Bob Dylan – Tokyo, Japan (02/28/78)

Bob Dylan
Nippon Budokan Hall
Tokyo, Japan
28 February 1978

01 – A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall
02 – Repossession Blues (Roland James)
03 – Mr. Tambourine Man
04 – I Threw It All Away
05 – Shelter From The Storm
06 – Love Minus Zero/No Limit
07 – Girl From The North Country
08 – Ballad Of A Thin Man
09 – Maggie’s Farm
10 – To Ramona
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 – Simple Twist Of Fate
20 – You’re A Big Girl Now
21 – All Along The Watchtower
22 – I Want You
23 – All I Really Want To Do
24 – Tomorrow Is A Long Time
25 – Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
26 – It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
27 – Forever Young

    (encore)

28 – The Times They Are A-Changin’

Concert # 7 of the 1978 Far East Tour. 1978 concert # 7.
Concert # 7 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.

6, 17, 19 Bob Dylan (harmonica).

Note. Live debut of Is Your Love In Vain?

BobTalk

  • Here’s a simple love story. Happened to me. (before Simple Twist Of Fate).
  • Thank you. Thank you. Thanks, it’s you’re too kind. Ha, ha, here’s Steve Douglas.
    What? John Wesley Harding? I wish we could stay here all year, but we can’t. (before I Want You)
  • Thank you! I recorded that in 1963, yeah. This is another song from that year.
    I think I wrote this the day after that. (before Tomorrow Is A Long Time)
  • Thank you! I wanna introduce the orchestra to you tonight.
    Playing the tenor saxophone, flute, what else have you got?
    Mr. Steve Douglas! On the drums, a man who’s played with just about everybody.
    We’re very fortunate to have him tonight here with us, from Great Britain, Ian Wallace.
    Give him another hand he really deserves it! On the violin and the mandolin, David Mansfield.
    On rhythm guitar, Steve Soles. Who could ask for more? On the organ, Alan Pasqua.
    Lead guitar Billy Cross, yeah! Play something! See, he really does play!
    On the conga drums Bobbye Hall, she’s from my home town. Bass guitar, Rob Stoner.
    These three young ladies we first met at a disc jockey convention.
    On the left my fiancÈe Helena Springs. On the right it’s my ex-wife Debbie Dye.
    And in the middle a young woman who’s going to go very far, Jo Ann Harris.
    You’ll be hearing more from her. All right thank you very much!
    This is called It’s Alright Ma (I’m Only Bleeding).
  • Thank you! Once again, it’s that time of the hour, and we have to run.
    (before Forever Young)
  • Thank you, youíre so very kind! You really are. Weíll play you this song.
    I wrote this song also about fifteen years ago. It still means a lot to me.
    I know it means a lot to you too. (plays The Times They Are A-Changiní) Thank you.
    We’ll be here for four more nights, maybe we’ll meet you again.

Official releases:
5, 6, 19, 25-28 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.

6 new songs (21%) compared to previous concert. 1 new song for this tour.

Bob Dylan – Santa Monica, CA (01/27/78)

BOB DYLAN
The Missing Rehearsals
Rehearsals for 1978 tour
Rundown Studios, Santa Monica, CA
January 27, 1978

  1. Tomorrow Is A Long Time
  2. Oh Sister
  3. All I Really Want To Do
  4. The Times They Are A-Changin’
  5. My Babe
  6. Shelter From The Storm
  7. Don’t Think Twice It’s All Right
  8. Like A Rolling Stone
  9. I Shall Be Released
  10. All Along The Watchtower
  11. The Times They Are A-Changin’

Bob Dylan – vocals, guitar,
Billy Cross – guitar, Steven Soles – guitar,
David Mansfield – mandolin, guitar,
Alan Pasqua – organ, Andy Stein – sax, violin,
Rob Stoner – bass, Ian Wallace – drums,
Frannie Eisenberg, Katie Sagal – backing vocals

Bob Dylan – The Road is Long, Live 1978

Bob Dylan
The Road Is Long – Live, 1978

  1. Repossession Blues (02-24)
  2. Tangled Up In Blue (06-07)
  3. It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue (07-06)
  4. I Threw It All Away (02-24)
  5. We Better Talk This Over (12-10)
  6. I Don’t Believe You (06-07)
  7. True Love Tends To Forget (07-08)
  8. Coming From The Heart (10-31)
  9. Am I Your Stepchild (12-09)
  10. Senor (12-10)
  11. If You See Her, Say Hello (02-24)
  12. The Man In Me (07-06)
  13. One Of Us Must Know (06-07)
  14. You’re A Big Girl, Now (02-24)
  15. Girl from the North Country (12-10)
  16. Changing Of The Guards (12-10)

This is a companion to the long and winding road that Bob Dylan took through the year of 1978. Biographical details aside, it was a fascinating year for Dylan’s art, as he released a loud, brassy record full of mysticism and imagery while touring the world performing some of the most radical rearrangements of his back catalog. Surely, it’s a lot to take in.

Unfortunately, the tapes from this era are inconsistent in quality, due to the technical limitations of the time. The complexity of the arrangements were ill-suited even to the studio process for Street Legal, so it is not surprising that the enterprising bootleggers of 1978 were able to capture the mystery and majesty, but not always the subtlety of these rapturous concerts. Some tapes stand out, however, as the cream of the crop – these are a stronger document than even the contemporary release of Dylan’s ‘At Budokan.’ I’m speaking of tapes like Charlotte, Tokyo, Paris, Columbia, and more. Without these brilliant tapers, who but those in attendance could have heard the passionate ‘Coming From The Heart’ from October 31, or this dramatic Tangled Up In Blue from June 7? Please bear in mind that this compliation focuses on the cleanest tapes of ’78, so some brilliant performances on muddier recordings have been omitted.

