Bob Dylan
Nippon Budokan Hall
Tokyo, Japan
2 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 – 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

According to Bjorner —- 15 – One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below), but…
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 – The Man In Me
23 – Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
24 – It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
25 – Forever Young

    (encore)

26 – The Times They Are A-Changin’

Concert # 9 of the 1978 Far East Tour. 1978 concert # 9.
Concert # 9 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).

BobTalk
Thank you. So this is a brand new song, never been recorded before. (before Is Your Love In Vain?)
This one is called You’re A Good Girl Now. Good Girl Now. (before You’re A Big Girl Now)
Playing in the band tonight, on background vocals, on the left …
A man who’s been with us now for quite some time, Steve Douglas, give him a hand, he deserves it.
On the violin and the mandolin continuously, David Mansfield.
On the organ and the piano, Alan Pasqua. On the rhythm guitar, Mr. Steven Soles.
Bass guitar, Rob Stoner. On the drums, Ian Wallace. On the conga drums, Bobbye Hall.
Lead guitar Billy Cross. Thank you. This is called It’s Alright Ma, I’m Only Bleeding.
Thank you. You’ve been an awfully good audience. I’ll leave you with this message here. (before Forever Young)
You’re wonderful. Here’s a song I wrote in 1963. It still means a lot to me. (before The Times They Are A-Changin’)

3 new songs (11%) compared to previous concert. No new songs for this tour.

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

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
21 Feb 78
Tokyo, Japan
Budokan Hall

Hard Rain (instrumental)
Lonesome in my Bedroom
Mr Tambourine Man
I Threw It All Away
Love Minus Zero/No Limit
Shelter From the Storm
If You see her say Hello
Ballad of a Thin Man
Maggie’s Farm
I Want You
Don’t Think Twice. its alright
To Ramona
Like A Rolling Stone
I Shall Be Released
Going, Going, Gone
Sooner Or Later
Blowin’ In The Wind
Just Like A Woman
Oh Sister
You’re A Big Girl Now
All Along The Watchtower
Simple Twist of Fate
All I really wanna do
The Man in Me
Tomorrow Is A Long Time
Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door
(band intro)
It’s Alright Ma, I’m Only Bleeding
Forever Young
The Times They Are A-Changin’

BobTalk (new)

Thank you. Playing the drums tonight is Ian Wallace. On the Conga Drums, Bobby Hall. On the Organ from Roosevelt, New Jersy is Alan Pasqua. Cape Canaveral Florida on Rythm Guitar, Steven Soles. Playing Horns tonight, we have Steve Douglas. Violin and Mandolin is David Mansfield; he’s only 19. […..] Lead guitar is Billy Cross. On bass guitar is Rob Stoner. Background vocals Jo Ann Harris, Helena Springs shes on the left,and on the right is Miss Debbie Gibson. (before Itís Alrigh, Ma (Iím Only Bleeding).

Source 1:

LB-7291

From the original uploader:
I couldn’t find any recordings of this show so I mastered this one from my cassettes.
I expect that this is the same recording as LB-1237

Source 2:

LB-11035
BOOTLEG: Live In Japan Vol. 2
Tarantura TCDBD-2A 2B 4 CD BOX)
Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan – February 21st, 1978

Flac files extracted by cevau from audio disks provided by industry source.

bittorrent download 08/13; harsh and compressed;
this has 2 different recordings based on different crowd at end of d1t4;
they are different recordings than LB-1237 and LB-7291 based on different crowd at beginning of d1t2;
both versions A & B have additional crowd at beginning of show than on other versions;
version A has the most with additional opening music;
version A and B sounded similar except A was harsher and B had a little more hiss;
LB-1237 has the warmest sound with least hiss;
(did not listen to all of this)

drop/cut between cdrs;
discontinuities between tracks;
discontinuity pop d1t3 0:41, d4t13 1:34