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Music : Bob Dylan At Budokan (2CD)
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- Most Likely Go Your Own Way.......
I clearly remember the 1979 release of this album. I was not a dylan fan then and I think it fair to say that this album would not be the ideal gateway.
Roll on 30 years and I have been converted to the wonders of Dylan. Ok it just took me a bit longer to get it than the rest of you.
This album still remains an enigma. It sounded hoplessely out of date in 1979, time has not improved this offering. With Jerry Scheff on base I guess obvious parallels could be drawn with Presley's Vegas years. Flutes, annoying saxes this is surely a live low point. It does not get more 'Dylan live in Vegas' than this.
Put another way how did we get from 'Hard Rain' to Budokan? Search me. To be fair there are a few gems on there but they are few and far between. Not even for committed fans is this a must.
For 'completists' only.
Rating:
- Commercially appealing.....
This live album from 1978 saw Bob Dylan playing in Japan, contracted by the Japanese sponsors to "play the hits" or they wouldn't pay up ! So, therefore we get this "greatest hits" concert and not bad it is, either. Many Dylan fans reject it for obvious reasons of commerciality and the use of a flautist and the omnipresent saxophone from the legendary Steve Douglas. Nevertheless, if one takes this into account and listens to the album at face value it has some attractive points. The version of "Love Minus Zero" is just lovely and "Mr Tambourine Man" has a poppy appeal rarely heard in Dylan's live cuts of the song. "Like A Rolling Stone" though is nowhere near as incendiary as the version from "Before The Flood" and the album lacks that one's verve, rawness and intensity. It has to be admitted that this incaration of Dylan is a strange one - satisfying the masses with a trawl through his most well-known songs delivered in a crowd-pleasing manner. Personally, I much prefer the "Rolling Thunder" live cuts included on "The Bootleg Series" from two years earlier, but I am not blind to the charm of some of this album's renditions.
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- My most played tape/CD over the last 30 years
I first heard this whilst driving around Snowdonia as a teenager. The tunes and riffs entered my brain and have never left.
If I had to take one album on a desert island - it would be this one. Why? Because like the best pieces of music, it catapaults you to a different world; a different time; a different life. The purists will correctly complain its not the essential Dylan - so what, its a glorious album and the reworking of some of his older songs are melodious, energetic and exciting.
If you are new to Dylan, get this album - its brilliant.
If you're old to Dylan - get this album unless your a son/daughter of Pete Seegar and have no direction home.
Rating:
- