changes in the audio were repaired as much as possible.

00:00:00;00 Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now)
00:03:53;06 talk
00:04:32;28 The Dream [instrumental]
00:10:09;11 talk and Bill Johnson intro
00:11:54;10 Jezebel
00:15:48;20 Shine
00:19:58;13 talk
00:20:44;26 Marie Elena [instrumental]
00:26:34;15 There's No Restricted Signs In Heaven [a few audio dropouts in this song]
00:30:21;18 Wade In The Water
00:33:08;04 Shadrack [cuts in on first notes]
00:36:21;02 talk
00:37:35;00 In A Mist [instrumental]
00:39:56;13 Flashes [instrumental]
00:42:27;20 Davenport Blues [instrumental]
00:44:37;03 Ry and Bill Johnson talk
00:45:41;20 Nobody
00:51:45;03 Ry and David Lindley talk
00:54:15;06 Comin' In On A Wing and A Prayer [with final credits]
00:58:25;02 end

Orchestra arranged and conducted by Joseph Byrd

Ry Cooder - acoustic guitar and vocals
with:
David Lindley - mandolin
Art Baron - trombone
Joe Wilder - trumpet
Phillip Bodner - reeds
Walter Kane - reeds
Harvey Pittel - reeds
Tom Collier - vibraphone
Phillip Namenworth - piano
George Duvivier - bass
Mark Stevens - drums

Gospel vocal quartet:
Bill Johnson
Jimmy Adams
Clifford Givens
Simon "Pico" Payne

original attributes (as reported by MPEG Streamclip):

Video tracks: 224 MPEG-2, 704 x 480, 4:3, 29.97 fps, 9.55 Mbps, upper field first.

Audio tracks: 128 AC3 2/0, 48 kHz, 256 kbps (monophonic).

Rework notes and new attributes:

DVD received in trade > Cinematize2 (lossless Quicktime extract) > Apple Macintosh Final Cut Pro (mask bottom of screen head switch jitter, "nip and tuck" edits and chaptering) > Compressor (down-sampling) > DVD Studio Pro (menu/authoring) > VIDEO_TS file set.

Audio exported to Pro Tools (nomalization, added splices from alternate audio source). Audio placed back into Final Cut Pro before Compressor down-sampling.

alternate audio source: vinyl bootleg ("In A Mist") > 3.75 ips reel (with Dolby B) > Tandberg 9241XD [original recording and transfer deck] > Pro Tools

Video attributes: NTSC 720x480 VBR 7.7 Mbps peak, 6.2 Mbps average data rate, 2-pass.

Audio attributes:
choice of AC3/Dolby Digital 2/0 (L,R), 48 kHz sample rate, 448 kbps data rate
or
Linear PCM 2 channel 48kHz 16 bit (monophonic audio).

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Owned by Curtis Ensler · Last Updated May 23, 2023