Though the tour has its detractors, and fits somewhat uncomfortably between the fire of the Rolling Thunder Revue and the brimstone of the Gospel Tours, there is brilliance to be found here. I set out to make a companion to ‘At Budokan’ that would round out the year’s best performances of songs not included on that release. This CD has what I would consider to be the definitive ‘Man in Me’ and ‘Changing of the Guards,’ and I wanted to get these and more songs down in one place for the newcomer to Bob Dylan’s live bootlegs. Hopefully the veterans will find something of merit here as well.

In any case, this one is coming from the heart, and should be a pleasant listen on the long road ahead!

Enjoy,
Belleseb32

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The Midnight Cafe, February 2021.

Bob Dyan – Largo, MD (10/05/78)


Bob Dylan
Capital Centre
Largo, Maryland
5 October 1978

  1. My Back Pages
  2. Iím Ready (Willie Dixon)
  3. Is Your Love In Vain?
  4. Shelter From The Storm
  5. It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
  6. Tangled Up In Blue
  7. Ballad Of A Thin Man
  8. Maggie’s Farm
  9. I Donít Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
  10. Like A Rolling Stone
  11. I Shall Be Released
  12. Going, Going, Gone
  13. One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later)
  14. It Ain’t Me, Babe
  15. Am I Your Stepchild?
  16. One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)
  17. Blowin’ In The Wind
  18. Girl From The North Country
  19. SeÒor (Tales Of Yankee Power)
  20. Masters Of War
  21. Just Like A Woman
  22. Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
  23. All Along The Watchtower
  24. All I Really Want To Do
  25. It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
  26. Forever Young
  27. Changing Of The Guards
  28. The Times They Are A-Changin’

Concert # 15 of the 1978 US Fall Tour. 1978 concert # 64.
Concert # 41 with the 1978 World Tour

Band: Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar),
Billy Cross (lead guitar),
Alan Pasqua (keyboards),
Steven Soles (rhythm guitar, backup vocals),
David Mansfield (violin & mandolin),
Steve Douglas (horns),
Jerry Scheff (bass),
Bobbye Hall (percussion),
Ian Wallace (drums),
Helena Springs, Jo Ann Harris, Carolyn Dennis (background vocals).

1 instrumental without Bob Dylan.
5, 15, 21 Bob Dylan (harmonica).
14 Bob Dylan solo (vocal, harmonica & guitar).

BobTalk

Thank you. Hereís a love ballad I wrote a little while back. The story about three people in love. (before Tangled Up In Blue)

Thank you. We gonna take a break right here, for a short while. Anyway this next song I recorded a few years back with The Band, you remember The Band? Right, this is off an album we did called Planet Waves. Sold about four copies. (before Going, Going, Gone)

Thank you. This is a song I wrote in Mexico. I was on a train that stopped at a place called Chihuahua. (before SeÒor (Tales Of Yankee Power))

Thank you. Thank you very much. We’d like to play this song for you. Anyway, we’ve been accused of playing disco music. Falsely accused of playing disco music. (before Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right)

Thank you, all right. Can you hear the bass and drums out there tonight? All right! On the drums tonight, from Kingston, Jamaica, please give him a warm hand, Mr. Ian Wallace! On the bass guitar, Mr. Jerry Scheff. Actually, youíre a beautiful crowd. Just one of the best crowds weíve ever had. Over on the organ, that’s Alan Pasqua. Right there on the keyboards. On the lead guitar tonight, Mr. Billy Cross. On the rhythm guitar, from Tombstone, Arizona, the ever ready Mr. Steven Soles. He never sleeps. And on the mandolin and violin and sometimes lead electric guitar, the youngest member of the group, he’s only fifteen years old. Doesn’t smoke dope, he doesn’t drink whiskey, he doesn’t go out with women, he doesn’t eat meat. Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. David Mansfield! On the tenor saxophone, Mr. Steve Douglas. On the backup vocals tonight my three girlfriends, sometimes girlfriends. On the left, Jo Ann Harris. An in the middle, Miss Helena Springs. A wonderful future and a great behind. On the left, Carolyn Dennis. On the conga drums, from Detroit, Miss Bobbye Hall. All right, thank you very much. Thank you a lot. This is called It’s Alright Ma, I’m Only Bleeding.

Thank you, we’re gonna go now. Anyway, weíll leave you with this song. I wrote it a few years back for one of my kids and I recorded it with The Band on this same album called Planet Waves. (before Forever Young)

3 new songs (10%) compared to previous concert.

Bob Dylan – The Real Street Legal Tapes

Bob Dylan
The Real Street-Legal Tapes
Pink Panther Records.

Blues nuggets from 1978.

  1. Don’t Go Home With Your Hard-On (Phil Spector/Leonard Cohen)

Gold Star Recording Studios, Los Angeles, March 1977

Leonard Cohen (guitar and vocal), Bob Dylan, Billy Diez and Allen Ginsberg (back-up vocals),
Conte Candoli (trumpet), Charles Loper and Jack Redmond (trombones),
Jesse Ed Davis, Dan Kessel and Davis Kessel (guitars), Barry Goldberg and Phil Spector (piano),
Jim Keltner and Hal Blaine (drums & percussion).

2.My Babe Traditional)

Rundown Studios, Music Touring Co, Santa Monica, California, January 1978.
Rehearsals for the Far East Tour.

