BUCHAREST, ROMANIA 7/4/02

I purchased this release for sentimental reasons mostly, since this is the only DT tour i have been able to attend. And since some stressed out security guy made me check my camera at lost and found before the show i was left with only my tour commemorative t-shirt as a real souvenir from that marvellous event back in 2002. I went to the San Francisco show during spring and the setlist included in this release (combining songs form the bucharest show and the mexico show) is the setlist that was performed at SF.

This is also the first time i purhcase an official bootleg from Ytse Jam records, so i was a bit worried about the video and audio quality and definition of these releases, so how good are they really? Well id say they rank at about 80-85% of the quality and definition of a mainstream release. But i guess you already knew a bootleg would be of lesser quality, so taking that into acount, the production of this DVD actually was far better than what i expected. In fact, since less tracks are used to record, mike's drums interfere less with the rest of the instruments, and therefore in this case you can really listen John Myung's bass lines, wich by the way are phenomenal.

Combining the two shows and documentaries, i think there's about 5 hours of great DT material, including rare versions of songs, for example Burning my soul with a hells kitchen middle section, Pull me under with a master of puppets middle section, alternate lyrics and rush covers. This tour also marked the return of surrounded to the live show and a revisit to another hand/ the killing hand. You will not find a llive performance of The glass prison or The great debate elsewhere and they are monster performances on this show. SDOIT is performed in its entirity and a live version ot LTE's Another dimension is included in the mexico show. All in all i think there's a fantastic load of material for any DT fan out there and this release would be a great addition to your collection.

One down side to all this is the fact that it took 5 weeks for this DVD to finally get to my home, it took 4 weeks for Ytse jam records to actually ship it and anotehr week to deliver it. So if you decide to purchase this release, take into consideration the fact that you will need to be Extremely patient! However it will very well be worth the wait!