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The more I
think about it, the more I realize what I left behind in
Japan - my soul, my music and that sweet girl in the
geisha house - I wonder does she remember me? If the
people of Japan wish to know about me, they can hear this
record - also they can hear my heart still beating in
Kyoto at the Zen Rock Garden - Someday I will be back to
reclaim it.
- Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan - Rhythm Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals
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
Debi Dye - Vocals
Produced by Don DeVito
Production Coordinator - Hiroshi Kanai
CBS/SONY Production Director - Toshiyuki "Heckel"
Sugano
Recorded at Nippon Budokan, Tokyo
Feb. 28 & Mar. 1, 1978
Engineers - Tom Suzuki, Teppei Kasai, Tetsuro Tomita, G.H.
Sukegawa, S.C.I.
Staff for Music Touring Company:
Management Representative - Dick Curtis
Technical Advisor - Arthur Rosato
Production Supervision - Patrick Stansfield
Stage Manager - Mitch Fennell
Road Manager, Principal - Gary Shafner
Road Manager, Band - Tom Mooney
Chief of Staff - Ava Megna
Sound Contractor - Stan Miller
Monitor Mixer - Tim Charles
Sound Technician - Val Lane
Stage Design - John Lilly & Leo Bonamy
Equipment Technicians - Joel Bernstein, Alan Bartz
Stage Technicians - Jerry Murphey
Public Relations - Paul Wasserman
Accountant - Marty Feldman
Production Assistant - Tony Broccoli
Management - Jerry Weintraub/Management III
Special Thanks To:
Mr. Siejiro Udo
Mr. Jiro Uchino
Mr. Tats Nagashima
Ishitani
Moon Kobayashi
Tack
Nabe
Aki
Norio Ohga
Toshio Ozawa
Hiroshi Kanai
Taisuke Ohnishi
Heckel Sugano
Hibino Onkyo
Stania Sound Lt.
Terry
Yama
Toshi
Michi
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This live double album, recorded in Tokyo in 1978, is
practically a best-of in disguise. Dylan focuses on the
older material in his repertoire, reaching back to the
'60s for such tunes as "Blowin' In The Wind,"
"All I Really Want To Do" and "The Times
They Are A-Changin'." Wisely, he also includes a
couple of songs from his finest '70s album, BLOOD ON THE
TRACKS. These tunes, "Shelter From The Storm"
and "Simple Twist of Fate," differ radically
from the original recorded versions, as has always been
Dylan's wont in a performance situation.
One thing that differentiates BUDOKAN from Dylan's other
live albums, is the approach toward arrangements. Both
earlier and later concert recordings present Dylan as the
leader of a ragtag gang that blazes its way through the
tunes in a spontaneous manner. Here, backed by studio vets
like Ian Wallace, Alan Pasqua and Steven Soles as well as
a three-woman choir, Dylan takes a much more thought-out,
even "professional-sounding" approach, to the
extent that this could almost pass for a studio
re-recording of some of his finest compositions.
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