Dylan (vocal & guitar), Billy Cross (guitar), David Mansfield (mandolin, guitar), Steven Soles (guitar),
Andy Stein (sax & violin), Alan Pasqua (organ), Rob Stoner (bass), Ian Wallace (drums),
Frannie Eisenberg, Katie Sagal, unidentified female singer (background vocals).

  1. Repossession Blues (Roland James)

Rundown Studios, Music Touring Co, Santa Monica, California, 1 February 1978 (Julia Orange Tape)
Rehearsals for the Far East Tour.

Dylan (vocal & guitar), Billy Cross (guitar), Rob Stoner (bass), Alan Pasqua (organ), Ian Wallace (drums), Andy Stein (saxophone).

4.Lonesome In My Bedroom (Ernest “Buddy” Wilson)
Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan, 21 February 1978

Band: Dylan / Cross / Douglas / Hall / Mansfield / Pasqua / Soles / Stoner / Wallace / Dye / Harris / Springs

  1. Is Your Love In Vain?
    Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan, 1 March 1978

Band: Dylan / Cross / Douglas / Hall / Mansfield / Pasqua / Soles / Stoner / Wallace / Dye / Harris / Springs

  1. Love Her With A Feeling (Tampa Red)

Festival Hall, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 15 March 1978

Band: Dylan / Cross / Douglas / Hall / Mansfield / Pasqua / Soles / Stoner / Wallace / Dye / Harris / Springs

  1. I’m A Steady Rolling Man (Robert Johnson)

Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 22 March 1978

Band: Dylan / Cross / Douglas / Hall / Mansfield / Pasqua / Soles / Stoner / Wallace / Dye / Harris / Springs

Live debut of I’m A Steady Rolling Man. Only performance during the 1978 World Tour.

  1. We Better Talk This Over

Rundown Studios, Music Touring Co, Santa Monica, California, 20 April 1978

Rehearsals for the European Tour. Jerry Scheff audition tape.

Band: Dylan / Cross / Douglas / Hall / Mansfield / Pasqua / Scheff / Soles / Wallace / Dennis / Harris / Springs

9.

Coming From The Heart (The Road Is Long) (Bob Dylan / Helena Springs)

Rundown Studios, Music Touring Co, Santa Monica, California, 20 April 1978

Rehearsals for the European Tour. Jerry Scheff audition tape.

Band: Dylan / Cross / Douglas / Hall / Mansfield / Pasqua / Scheff / Soles / Wallace / Dennis / Harris / Springs

  1. Stop Now

Rundown Studios, Music Touring Co, Santa Monica, California, May 1978

Produced by Don DeVito.

Band: Dylan / Cross / Douglas / Hall / Mansfield / Pasqua / Scheff / Soles / Wallace / Dennis / Harris / Springs

11.A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall (instrumental)

Universal Amphitheater, Los Angeles, California, 1 June 1978

Band: Dylan / Cross / Douglas / Hall / Mansfield / Pasqua / Scheff / Soles / Wallace / Dennis / Harris / Springs

12.Senor (Tales Of Yankee Power)

Zeppelindfeld, N¸rnberg, Germany, 1 July 1978

Band: Dylan / Cross / Douglas / Hall / Mansfield / Pasqua / Scheff / Soles / Wallace / Dennis / Harris / Springs

13.New Pony

Pavillon de Paris, Paris, France, 5 July 1978 (soundcheck)

Band: Dylan / Cross / Douglas / Hall / Mansfield / Pasqua / Scheff / Soles / Wallace / Dennis / Harris / Springs

14.My Back Pages (instrumental)

Pavillon de Paris, Paris, France, 6 July 1978

Band: Dylan / Cross / Douglas / Hall / Mansfield / Pasqua / Scheff / Soles / Wallace / Dennis / Harris / Springs

15.Baby Stop Crying

Pavillon de Paris, Paris, France, 6 July 1978

Band: Dylan / Cross / Douglas / Hall / Mansfield / Pasqua / Scheff / Soles / Wallace / Dennis / Harris / Springs

16.She’s Love Crazy (Sam Cooke)

Pavillon de Paris, Paris, France, 8 July 1978

Band: Dylan / Cross / Douglas / Hall / Mansfield / Pasqua / Scheff / Soles / Wallace / Dennis / Harris / Springs

17.True Love Tends To Forget

Pavillon de Paris, Paris, France, 8 July 1978

Band: Dylan / Cross / Douglas / Hall / Mansfield / Pasqua / Scheff / Soles / Wallace / Dennis / Harris / Springs

18.No Time To Think

Scandinavium, Gˆteborg, Sweden, 12 July 1978 (soundcheck)

Band: Dylan / Cross / Hall / Mansfield / Pasqua / Scheff / Soles / Wallace / Dennis / Harris / Springs

19.Is Your Love In Vain?

Blackbushe Aerodrome, Camberley, England, 15 July 1978

Band: Dylan / Cross / Hall / Mansfield / Pasqua / Scheff / Soles / Wallace / Dennis / Harris / Springs

20.I’m Ready (Willie Dixon)

Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island, 7 October 1978

Dylan / Cross / Douglas / Hall / Mansfield / Pasqua / Scheff / Soles / Wallace / Dennis / Harris / Springs

21.Where Are You Tonight? (Journey Through Dark Heat)

Dane County Memorial Coliseum, Madison, Wisconsin, 1 November 1978

Band: Dylan / Cross / Hall / Pasqua / Scheff / Soles / Wallace / Dennis / Harris / Springs

22.Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (instrumental)

Pacific National Exhibition Hall, Vancouver, British Columbia, 11 November 1978

Band: Dylan / Cross / Hall / Pasqua / Scheff / Soles / Wallace / Dennis / Harris / Springs

23.Am I Your Stepchild?

