Jeff’s Playlist: ‘At Budokan’

Bob Dylan — At Budokan

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Album cover: "Live at Budokan" (Bob Dylan)
Album cov­er: “Live at Budokan” (Bob Dylan)

A very nice album squeezed between Street Legal and Slow Train Coming. If you like Dylan as I do, you’ll love this. Sit back and give it a lis­ten.

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All tracks are writ­ten by Bob Dylan; except where indi­cat­ed.

Side one

No.      Title    Length

1.         “Mr. Tambourine Man”        4:54
2.         “Shelter from the Storm”     4:30
3.         “Love Minus Zero/No Limit”            3:52
4.         “Ballad of a Thin Man”         4:47
5.         “Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right”  4:55

Total length:  22:58

Side two

No.      Title    Length

1.         “Maggie’s Farm”       5:06
2.         “One More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below)”           3:19
3.         “Like a Rolling Stone”         6:31
4.         “I Shall Be Released”          4:12
5.         “Is Your Love in Vain?”       4:02
6.         “Going, Going, Gone”          4:22

Total length:  27:32

Side three

No.      Title    Writer(s)         Length

1.         “Blowin’ in the Wind”                      4:25
2.         “Just Like a Woman”                      5:03
3.         “Oh, Sister”   Bob Dylan, Jacques Levy   4:44
4.         “Simple Twist of Fate”                    4:15
5.         “All Along the Watchtower”            3:20
6.         “I Want You”            2:34

Total length:  24:21

Side four

No.      Title    Length

1.         “All I Really Want to Do”     3:37
2.         “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door”         4:00
3.         “It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)”         6:04
4.         “Forever Young”       5:38
5.         “The Times They Are a‑Changin’ ” 5:31

Total length:  24:50

Personnel

Bob Dylan — vocals, gui­tar, har­mon­i­ca
Steve Douglas — sax­o­phone, flute, recorder
Steven Soles — acoustic gui­tar, back­ing vocals
David Mansfield — ped­al steel gui­tar, vio­lin, man­dolin, dobro, gui­tar
Billy Cross — lead gui­tar
Alan Pasqua — key­boards
Rob Stoner — bass, back­ing vocals
Ian Wallace — drums
Bobbye Hall — per­cus­sion
Ed Rash — tam­bourine
Debi Dye, Jo Ann Harris, Helena Springs —back­ing vocals

Production

Don DeVito — pro­duc­tion
Tim Charles — mon­i­tor mix­er
Val Lane — sound tech­ni­cian

Released       August 21, 1978
Recorded       February 28 and March 1, 1978
Venue             Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan
Length            99:41
Label              CBS/Sony
Producer        Don DeVito

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