TheHutt said:

Now that's really odd. I have started work with the help of the LD mono track from PDB, but this LD version seems to be even more cut than the R1 Theatrical DVD version!

For instance, there are missing pieces from the initial walk-up of the three bounty hunters trying to attack Tuco (first scene in film); also, in the encounter between Angel Eyes and the farmer (second scene in film) the line "You coming from Baker?" is missing.

The R1 DVD was intact in these scenes, strangely.

Strange it should be there. I just checked my loseless (video/audio) I made of my LD and it is there (You're from Baker?) But that is made with the analog audio and not the digital PCM. I gave you my PCM recording to which I was going to merge the two. Hutt you want me to send you a copy of the video/analog? I will pull out the LD and see if the PCM has the line.

At this point I should note that the widescreen LD I have is this:

http://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/02125/ML101739/Good-the-Bad-and-the-Ugly-The-(1966))

Whereas the DVD is the same master as this LD:

http://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/08335/ML106729/Good-the-Bad-and-the-Ugly-The-(1966)

which I don't have. That's important since what most people don't know is that the two laserdiscs are slightly different. The one I have has the titles for the characters in Italian and there are some tiny other differences.