The Forum, Inglewood, Los Angeles, California, 15 November 1978

Band: Dylan / Cross / Hall / Pasqua / Scheff / Soles / Wallace / Dennis / Harris / Springs

24.Senor (Tales Of Yankee Power)

Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, North Carolina, 10 December 1978

Band: Dylan / Cross / Douglas / Hall / Mansfield / Pasqua / Scheff / Soles / Wallace / Dennis / Harris / Springs

25.We Better Talk This Over
The Omni, Atlanta, Georgia, 12 December 1978

Band: Dylan / Cross / Douglas / Hall / Mansfield / Pasqua / Scheff / Soles / Wallace / Dennis / Harris / Springs

26.Do Right To Me Baby (Do Unto Others)

Hollywood Sportatorium, Hollywood, Florida, 16 December 1978

Band: Dylan / Cross / Dennis / Douglas / Hall / Harris / Mansfield / Pasqua / Scheff / Soles / Springs / Wallace

Unrecorded new Christian song. Live debut.

Bob Dylan – Fourth Time Around – North America September & October 1978

Bob Dylan
1978 FOURTH TIME AROUND
NORTH AMERICA SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER
Pink Panther Records

There is an enormous amount of rubbish written about the first half of the 1978 North American tour.

Yes, the American press regarded Bob as a dinosaur who was past his prime & was now “selling-out like Elvis”, not that Elvis ever did sell out. The recently released Renaldo & Clara commercial disaster did not help.

Remember, Bob had just returned from a hugely successful tour of Europe which was praised by critics & fans alike.

Yes, Bob attacked the band about this criticism, accusing them of being boring & formulaic. These included some of the best musicians on the planet.

Yes, Bob’s harem was very disruptive to the karma of the band.

Yes, everybody (including Bob) got the flu & fans delighted in Ian Wallace vomiting into the bucket beside his drums.

But, being objective about the whole thing from the perspective of the surviving tapes, the music is simply beautiful.

Bob’s singing on this tour leg is inspired. In September, the band played some wonderful music
which sounded integrated & harmonious as only players who understand each other can – they had now been playing together for over six months.

& when Bob put the boot in they sure responded – the harmony started to disappear in October to be replaced by more & more improvisation. The jazz players in the band knew what to do & did it brilliantly but October was really the month of Billy Cross – his guitar playing is more than often exquisite.

Paul Williams understood this & he was absolutely right.

Bob was no doubt going through a period of great personal turmoil, but, as it has happened before of since, this just took his art to higher places.

Not as wild & feral & religious as November & December, but more majestic. Bob is in the process of changing into something quite different.

Contains September & October versions of each song (if they were played in both months)
so don’t complain about the sound quality of The Man In Me & It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry – it is what it is – sometimes it is lo-fi.

Don’t miss this.

FLAC from best available sound sources.

Statistics for this compilation (yes, lies, damn lies & statistics masquerading as facts)

80 ball-tearing, sensational tracks
46 different songs
17 concerts are represented here (from the total of 33 concerts)
6 hours & 24 minutes of music
1 bob

All songs played on the tour leg are represented here. Sound quality is, for the most part, very good to excellent

Civic Center
Augusta, Maine
15 September 1978

01.Rainy Day Women #12 & 35

Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 instrumental without Bob Dylan.

Cumberland Civic Center
Portland, Maine
16 September 1978

02.I Threw It All Away

Veterans Memorial Coliseum
New Haven, Connecticut
17 September 1978

03.The Man In Me

Onondaga County War Memorial Auditorium
Syracuse, New York
22 September 1978

04.Fourth Time Around
05.Simple Twist Of Fate

Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena
Binghamton, New York
24 September 1978

6.It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
7.Girl Of The North Country
8.Love You Too Much

Civic Center
Springfield, Massachusetts
26 September 1978

9.My Back Pages
10.Iím Ready (Willie Dixon)
11.Is Your Love In Vain?
12.Love Minus Zero/No Limit
13.Tangled Up In Blue
14.I Donít Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
15.Like A Rolling Stone
16.True Love Tends To Forget
17.It Ain’t Me, Babe
18.Blowin’ In The Wind
19.I Want You
20.SeÒor (Tales Of Yankee Power)
21.Masters Of War
22.Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
23.All I Really Want To Do
24.It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
25.Changing Of The Guards

Madison Square Garden
New York City, New York
29 September 1978

26.Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
27.SeÒor (Tales Of Yankee Power)

Madison Square Garden
New York City, New York
30 September 1978

28.Iím Ready (Willie Dixon)
29.Ballad Of A Thin Man
30.Maggie’s Farm
31.I Shall Be Released
32.Going, Going, Gone
33.One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later)
34.Am I Your Stepchild?
35.One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)
36.Masters Of War
37.Just Like A Woman
38.Baby Stop Crying
39.All Along The Watchtower
40.Forever Young

Scope Arena
Norfolk, Virginia
3 October 1978

41.The Man In Me

The Spectrum
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
6 October 1978

42.It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry

Civic Center
Providence, Rhode Island
7 October 1978

43.Iím Ready (Willie Dixon)
44.Is Your Love In Vain?
45.Shelter From The Storm
46.It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
47.It Ain’t Me, Babe
48.Am I Your Stepchild?
49.SeÒor (Tales Of Yankee Power)
50.Masters Of War
51.Just Like A Woman
52.All Along The Watchtower
53.All I Really Want To Do
54.Changing Of The Guards

