Just spent a few days working over the VHS that the Backstage fanclub sold us at the 10thanniversary bash back in 98. Jon did a solo promo gig for Mexican TV and radio and then they sold 100 copies of the VHS to fanclub members at the bash. I spent alot of time improving the washed out hissy audio on this and really found a new appreciation for these songs and this mini tour. Anybody else ever fall in like with some Jovi long after it was released?

A little more info for those who are curious, heck I might even put a bit on Youtube. Absolutely not for sale, etc.
Dave

youtube sample - http://youtu.be/xL7dM8WHINE

ENJOY!!

Jon Bon Jovi - 1997-10-07 - Mexico City,Mexico - Foro Ideal Pro Shot Audio Improved DVD Master

Total Time:58 minutes, 59 seconds

The Band:
Jon Bon Jovi - guitars, lead vocals
Bobby Bandierea - guitars, backing vocals
Hugh McDonald - bass, backing vocals
Everett Bradley* (see show notes below) - percussion, backing vocals


The Setlist (all acoustic):
Announcer
Love for Sale
Every Word Was a Piece of My Heart
Livin' on a Prayer
Midnight in Chelsea
Janie, Don't Take Your Love to Town
Bed of Roses
Ugly
Knockin' on Heaven's Door
Destination Anywhere
Blood on Blood
Wanted Dead or Alive


Show Notes:
Jon's "Dallas Sucks" takamine is prominently featured throughout.
Several Spanish "hootchie dancers", gyrate through Midnight in Chelesea at the front of the stage.
* I assume that Big E is in the dark at the back of the stage for basically the whole show because the plexiglass isolation panels for the percussion area reflected the stage lights too much for the cameras filming the TV show. I feel pretty safe in assume he is hiding back there as he was the percussionionist for for most if not all of this tours gigs and the backing vocals sound exactly like his on other recordings.
Enjoy this show as it is probably the best document from this tour.

Source Footage Notes:
This Fanclub VHS was sold only at the 10th anniversary bash for Backstage with Jon Bon Jovi on August 28th, 1998 in Eatontown, New Jersey. There were 100 copies made and all were sold at the show which had 300 guests for $50.00 USA each. I bought my copy that night from the fan club directly. The audio on this was originaly very quiet with very loud tape hiss and had some other problems as well. This version has been "fixed" with the result of being much more enjoyable to listen to. The video portion has been essentially untouched.


Editing Work Notes:
Lineage: Fanclub VHS > Panasonic AG-7350 SVHS > S-video and dual RCA > Panasonic DMR-EZ485V > DVD to workstation > edits as below > DVD > Rip to workstation > share

Video editing and smartrender in Sony Vegas Pro 10.0e. Clip realignment, beginning and ending cuts, render seperate uneditied wave file for Wavelab edits.

Audio editing in Wavelab 6 using Waves plugins.
Z-Noise Stereo - learned noise profile from program "silence", threshhold 5.6, reduction 17.0
LE Multimaximizer - hi res CD master, threshold 27.3, out ceiling -0.2
Highest resultant peaks -1.4l and -1.2r