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Information from:

Olof Björner's
Bob Dylan
Yearly Chronicles

Nippon Budokan Hall
Tokyo, Japan
20 February 1978

1. Lonesome Bedroom (Ernest "Buddy" Wilson)
2. Mr. Tambourine Man
3. I Threw It All Away
4. Love Minus Zero/No Limit
5. If You See Her, Say Hello
6. Ballad Of A Thin Man
7. Girl From The North Country
8. Something There Is About You
9. Maggie's Farm
10. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
11. To Ramona
12. Like A Rolling Stone
13. I Shall Be Released
14. Going, Going, Gone
15. One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later)
16. Blowin' In The Wind
17. Just Like A Woman
18. Oh, Sister (Bob Dylan–Jacques Levy/Bob Dylan)
19. You're A Big Girl Now
20. All Along The Watchtower
21. Simple Twist Of Fate
22. All I Really Want To Do
23. The Man In Me
24. Tomorrow Is A Long Time
25. Knockin' On Heaven's Door
26. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
27. Forever Young
28. The Times They Are A-Changin'



First concert of the 1978 Far East Tour. First 1978 concert.
First concert 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).


4, 17, 21 Bob Dylan (harmonica).


Notes
· Live debuts of Lonesome Bedroom and The Man In Me.
· First live version of I Threw It All Away since Isle Of Wight 31 August 1969.
· First live version of Love Minus Zero/No Limit since Los Angeles 13 February 1974.
· First live version of Girl From The North Country since Toronto 9 January 1974.
· First live version of If You See Her, Say Hello since Tallahassee 27 April 1976.
· First live version of Something There Is About You since New York City 30 January 1974. Only performance during the 1978 World Tour.
· First live version of Ballad Of A Thin Man, Don't Think Twice, It's All Right and All Along The Watchtower since Los Angeles 14 February 1974.
· First live version of To Ramona since Philadelphia 6 January 1974.
· Second live rendition of One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later), the first being in Wichita 19 May 1976.
· First live version of All I Really Want To Do since Newport 24 July 1965.
· First live version of Tomorrow Is A Long Time since Minneapolis 17 July 1963.

BobTalk

This is off the Blood On The Tracks album. (before If You See Her, Say Hello)

This is off the Desire album. (before Oh Sister)

Thank you. Playing flute tonight is Steve Douglas over there. On bass guitar Rob Stoner. Lead guitar Billy Cross. On rhythm guitar Steve Soles. On drums Ian Wallace. On organ Alan Pasqua. That's Helena Springs on the right, Jo Ann Harris in the middle and Debbie Gibson is on the left. She's my wife. On the violin the baby of the group David Mansfield. Bobbye Hall on the conga drums. (before It’s Alrigh, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding).

Thank you. We're gonna play this song and say goodbye till tomorrow night. (before Forever Young)


This does not seem to be LB-1018 times and track set-up does not match, the quality of the recording is not very good to excellent, and the tracks listed in the LB as cut are in fact complete on this source.

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