Maple Leaf Gardens
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
12 October 1978

55.Going, Going, Gone
56.To Ramona

Chicago Stadium
Chicago, Illinois
18 October 1978

57.The Times They Are A-Changin’
58.Girl Of The North Country

Richfield Coliseum
Richfield, Ohio
20 October 1978

59.My Back Pages
60.Mr Tambourine Man
61.Shelter From The Storm
62.Tangled Up In Blue
63.Ballad Of A Thin Man
64.I Shall Be Released
65.Where Are You Tonight? (Journey Through Dark Heat)
66.Simple Twist Of Fate

Centennial Arena
University Of Toledo
Toledo, Ohio
21 October 1978

67.Love Minus Zero/No Limit
68.Maggie’s Farm
69.I Donít Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
70.Like A Rolling Stone
71.One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later)
72.One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)
73.Blowin’ In The Wind
74.Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
75.It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
76.Forever Young

The Checkerdome
St Louis, Missouri
29 October 1978

77.True Love Tends To Forget

Civic Center
St. Paul, Minnesota
31 October 1978

78.Sheís Love Crazy (Tampa Red)
79.Coming From The Heart (The Road Is Long) (Bob Dylan/Helena Springs)
80.I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight

Rock on, Bob!

Bob Dylan – ’60s Anthems ’78 Style

Bob Dylan
60S ANTHEMS 78 STYLE (Pink Panther Records)

Co-produced by Detective Inspector Jacques Clouseau and President Vladimir Putin.
Mastered at Lubyanka Sound Studios, KGB Headquarters, Moscow.
Big Band 78s Of The Classics.

All songs are chronological.
A true Top-40.


Pink Panther in party mode
Lubyanka Sound Studios, Moscow

Bob waiting for a taxi outside Rundown Studios (unsuccessfully)
Bob’s Point Dume, Malibu mansion with original dome
Nasty Russian copy of Bob’s house
Nazi’s parading at Zeppelindfeld, Nurnberg 1938 (Jimmy Page row 23, 1,237 from left)

1. Most Likely You Go Your way (And I’ll Go Mine)
2. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat

Rundown Studios, Santa Monica, California, 30 December 1977 (rehearsal)

Dylan (guitar), David Mansfield (mandolin, guitar), Steven Soles (guitar),
Alan Pasqua (organ), Rob Stoner (bass), Danny Siewell (drums).Dylan (piano & vocal),
Frannie Eisenberg, Katie Segal and an unidentified woman (backgrouns vocals).

This particular rehearsal comes at a time when the touring band was still in a state of flux,
with Denny Siewell on drums, Jesse Ed Davis on guitar and Katie Segal and Debbie Dye Gibson on backing vocals.
It also features Dylan figuring out a piano arrangement of It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue,
as well as versions of three songs that failed to appear on the tour; Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I’ll Go Mine),
Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat and If Not For You. Though this is a first generation digital transfer of the cassette master,
this is one recording not from the mixing console, but recorded by one of the musicians with a boom box. (hence the slightly recessed vocals).
However, it remains a fascinating insight into the embryonic stage of rehearsals at this point.


3. It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)

Rundown Studios, Music Touring Co, Santa Monica, California, 30 January 1978 (rehearsal)

Dylan (vocal and guitar), Billy Cross (guitar), David Mansfield (steel guitar and violin),
Steven Soles (guitar), Rob Stoner (bass), Alan Pasqua (piano and organ), Ian Wallace (drums),
Andy Stein (saxophone), Frannie Eisenberg, Katie Sagal, unidentified female singer (background vocals).

Glen Dundas has Steve Douglas on saxophone, Bobbye Hall on percussion and Jo Ann Harris, Helena Springs and Debbie Dye on backing vocals.

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4. I Threw It All Away

Matsushita Denki Taiikukan, Hirakata City, Osaka Fu, Japan, 24 February 1978

Band: Dylan / Cross / Douglas / Hall / Mansfield / Pasqua / Soles / Stoner / Wallace / Dye / Harris / Springs

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5. To Ramona
6. I Shall Be Released


Matsushita Denki Taiikukan, Hirakata City, Osaka Fu, Japan, 26 February 1978

Band: Dylan / Cross / Douglas / Hall / Mansfield / Pasqua / Soles / Stoner / Wallace / Dye / Harris / Springs

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7. Tomorrow Is A Long Time

Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan, 4 March 1978

Band: Dylan / Cross / Douglas / Hall / Mansfield / Pasqua / Soles / Stoner / Wallace / Dye / Harris / Springs

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8. All I Really Want To Do

Festival Hall, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 15 March 1978

Band: Dylan / Cross / Douglas / Hall / Mansfield / Pasqua / Soles / Stoner / Wallace / Dye / Harris / Springs

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9. It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)

Universal Amphitheater, Los Angeles, California, 3 June 1978

Band: Dylan / Cross / Douglas / Hall / Mansfield / Pasqua / Scheff / Soles / Wallace / Dennis / Harris / Springs

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10. A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall (instrumental)
11. One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later)

Universal Amphitheater, Los Angeles, California, 7 June 1978

Band: Dylan / Cross / Douglas / Hall / Mansfield / Pasqua / Scheff / Soles / Wallace / Dennis / Harris / Springs

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12. I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)

Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 23 June 1978

Band: Dylan / Cross / Douglas / Hall / Mansfield / Pasqua / Scheff / Soles / Wallace / Dennis / Harris / Springs

***

13. It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
14. Ballad Of A Thin Man
15. A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall
16. Masters Of War

Zeppelindfeld, Nürnberg, Germany, 1 July 1978

Band: Dylan / Cross / Douglas / Hall / Mansfield / Pasqua / Scheff / Soles / Wallace / Dennis / Harris / Springs

Only vocal performance of A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall during the 1978 World tour.

