Bob Dylan - Tokyo Legal Budokan, Tokyo, Japan / March 2nd, 1978 Label: Godfather Records, GR 309/310 Audio Source: audience Lineage: Silver --> XLD --> FLAC 8 Number of Discs: 2 Artwork: scans of the original tri-fold gatefold as 300 dpi PNGs included Total running time: 126m 17s Disc 1 Running time 63m 36s / Disc 2 Running Time 62m 41s Notes: Tokyo Legal is the latest Bob Dylan release on Godfather Records. There are two audience recordings in circulation for the March 2nd show in the Budokan. The first is a fair to good but distant and muffled audience recording and was recently released on the six CD set Another Side Of Budokan. The second tape, which Godfather use, is much superior sounding. It is closer to the stage and the music is much more clear with presence and atmosphere. The beginning of 'Hard Rain' is cut are there is noticeable microphone handling nose form the taper, digital noise (on the original tape) at 2:47 and 4:35 in 'Mr. Tambourine Man,' a volume increase at the beginning of 'Love Minus Zero,' a pop at 31 and 2:42 of 'Girl Of The North Country,' an edit between 'Maggie's Farm' and 'To Ramona,' a pop in 'To Ramona' and a glitch at 4:25. All three shows in Japan open with an instrumental version of 'A Hard Rain's A Gonna Fall' set to a four-to-the-floor high hat disco beat with the guitar, Hammond organ and violin taking the melody in turn before Dylan comes out on stage. The Red Tampa tune 'Love Her With A Feeling' opens all of these shows and is followed by a hard driving version of 'Mr. Tambourine Man.' The Japan concerts are the debut for the new reworking of Blood On The Tracks 'Shelter From The Storm' recast as a stomping litany. Some of the arrangements reveal the seeds for his born-again experience later in the year and can be seen in arrangements such as this. 'To Ramona,' which appears in a majority of the Japanese shows, is played in March 2nd for the final time on this tour and makes it only appearance in this set. 'Is Your Love In Vain?' is introduced as a new song that has never been played before. Some of the arrangements don't really work like the 'Blowin' In The Wind' with a bit too much schmaltz. The rearranged version of 'Oh Sister,' on the other hand, is very daring and would unfortunately be dropped after the European tour that summer. 'It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)' is another song with a heavy disco beat, and the set ends with 'Forever Young.' Before the encore Dylan says, 'Here's a song I wrote in 1963. It still means a lot to me' before 'The Times They Are A-Changin'.' Just as Another Side Of Budokan is the first silver release of the first tape source, Tokyo Legal is the first release of the second, better sounding tape recording. It is packaged in a tri-fold cardboard sleeve with several photographs from the tour and the font on the front duplicates that used for Street Legal. There have been several releases lately from Dylan's tours in 1978, a time that has been maligned in the past. These documents reveal many fascinating performances for the period. http://www.collectorsmusicreviews.com/dylan-bob/bob-dylan-tokyo-legal-godfather-records-gr-309310/ Info: 3720 Nippon Budokan Hall Tokyo, Japan 2 March 1978 Concert # 9 of the 1978 Far East Tour. 1978 concert # 9. Concert # 9 with the Far East Band 1978: 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. 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') 3 new songs (11%) compared to previous concert. No new songs for this tour. Stereo audience recording, 130 minutes. Session info updated 31 March 2003. http://www.bjorner.com/DSN03650%201978%20Far%20East%20Tour.htm#DSN03720 Tracklisting: Disc 1 01 - A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (Instrumental) 02 - Love Her With A Feeling 03 - Mr. Tambourine Man 04 - I Threw It All Away 05 - Shelter From The Storm 06 - Love Minus Zero - No Limit 07 - Girl From The North Country 08 - Ballad Of A Thin Man 09 - 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 Disc 2 01 - One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below) 02 - Blowin In The Wind 03 - Just Like A Woman 04 - Oh, Sister 05 - Simple Twist Of Fate 06 - You're A Big Girl Now 07 - All Along The Watchtower 08 - The Man In Me 09 - Don't Think Twice, It's All Right 10 - It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) 11 - Forever Young 12 - The Times They Are A-Changin' Torrent History: Originally seeded to tangledupintorrents by WilliamLee on December 13th 2008. Rip made with XLD Version 20080926 (93.3). - Test before copy - Cache disabled - Suspicious sectors verified - AccurateRip confirmed log, cue, m3u, ffp, md5, st5 and complete artwork as 300 dpi pngs included.