Identifier8157039
Created AtTue May 23 2023 23:54:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Reference NumberB124
NoteThis first concert of the 1978 tour proved to be a major problem in trying to sort out a decent tape.
There are two different mono tapes, but neither is particually good; one LB-4760 is fairly dull sounding, and the other LB-1018 is very harsh and distorted (over-recorded?).
I haven't used the LB source tapes, but have mastered these recordings from my cassettes of these recordings.
Here I have used the best part of the less harsh tape and only used the second tape for the last 4 songs. For these last 4 songs the less harsh tape gets noticably poorer, and as the concert seems to drop in volume the harsh tape begins to sound a lot better. Additionally, the first tape tends to have drop outs and major volume reductions on one channel, so I tended to use the better channel for large parts of the tape.

Make sure you have a listen to the only performance in 1978 of "Something There is About You"
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Performance
Bob Dylan 1978-02-20 Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan
Set 1Lonesome Bedroom, Mr. Tambourine Man, I Threw It All Away, Love Minus Zero/No Limit, If You See Her Say Hello, Ballad Of A Thin Man, Girl From The North Country, Something There Is About You, Maggie's Farm, Don't Think Twice It's All Right, To Ramona, Like A Rolling Stone, I Shall Be Released, Going Going Gone
Set 2One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later), Blowin' In The Wind, Just Like A Woman, Oh Sister, You're A Big Girl Now, All Along The Watchtower, Simple Twist Of Fate, All I Really Want To Do, The Man In Me, Tomorrow Is A Long Time, Knockin' On Heaven's Door, It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding), Forever Young, E: The Times They Are A-Changin'
Set 3

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