BobTalk

Thank you. That was a new song. This is an old one. Not really new. It gives me great pleasure to sing it in this place. (before Masters Of War)

***

17. Just Like A Woman
18. I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight

Pavillon de Paris, Paris, France, 3 July 1978

Band: Dylan / Cross / Douglas / Hall / Mansfield / Pasqua / Scheff / Soles / Wallace / Dennis / Harris / Springs

***

19. Gates Of Eden
20. Blowin’ In The Wind
21. Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right

Pavillon de Paris, Paris, France, 5 July 1978

Band: Dylan / Cross / Douglas / Hall / Mansfield / Pasqua / Scheff / Soles / Wallace / Dennis / Harris / Springs

***

22. My Back Pages (instrumental)

Pavillon de Paris, Paris, France, 6 July 1978

Band: Dylan / Cross / Douglas / Hall / Mansfield / Pasqua / Scheff / Soles / Wallace / Dennis / Harris / Springs

***

23. Mr Tambourine Man
24. Love Minus Zero / No Limit
25. The Times They Are A-Changin’

Pavillon de Paris, Paris, France, 8 July 1978

Band: Dylan / Cross / Douglas / Hall / Mansfield / Pasqua / Scheff / Soles / Wallace / Dennis / Harris / Springs

***

26. Girl Of The North Country

Scandinavium, Göteborg, Sweden, 11 July 1978

Band: Dylan / Cross / Douglas / Hall / Mansfield / Pasqua / Scheff / Soles / Wallace / Dennis / Harris / Springs

***

27. I Want You

Scandinavium, Göteborg, Sweden, 12 July 1978

Band: Dylan / Cross / Douglas / Hall / Mansfield / Pasqua / Scheff / Soles / Wallace / Dennis / Harris / Springs

***

28. Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues

Blackbushe Aerodrome, Camberley, England, 15 July 1978

Band: Dylan / Cross / Douglas / Hall / Mansfield / Pasqua / Scheff / Soles / Wallace / Dennis / Harris / Springs

***

29. Fourth Time Around

Onondaga County War Memorial Auditorium, Syracuse, New York, 22 September 1978

Band: Dylan / Cross / Douglas / Hall / Mansfield / Pasqua / Scheff / Soles / Wallace / Dennis / Harris / Springs

Only performance of Fourth Time Around during the 1978 World tour.

***

30. It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry

The Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 6 October 1978

Band: Dylan / Cross / Douglas / Hall / Mansfield / Pasqua / Scheff / Soles / Wallace / Dennis / Harris / Springs

Only performance of It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry during the 1978 World Tour.

***

31. All Along The Watchtower

Richfield Coliseum, Richfield, Ohio, 20 October 1978

Band: Dylan / Cross / Douglas / Hall / Mansfield / Pasqua / Scheff / Soles / Wallace / Dennis / Harris / Springs

***

32. Maggie’s Farm

Hec Edmondson Pavilion, University Of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 10 November 1978

Band: Dylan / Cross / Douglas / Hall / Mansfield / Pasqua / Scheff / Soles / Wallace / Dennis / Harris / Springs

***

33. Like A Rolling Stone
34. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (Queens Of Rhythm vovals)
35. Masters Of War

Pacific National Exhibition Hall, Vancouver, British Columbia, 11 November 1978

Band: Dylan / Cross / Douglas/ Hall / Mansfield / Pasqua / Scheff / Soles / Wallace / Dennis / Harris / Springs

***
36. Mr Tambourine Man
37. It Ain’t Me, Babe
38. All Along The Watchtower

The Forum, Inglewood, Los Angeles, California, 15 November 1978

Band: Dylan / Cross / Douglas / Hall / Harris / Mansfield / Pasqua / Scheff / Soles / Wallace / Dennis / Springs

***

39. Ballad Of A Thin Man
40. Maggie’s Farm

Hollywood Sportatorium, Hollywood, Florida, 16 December 1978

Band: Dylan / Cross / Douglas / Hall / Harris / Mansfield / Pasqua / Scheff / Soles / Wallace / Dennis / Springs

BobTalk / GeekRant

You know in the 50’s they used to have carnivals that came trough town.
I know that you’re familiar with carnivals here.
Anyway, back then every carnival had what they called a geek.
Everyone know what a geek is? A geek is a man who eats a live chicken.
He bites the head off, and then he bites the rest of it off.
Anyway, he drinks up the blood, eats the heart, everything.
Sweeps up the feathers with a broom.
In those days it cost a quarter to see him.
Nowadays I suppose it’d be 15-20 dollars, back then it was still a quarter.
Anyway, no one much get too tight with a geek, you know?
I was having breakfast one day with a bearded lady and she tells me that a geek is so low down that he can’t be believable.
He thinks that everyone else in the whole crew is freakier than he was.
I remembered that years later when I was walking down a street in Nashville you know,
about 1960 something, when Al Kooper was playing organ for me at the time.
And we were walking down the street, we had long hair, and nobody in Nashville, at that time, did have long hair.
Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, none of those people had long hair at this particular time.
Anyway, we were walking down the street and the buses used to stop, people would come running out of their stores just to look at us.
I thought this was kind of peculiar really because we hadn’t done anything.
Somewhere along the line I put, tried to put, all of it into this particular song. (before Ballad Of A Thin Man)

