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Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. Mr. Tambourine Man
2. Shelter From the Storm
3. Love Minus Zero/No Limit
4. Ballad of a Thin Man
5. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
6. Maggie's Farm
7. One More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below)
8. Like a Rolling Stone
9. I Shall Be Released
10. Is Your Love in Vain?
11. Going, Going, Gone
DISC 2:
1. Blowin' in the Wind
2. Just Like a Woman
3. Oh, Sister
4. Simple Twist of Fate
5. All Along the Watchtower
6. I Want You
7. All I Really Want to Do
8. Knockin' on Heaven's Door
9. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
10. Forever Young
11. Times They Are a-Changin', The
| Details | | Producer: | Don DeVito | | Distributor: | Sony Music Distribution ( | | Recording Type: | Live | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Personnel: Bob Dylan (vocals, guitar, harmonica); Helena Springs, Jo Ann Harris, Debi Dye (vocals); Steven Soles (acoustic guitar, vocals); Billy Cross (guitar); David Mansfield (pedal steel, violin, mandolin, guitar, dobro); Steve Douglas (saxophone, flute, recorder); Alan Pasqua (keyboards); Rob Stoner (bass, vocals); Ian Wallace (drums); Bobbye Hall (percussion).
Engineers: Tom Suzuki, Teppei Kasai, Tetsuro Tomita, G.H. Sukegawa.
Recorded at Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan on February 28 and March 1, 1978. Includes liner notes by Bob Dylan.
This live double album, recorded in Tokyo in 1978, is practically a best-of in disguise. Dylan focuses on the older material in his repertoire, reaching back to the '60s for such tunes as "Blowin' In The Wind," "All I Really Want To Do" and "The Times They Are A-Changin'." Wisely, he also includes a couple of songs from his finest '70s album, BLOOD ON THE TRACKS. These tunes, "Shelter From The Storm" and "Simple Twist of Fate," differ radically from the original recorded versions, as has always been Dylan's wont in a performance situation.
One thing that differentiates BUDOKAN from Dylan's other live albums, is the approach toward arrangements. Both earlier and later concert recordings present Dylan as the leader of a ragtag gang that blazes its way through the tunes in a spontaneous manner. Here, backed by studio vets like Ian Wallace, Alan Pasqua and Steven Soles as well as a three-woman choir, Dylan takes a much more thought-out, even "professional-sounding" approach, to the extent that this could almost pass for a studio re-recording of some of his finest compositions.
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