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LesKokay 1978 tour project Leg 1 Disc 2 flac

 

 

1978-02-26 Osaka A Night to Remember

1978-02-28 Budokan, Tokyo

1978-03-01 Budokan, Tokyo master

1978-03-02 Budokan, Tokyo

1978-03-03 Budokan, Tokyo boot

 

 

Bob Dylan, 2/26/78, Osaka, 2CDR

Bootleg "A Night to Remember"

Same recording as LB-3671

CD1

1 A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (instrumental) 2 Love Her With A Feeling 3 One MoreCup Of Coffee (Valley Below) 4 Mr. Tambourine Man 5 I Threw It All Away 6 IDon't Believe You 7 Girl From The North Country 8 I'll Be Your Baby Tonight 9 Shelter From The Storm 10 Ballad Of A Thin Man 11 Maggie's Farm 12 To Ramona 13 Like A Rolling Stone 14 I Shall Be Released 15 Going, Going, Gone

CD2

1 One Of UsMust Know (Sooner Or Later) 2 Blowin' In The Wind 3 Just Like A Woman 4 Oh,Sister 5 You're A Big Girl Now 6 All Along The Watchtower 7 I Want You 8 All IReally Want To Do 9 The Man In Me 10 Knockin' On Heaven's Door 11 It's Alright,Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) 12 Forever Young 13 The Times They Are A-Changin'

BobTalk

Thank you. We're still waking up. Playing the organ tonight is Mr. Alan Pasqua. On the conga drums, Bobbye Hall. Lead guitar, Billy Cross. On the drums Ian Wallace. Bass guitar, Rob Stoner. Playing the tenor saxophone, Steve Douglas. Violin and mandolin, David Mansfield. On the rhythm guitar, Steve Soles. These three young ladies I first heard singing in a supermarket. On the right Debbie Dye, in the middle Jo Ann Harris, and on the left my ex-wife Helena Springs. (before It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding))

Thank you. It's been a pleasure you know playing here. I hope we can come back soon. (before Forever Young)

We'll do one more. I wrote this fifteen years ago. (before The Times They Are A-Changin')

 

Budokan, Tokyo, February 28, 1978

This recording is from my cassettes. I can't tell if it's LB-4141 or LB-4151 or indeed some other recording.

The first track is quite muffled compared to the rest of the tape.

CD1

1 A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (instrumental)

2 Repossesion 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

CD2

1 One Of UsMust 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 Alright **

12 band intro

13 It's Alright,Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) **

14 Forever Young **

15 The Times They Are A-Changin'**

** tracks used on "Live at Budokan"

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 fiancée 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, you’re so very kind! You really are. We’ll 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-Changin’) Thank you. We'll be here for four more nights, maybe we'll meet you again.

 

Bob Dylan, March 1st, 1978, Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan, 2CDR

(70min+64min), master, excellent sound, master, small noise may be crowd at d1t3 0:51, d1t13 0:16,d2t6 1:47, d2t7 1:03, 1:44; d2t11 4:06; 4:16; d2t10 start in d2t9, d212 ends suddenly and then restarts again on d2t13

CD1

1  A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (instrumental) 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 15 One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later)

CD2

1 Blowin' In The Wind 2 Just Like A Woman 3 Oh, Sister 4 I Don't Believe You 5 You're A Big Girl Now 6 All Along The Watchtower 7 I Want You 8 All I Really Want To Do 9 Knockin' On Heaven's Door 10 The Man In Me 11 band intros +  It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) 12+13  Forever Young 14 The Times They Are A-Changin'

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, 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 doesn’t want to. Leave you with this here song, this message. [shout from the audience] All right, there you are! (before Forever Young)

 

Bob Dylan, March 2nd, 1978, Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan, 2CDR

This is from my cassette of the show, not from any download; it is the same recording as LB-0648.

Excellent sound, a little noise on d1t1 as if taper is moving mic around;

CD1

1 A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (instrumental) 2 Love Her With A Feeling 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 

CD2

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 The Man In Me 9 Don't Think Twice, It's All Right 10 band introductions 11 It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) 12 Forever Young 13 The Times They Are A-Changin'

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')

 

Bob Dylan, March 3, 1978, Tokyo, 2CDR

"liberated bootleg". Sound is B minus.

After the Tokyo debut, the gang went to Osaka where they improved the groove. Then back to Tokyo for 5 more in a bit more relaxed style. The 3Mar and 4Mar show are from RK Records.

Lineage: "liberated bootleg", equalized.

Extract from Bjorner.com:

Nippon Budokan Hall

Tokyo, Japan

3 March 1978

1. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall

2. Love Her With A Feeling (Tampa Red)

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. The Man In Me

11. Like A Rolling Stone

12. I Shall Be Released

13. Going, Going, Gone

intermission

1. One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later)

2. You're A Big Girl Now

3. One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)

4. Blowin' In The Wind

5. I Want You

6. Knockin' On Heaven's Door

7. Oh, Sister (Bob Dylan–Jacques Levy/Bob Dylan)

8. Just Like A Woman

9. I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)

10. All Along The Watchtower

11. Tomorrow Is A Long Time

12. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)

13. Forever Young

14. The Times They Are A-Changin'

Concert # 10 of the 1978 Far East Tour: 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).

BobTalk

Thank you very much it's awfully gracious of you. Playing the keyboards tonight, Mr. Alan Pasqua. On the tenor saxophone, Steve Douglas. Playing the violin and the mandolin is a young man, never been away from home before, this is his first trip anywhere. We're gonna fix him up tonight, David Mansfield. The three beautiful young ladies at the back, on the right, young woman who's got her own church down in Florida. Miss Debbie Dye. In the middle my ex-wife Jo Ann Harris. On the left my current girlfriend Helena Springs. On the conga drums, my manager, Bobbye Hall. On the drums, just behind me, a man who's played with just about everybody. What was the last group you were in? Last group he was in was <inaudible>, maybe you’ve heard them. maybe you haven’t, Ian Wallace. Playing rhythm guitar, Steve Soles. Bass guitar, Rob Stoner. Lead guitar, Billy Cross. This is called It's Alright Ma I'm Only Bleeding.

We're gonna play this one more song and get out of here. Let you people have a chance to rest. Sorry we couldn’t play everything tonight, but we'll be here tomorrow. (plays Forever Young) Thank you thank you, I wish we could take you back and come home with us, but I guess we can't.