Bob Dylan – Broken Days, Oh Mercy Outtakes

Bob Dylan
Broken Days – “Oh Mercy Outtakes”
Studio On The Move Recording studio
New Orleans, LA March 7-24, 1989

Manufacturer / Catalog No.
Tambourine Man / TMR 003

Lineage:silvers>EAC>Wav>Flac

Tracks:

Political World
Everything Is Broken (Broken Days)
Ring Them Bells
Ring Them Bells
Most Of The Time
Most Of The Time
What Was It You Wanted
Shooting Star
Shooting Star
God Knows
God Knows
Born In Time
Series Of Dreams
Series Of Dreams
Series Of Dreams
Dignity

Bob Dylan – Discoveries Collection, Vol. 5

Bob Dylan
DISCOVERIES Collection volume 5
2011
art/concept/sÈlection by Dylanforeverman

Set list:

01 David Letterman introduction (New York City 1984-03-22)
02 Don’t start me talking (New York City 1984-03-22)
03 License to kill (New York City 1984-03-22)
04 Jokerman (New York City 1984-03-22)
05 With God On Our Side (Peace Sunday, Pasadena June 10th 1982)
06 A Pirate Looks At 40 (Peace Sunday, Pasadena June 10th 1982)
07 Blowin’ in the wind (Peace Sunday, Pasadena June 10th 1982)
08 I’m So Restless (Los Angeles,October – November 1972)
09 Dylan and Lennon conversation 1 (1966-05-25 Dylan & Lennon Conversations, London, England)
10 Dylan and Lennon conversation 2 (1966-05-25 Dylan & Lennon Conversations, London, England)
11 Baby Let Me Follow You Down ( Paris 1966)
12 Ballad Of A Thin Man (Paris 1966)

Taper : gessy76

Bruce Springsteen – Born in the USA Outtakes

Bruce Springsteen
Unsatisfied Heart – Remastered Born In The U.S.A. Outtakes
Label: Ev2
Format: 2CD
Source: Studio
Date: 1982 – April 1984
Location: The Hit Factory / The Power Station, New York City, NY

Disc 1:
01 Born In The U.S.A.
02 Murder Incorporated
03 Downbound Train
04 Glory Days
05 This Hard Land
06 My Love Will Not Let You Down
07 Johnny Bye Bye
08 Frankie
09 I’m Goin’ Down
10 Working On The Highway
11 I’m On Fire

b-sides:
12 Sugarland
13 Follow That Dream
14 Dont Back Down
15 One Love
16 Little Girl

Disc 2:
01 None But The Brave
02 Murder Incorporated #2
03 (Drop On Down And) Cover Me
04 Janey Don’t You Lose Heart
05 My Love Will Not Let You Down #2
06 Cynthia
07 Darlington County
08 Protection
09 TV Movie
10 County Fair

Solo:
11 Shut Out The Light
12 Richfield Whistle
13 Fugitives Dream
14 Delivery Man
15 The Klansman
16 Unsatisfied Heart

Disc One (1) details:

Recording details:

  • Track 11 recorded at The Hit Factory, Feb 1982.
  • Tracks 1,3,4 recorded at The Hit Factory, March or April 1982.
  • Track 2 recorded at The Power Station, April or May 1982.
  • Track 10 recorded at The Hit Factory, April 1982.
  • Track 5 recorded at The Hit Factory, May 11, 1982.
  • Track 8 recorded at The Hit Factory, May 14, 1982.
  • Track 6 recorded at The Hit Factory, May 5, 1982.
  • Track 9 recorded at The Power Station, November 9th 1983.
  • Track 13 recorded at Thrill Hill West, LA, CA, January 30, 1983.
  • Track 14 recorded at Thrill Hill West, LA, CA, January 4, 1983.
  • Tracks 7,12,15,16 recorded at Thrill Hill West, mid Jan to mid Feb 1983.

Source details:

  • Tracks 1,2,3,4,5,6,8,10,11 from ‘This Hard Land’, BS2002
  • Tracks 9,12 from ‘Lost Masters XIX’, LOVE 019
  • Tracks 7,17 from ‘Lost Masters XVII’, LOVE 017
  • Tracks 14,15,16 from ‘Lost Masters XVI’, LOVE 016

Track descriptions:
01 Contains a different Springsteen vocal overdub and a very long, extended jam ending.
02 This track has the original Van Zandt background vocals.
03 Slighly different version / mix.
04 Unedited, contains an entire extra verse (about Bruceís dad) that was cut from the officially released version.
05 One of his finest studio performances. For some bizarre reason Springsteen & The E Street Band re-recorded the
song in 1995 and released that re-recording on ‘Greatest Hits’ ñ but it pales in comparison to this original.
06 Different mix than on the one released on ‘Tracks’.
07 Bruce borrowed the first two lines from Chuck Berryís song ìBye Bye Johnnyî (as well as the play on the title),
which is why itís registered as a Springsteen-Berry composition.
08 Originally recorded for “Darkness”, and recorded again here, this was considered for the ‘Greatest Hits’ collection but was finally dropped.
09 Full, unedited version that includes lyric changes and the complete raucous ending. This track runs nearly a full 1:30 longer than the released version.
10 Slighly different version / mix.
11 A bit longer version.
12 Beautiful keyboards by Danny and Roy augment some fine acoustic guitar playing by Bruce.
13 Presented in best-ever quality, this unreleased gem far eclipses any current circulated versions.
14 Unreleased studio outtake.
15 Wonderful tune with a killer chorus – note the bass line similar to the Human Touch B-side ’30 Days Out’
16 Short but energetic rocker.

