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Bob Dylan / The Complete Budokan 1978

4CD box set and 8LP vinyl

Newly remixed & remastered • 4CD & 8LP sets with two complete shows • 2LP highlights edition

Columbia and Sony’s Legacy Recordings will issue The Complete Budokan 1978 a new 4CD or 8LP vinyl box that marks the 45th anniversary of Bob Dylan’s 1978 world tour and includes two complete shows from Tokyo’s Nippon Budokan Hall (February 28 and March 1, 1978). There’s 58 tracks in total, 36 of which are previously unreleased. The audio is newly remixed from the original multi-track tapes.

For his 1978 performances, Dylan (rhythm guitar, harmonica, vocals) led an ensemble featuring Billy Cross (lead guitar), Ian Wallace (drums), Alan Pasqua (keyboards), Rob Stoner (bass, vocals), Steven Soles (acoustic rhythm guitar, vocals), David Mansfield (pedal steel, violin, mandolin, guitar, dobro), Steve Douglas (saxophone, flute, recorder), Bobbye Hall (percussion), Helena Springs (vocals), Jo Ann Harris (vocals), and Debi Dye (vocals). The original Bob DylanAt Budokan album was produced by Don DeVito, who also helmed Dylan’s Street-Legal, recorded and released during the 1978 world tour, featuring the same musicians. 

With more than a nod to the Tokyo venue, the 4CD box set is imported from Japan and includes a 60-page photo book of sleeve notes and previously unpublished photos of Dylan on-stage and behind-the-scenes. It also includes facsimile memorabilia such as concert tickets, pamphlets, posters, and flyers etc.

This box set is also available in full as an 8LP vinyl collection but that’s only available in Japan. A 2LP vinyl ‘highlights’ edition, called Another Budokan, features 16 previously unreleased tracks from the big box.

The Complete Budokan and Another Budokan will be released on 17 November 2023 via Columbia/Legacy Recordings.

The 4CD ‘imported from Japan’ box set of Complete Budokan (click to enlarge)

Tracklisting

The Complete Budokan 1978 Bob Dylan /

    • CD 1
      Live at Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan – February 28, 1978   
      1. A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall*  
      2. Repossession Blues* 
      3. Mr. Tambourine Man*  
      4. I Threw It All Away*  
      5. Shelter From The Storm  
      6. Love Minus Zero/No Limit  
      7. Girl From The North Country*  
      8. Ballad Of A Thin Man*  
      9. 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*  
       *previously unreleased
    • CD 2

      Live at Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan – February 28, 1978   

      1. One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later) *  
      2. Blowin’ In The Wind*  
      3. Just Like A Woman*  
      4. Oh, Sister*  
      5. Simple Twist Of Fate  
      6. You’re A Big Girl Now*  
      7. All Along The Watchtower*  
      8. I Want You*  
      9. All I Really Want To Do*  
      10. Tomorrow Is A Long Time*  
      11. Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right 
      12. Band introductions*  
      13. It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)  
      14. Forever Young  
      15. The Times They Are A-Changin’  
      *Previously Unreleased 
    • CD 3
      Live at Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan – March 1, 1978        
      1. A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall*  
      2. Love Her With A Feeling* 
      3. Mr. Tambourine Man 
      4. I Threw It All Away*  
      5. Love Minus Zero/No Limit*  
      6. Shelter From The Storm*
      7. Girl From The North Country*  
      8. Ballad Of A Thin Man  
      9. 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  
      *Previously Unreleased 
    • CD 4
      1. One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later) *  
      2. Blowin’ In The Wind  
      3. Just Like A Woman  
      4. Oh, Sister  
      5. I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) *  
      6. You’re A Big Girl Now*  
      7. All Along The Watchtower  
      8. I Want You  
      9. All I Really Want To Do  
      10. Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door  
      11. The Man In Me*  
      12. Band introductions*  
      13. It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)*  
      14. Forever Young*  
      15. The Times They Are A-Changin’* 
      *Previously Unreleased 

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