Bob Dylan
Nippon Budokan Hall
Tokyo, Japan
1 March 1978
01 – A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall
02 – Love Her With A Feeling (Tampa Red)
03 – Mr. Tambourine Man
04 – I Threw It All Away
05 – Love Minus Zero/No Limit
06 – Shelter From The Storm
07 – Girl From The North Country
08 – Ballad Of A Thin Man
09 – Maggie’s Farm
10 – One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)
11 – Like A Rolling Stone
12 – I Shall Be Released
13 – Is Your Love In Vain?
14 – Going, Going, Gone
15 – One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later)
16 – Blowin’ In The Wind
17 – Just Like A Woman
18 – Oh, Sister (Bob Dylan-Jacques Levy/Bob Dylan)
19 – I Donít Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
20 – You’re A Big Girl Now
21 – All Along The Watchtower
22 – I Want You
23 – All I Really Want To Do
24 – Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door
25 – The Man In Me
26 – It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
27 – Forever Young
(Encore)
28 – The Times They Are A-Changin’
Concert # 8 of the 1978 Far East Tour. 1978 concert # 8.
Concert # 8 with the Far East Band 1978:
Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar),
Billy Cross (lead guitar),
Alan Pasqua (keyboards),
Steven Soles (rhythm guitar, backup vocals),
David Mansfield (violin & mandolin), Steve Douglas (horns),
Rob Stoner (bass),
Bobbye Hall (percussion),
Ian Wallace (drums),
Helena Springs, Jo Ann Harris, Debbie Dye (background vocals).
1 instrumental without Bob Dylan.
5, 17 Bob Dylan (harmonica).
BobTalk:
- Thank you. Here’s an unrecorded song. See if you can guess which one it is.
(before Is Your Love In Vain?) - I wanna introduce this orchestra to you. Over here on tenor saxophone,
flugelhorn, flute, a young gentleman from Los Angeles, Steve Douglas.
Standing right next to him, on violin and mandolin both, David Mansfield.
On the rhythm guitar from Tallahassee, Florida, Steve Soles.
Playing keyboards tonight Alan Pasqua. The bass guitar, Rob Stoner.
Lead guitar,r Billy Cross. That’s the way. On the drums, Ian Wallace.
On the conga drums. Bobbye Hall. And these three young beautiful ladies
I first heard singing in a department store. On the right is Debbie Dye.
On the left is Helena Springs in the middle is Jo Ann Harris.
Thank you very much. This is called It’s Alright Ma, I’m Only Bleeding. - Thank you. I wanna say hello to Don Camillo tonight, came all the way to
see us from Madrid, Don stand up, take a bow! I guess he doesnít want to.
Leave you with this here song, this message. [shout from the audience]
All right, there you are! (before Forever Young)
Official releases:
3, 8-14, 16-18, 21-24 released in Japan on BOB DYLAN AT BUDOKAN, CBS/Sony 40 AP 1100-1, 21 August 1978 and on Columbia PC2-36067, late 1978, and on Columbia CK 36067 (CD), August 1987
5 new songs (17%) compared to previous concert. No new songs for this tour.
Stereo audience recording, 125 minutes.
LB-10930 ; 63min+66min ; 2CDR ; Rating: B+
3/1/78, Tokyo, Japan.
Bootleg: “Martial Arena”
Source: Aud 4+ Stereo Recording
Lineage: Reel Master (REMA-003/004) Boot 2CD > WAV > EAC > FLAC
bittorrent download 07/13;
same recording as LB-7295 based on same clapping wavs at end of d1t6 with similar wav
and spectral view except that has higher levels;
this has less digital flaws and the drops between tracks on that one are missing crowd on this one;
(did not listen to all of this)
drop/cut between cdrs; end of d2t12