‘Thrill Hill West’ is Springsteenís home studio in Los Angeles (aka ‘Hollywood Hills Garage Studio’)
Most band tracks are E Street Band backing versions from so-called ìelectric Nebraska sessionî

Disc Two (2) details:

Recording details:

  • Track 1 recorded at The Hit Factory, from the April-June 1983 sessions.
  • Track 3 PROBABLY recorded at The Hit Factory during Jan or early Feb 1982. May be from later.
  • Track 2 recorded at The Power Station, April or May 1982.
  • Track 4 recorded at The Hit Factory, June 16, 1983
  • Track 5 recorded at The Hit Factory, May 5, 1982.
  • Track 6 recorded at The Hit Factory, April 20, 1983.
  • Track 7 recorded at The Power Station during April or May 1982.
  • Track 8 recorded at The Hit Factory, Feb 1982.
  • Track 9 recorded at The Hit Factory, June 13, 1983.
  • Track 10 recorded at The Hit Factory, April or May 1983.
  • Tracks 11,13 recorded at Thrill Hill West, August 1982 through April 1983.
  • Tracks 12,14,16 recorded at Thrill Hill West, January through May 1983.
  • Track 15 recorded at Thrill Hill West, January 4, 1983.

Source details:

  • Tracks 1,2,3,4,5,6 from ‘Murder Incorporated’, FR03
  • Track 7 from ‘This Hard Land’, BS2002
  • Tracks 9,10 from ‘Lost Masters XIX’, LOVE 019
  • Tracks 14,16, from ‘Lost Masters XVII’, LOVE 017
  • Track 12 from ‘Lost Masters XVIII’, LOVE 018
  • Tracks 15,11,13 from ‘Lost Masters XVI’, LOVE 016
  • Track 8 from ‘Lost Masters IV’, LOVE 004

Track descriptions:
01 The original mix without the new (90’s) vocal track or the overdubbed second guitar on ‘The Essential BS’. One of my favourite tracks, too bad the sound quality is what it is.
02 Different mix permutation of the same core recording as #1.
03 Completely different recording than the released ‘Cover Me’ done in a dramatically different arrangement.
This may actually date from a later period in the sessions than the original ‘Cover Me’.
04 Same core recording as on ‘Tracks’, but has a much longer fade out (very nice) and features Steve Van Zandt on background vocals and guitar.
05 Different mix permutation of the same core recording as #1.
06 Different mix than on the one released on ‘Tracks’.
07 Includes slightly different lyrics and an alternate beginning and ending.
08 This song was given to Donna Summer, who was recording an album at the time at the same studio.
Summerís cover version (with Springsteen on guitar) was recorded in March 1982 (released Aug 82).
Bruce and Donna also recorded a duet vocal version at her sessions ñ it remains uncirculating.
09 Original mix with the saxophone track (deleted on ‘Tracks’).
10 Features Ruth Jackson on background vocals. Possibly recorded at the same session as ‘My Hometown’ (which also features Jackson).
11 By far the definitive version of this song ñ contains an additional, important lyric verse that has been cut from all the other versions.
12 Brilliant song that developed from a 1981-82 work-in-progress composition called ‘James Lincoln Dear’
13 Unreleased studio outtake.
14 Unreleased studio outtake.
15 Compelling song. Features a dark, brooding beat that mirrors the disturbing nature of the lyrics. A nice vocal performance here and we’re left wondering what possessed him to write this one.
16 Add this to the ever expanding list of Bruce’s greatest unreleased songs. A man surveys his life and wonders if he can ever escape the demons of his past.

  • ‘Thrill Hill West’ is Springsteenís home studio in Los Angeles (aka ‘Hollywood Hills Garage Studio’).
  • Most band tracks are E Street Band backing versions from so-called ìelectric Nebraska sessionî

OK, so I had already done the ‘Born To Run’, ‘Darkness’ & ‘The River’ outtakes, most BITUSA outtake bootlegs only have 1cd
and don’t include as many different tracks as I’d like to. So I just tried to add all important tracks to the same boot.
I know, not every outtake is included and that wasn’t my intention either.

The first disc is supposed to be the original track listing of ‘Murder Incorporated’, the never-released 1983 album which was
(as you can see/hear) a lot darker than ‘Born In The U.S.A.’ Also included are the 5 b-sides Bruce had intended to use. (SEE BELOW)

When burning this compilation, make sure you burn it DAO – without the 2 seconds gaps between each track.

Big thanks to a few people on SPL (reidneile, jumpstone) – I hope you all enjoy this.
This one’s dedicated to ‘richr’ and all his friends over at ‘Thunder Road’.

Thanks to brucebase & theboots.net for some of the song descriptions.

By July 1983 Springsteen was in the final stages of mixing and track selection for the album. There was talk of a pre-Christmas release.
There was certainly no shortage of outstanding material to pick from. A document exists from mid 1983 revealing Springsteenís selection for the BITUSA album,
as well his selections for b-sides. It was as follows:

BORN IN THE USA
MURDER INCORPORATED
DOWNBOUND TRAIN
GLORY DAYS
THIS HARD LAND
MY LOVE WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN
JOHNNY BYE BYE
FRANKIE
IíM GOIN DOWN
WORKING ON THE HIGHWAY
IíM ON FIRE
b-side / SUGARLAND
b-side / FOLLOW THAT DREAM
b-side / DONíT BACK DOWN
b-side / ONE LOVE
b-side / LITTLE GIRL LIKE YOU