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Bob Dylan - Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals
Billy Cross - Lead Guitar
Ian Wallace - Drums
Alan Pasqua - Keyboards
Rob Stoner - Bass, Vocals
Steven Soles - 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
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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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