Chief engineer Tom Suzuki says, “We mixed the record with the keyword ‘passion’ in mind. The result is a mix that surpasses the original 1978 release, providing a crisper and clearer sound where each instrument and Bob Dylan’s voice are distinctly audible.” Columbia CDCBS 96004 (Australia) - detail of CD1, scan by Stuart Moore (first release - "1-CDCBS-96004" in inner One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later) [Live at Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan – February 28, 1978] 4:32

As for the songs, lets look at the stats. We have 28 songs each night, including an instrumental fanfare of A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall and around five and a half hours of entertainment, which might explain why the band took a short break mid-set each night. Seven songs from 28 February and 15 songs from 1 March were on the original double album. 33 different songs performed overall and 36 songs previously unreleased. Whilst you really should have heard the vast majority of the songs in one form or another over the years, here are some observations on many of the songs and arrangements performed over these two wonderful nights in Tokyo. A preview of the album, a previously unreleased performance of "The Man In Me" from The Complete Budokan 1978 is available {HERE/LINK} Chief engineer Tom Suzuki says, "We mixed the record with the keyword 'passion' in mind. The result is a mix that surpasses the original 1978 release, providing a crisper and clearer sound where each instrument and Bob Dylan's voice are distinctly audible." Offiziellecharts.de – Bob Dylan – Bob Dylan At Budokan" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved March 7, 2021. The Bob Dylan World Tour 1978 marked the artist's first international concert dates since 1966 and his first live shows since the Rolling Thunder Revue blasted through North America in 1975-76. A major international musical event, the year-long tour found Bob Dylan performing 114 shows in Asia, Oceania, North America and Europe, to a combined audience of two million fans.Germany). The records of the East German set were manufactured at the Amiga pressing plant in Potsdam-Babelsberg Columbia Records and Legacy Recording, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, will release Bob Dylan – The Complete Budokan 1978 on Friday, November 17. Bob Dylan at Budokan reached #13 in the US and went platinum, while simultaneously peaking at #4 in the UK. The album was collected by a talking tree in the PSN game Deathspank in 2010 CBS SCBS 2335 (Zimbabwe) - detail of Side 1, scan by Lars M. Banke (variant 1 - "MARKETED AND DISTRIBUTED BY

The LP-sized box set also contains a Japanese booklet, brimming with over 50,000 characters that detail commentaries, testimonials, and behind-the-scenes anecdotes, along with song lyrics and their translations. Music critic Edna Gundersen, in her essay on ‘The Complete Budokan’, remarked that Dylan’s 1978 Budokan performance, while mildly received at the time, saw renewed admiration over the years due to its innovative arrangements. The records of this copy have handwritten matrix numbers: Side 1 - AL-36068 1A 2HZD, Side 2 - BL-36068 According to Tetsuya Shiroki, co-producer of The Complete Budokan 1978, the newly restored, remixed and remastered recordings “…capture(s) two days of this history-making tour. Nothing has been removed or altered in any way.”shorter than the cassette 2 insert. The inside of the cassette 1 insert has credits for musicians and sound engineers while the

The very fact that we can even listen to these two shows in such pristine quality is in itself truly amazing given the length of time the long-forgotten tapes had languished hidden in the archives before being first discovered in 2007 and only then finally resurrected in 2022. But once you do hear them, you begin to realise how Dylan’s sound was evolving from the wider use of instrumentation that underpinned the Rolling Thunder tour, to embellishing it with further orchestration into the big band arrangements we have on this tour. It is also much clearer to see how Street Legal emerged and, whilst the religious imagery had not yet started to take over Dylan’s writing, the arrangements that followed through in the gospel-infused tours that were to follow on from 1979 seemed like a natural progression. Discos CBS 138.140/141 (Brazil) -outside of gatefold sleeve, scan by Manuel García Jara (second releaseDiscos CBS 138.140/141 (Brazil) - detail of rear of gatefold sleeve, scan by Manuel García Jara (all releases) According to Tetsuya Shiroki, co-producer of The Complete Budokan 1978, the newly restored, remixed and remastered recordings "…capture(s) two days of this history-making tour. Nothing has been removed or altered in any way." Having personally only ‘found’ Dylan a couple of years earlier via the Revue tour, the live album from these shows in its original form was a true revelation to myself as a fledgling fan and I always remember marveling at how the songs had evolved in such a short period of time allowing me to find new strength and meaning in what I was listening to. My view on any new output was not in any way tarnished by a deep-rooted love and admiration for his classic songwriting period in the early 60’s and 70’s, which I was still only just getting to know, and I hungered for anything new from the great man and whatever band he could put together. The original release of At Budokan and then Street Legal therefore became firm favourites and a key part of myself getting to know the man and his music. Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4thed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734. Both shows close out with with a bombastic It’s Alright Ma, which elevates to truly cacophonous proportions, a simply gorgeous and moving Forever Young and a sincere and truly uplifting The Times They Are A-Changin’.

Austriancharts.at – Bob Dylan – Bob Dylan At Budokan" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 7, 2021. Offiziellecharts.de – Bob Dylan – Bob Dylan at Budokan" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved November 24, 2023. MILLION DOLLAR BASH" (PDF). Cash Box. May 17, 1986. p.35 . Retrieved December 9, 2021– via World Radio History. Dylan’s World Tour 1978 marked the artist’s first international concert dates since 1966 and his first live shows since the Rolling Thunder Revue blasted through North America in 1975-76. A major international musical event, the year-long tour found Dylan performing 114 shows in Asia, Oceania, North America and Europe, to a combined audience of two million fans. I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) [Live at Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan – March 1, 1978] 4:23

Bob Dylan shares 'The Man in Me' live in Budokan, 1978". faroutmagazine.co.uk. 2023-09-07 . Retrieved 2023-09-12. Dutchcharts.nl – Bob Dylan – Bob Dylan At Budokan" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 7, 2021. One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later) [Live at Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan – March 1, 1978] 4:44