| Identifier | 5863131 |
| Created At | Tue May 23 2023 23:54:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) |
| Media Type | DVD |
| Media Count | 1 |
| Note | Audience 2-CAM video |
| Source Info | Audience 2-CAM video |
| J-Card Comment | Artist: Jeff Beck Title: Jeff Beck Royal Albert Hall June 24 2004 Media: 1 DVD Time: 110 mins. approx. Catalog: Source: Audience 2-CAM video and original audio, paired with 2nd audio source; 3rd source to fill in gaps in the second. Quality: A Date: 06_24_2004 Location: Royal Albert hall, London Lineage: DVD-R > Re-Mastered audio matrix from multiple sources. Process: DVD Audio Extractor to rip original audio from dvd > Cubase SX to multitrack and edit original and 2nd audio sources;3rd audio source used sparingly where 2nd was missing. Various Waves filters (3 band paragraphic EQ, X-Click, X-Hum, X-Noise) > Ffmpeggui to convert final wav file to ac3 file > TMPGEnc DVD Author to create DVD. Musicians: Jeff Beck - Guitar Jan Hammer - Keyboards Michael Mondesir - Bass Guitar Mark Mondesir - Drums Guests: Nancy Sorell, Imogen Heap - Vocals Ron Wood - Guitar Setlist: 1) Resolution 2) Star Cycle 3) Freeway Jam 4) Roy's Toys 5) Big Block 6) Cry Me A River 7) Stratus 8) Goodbye Pork Pie Hat 9) Angel (Footsteps) 10) Even Odds 11) Brush With The Blues 12) Nadia 13) Nothing But Love 14) Loose Cannon 15) Blanket 16) Rollin and Tumblin 17) Blue Wind 18) Voyage Home 19) Cissy Strut 20) Led Boots 21) A Day In The Life 22) Where Were You 23) You Never Know 24) People Get Ready Performance Notes: This is a 2 camera production of Jeff's 60th Birthday show. Alot of people have this but it will be worth getting again as the audio is greatly improved. Another mesmerizing performance by Jeff. Tone is up front and warm throughout. A beautifully executed close-to-the-album-in-spirit version or Pork Pie. Fusion heads will love the killer version of Stratus. Star Cycle just rocks, and Blue Wind has some fiery lick trading between Jeff and Jan. You get the picture. I like this band better than the 2005 touring band. Jan Hammer can't be beat on this night, and although Jeff calls him a geezer, his playing is very focused, and he still has the great chops. Who better to play Jan's stuff than Jan himself? Mark Mondesir has the feel for Jeff's material that I think Vinnie Colaiuta didn't have. Brother Mike holds down a solid bass, way more up front than Pino Palladino. Some will argue that Jeff was really on fire on a couple of the 2005 shows; the last Osaka show in particualr Jeff was insane, but the band wasn't always keeping up. Keys were another weak spot. Jeff is a little more restrained here, probably because of the high profile venue, but the overall band performance is better. Unfortunately the momentum is broken a couple of times. I could have lived without Cry Me A River and Blanket (?) Production Notes: Thanks to the 2 documenters that filmed this and whoever put the video together. The filming is rock steady and the 2-cam work is nice. I wasn't too crazy about the audio, though. It didn't have any bottom end, and there was a fair bit of noise. Those that have the original can hear alot of crackle on Cry Me A River, for example. Anyway, I had been playing the video with another audio source and it was much more enjoyable. So I figured I would take a crack at re-mixing the audio and re-authoring the dvd. I got some tips on combining multiple sources, tried it out and I got a good result. This type of matrixing was done on the "Jeff plays Jimi Hendrix" show I was given and subsequently uploaded. The important thing here was the original dvd source was pretty bright with good ambience, although somewhat compressed, and the second was fairly flat with a tight bottom end; they worked well together. Just some eq-ing of both sources, and hum removal where it was bad, crackle, noise and hiss filtering where required, and manual cleanup of various pops and glitches on the original. Some muffling is still there, but only during applause, and not all the noise and hum has been removed, like the beginning of Brush With The Blues. The final result though is a better balance across the spectrum, and a richer guitar sound. Speaking of sound, it's interesting to compare Jeff's Strat tone versus Eric Clapton's on the recent Cream New York shows. Some great technical achievements in audience recording at MSG...but I digress. Note: The video editing cut out lots of very small (microseconds) time segments (about 40 locations) in the original audio; if you try to sync this up with another audio source the new audio will start falling behind (yes, it is the cuts in the audio, not a speed issue). The process of alignment was time consuming, but it worked out in the end. Artwork and DVD menu included. Excuse the repetition of the intro clips, but the authoring software wasn't too flexible. |
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Performance
| Jeff Beck Group 2004-06-24 Royal Albert Hall, London, England | |
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| Set 1 | Resolution
Star Cycle Freeway Jam Roy's Toys Big Block Cry Me A River (w/Nancy Sorrell) Stratus Goodbye Porkpie Hat Angel(Footsteps) Even Odds Brush with the Blues Nadia Nothing But Love |
| Set 2 | Loose Cannon
Blanket (w/ Imogen Heap) Rollin' And Tumblin' (w/ Imogen Heap) Blue Wind Voyage Home Rice Pudding * Cissy Strut * Led Boots A Day In the Life Where Were You You Never Know People Get Ready (w/ Nancy Sorrell, Imogen Heap) Ron and Nancy say Happy Birthday |
| Set 3 | |
| Comment | Jeff Beck - Guitars
Jan Hammer - Keyboards Mike Mondesir- Bass Mark Mondesir - Drums * Ron Wood - Guitar Imogen Heap & Nancy Sorrell - Vocals |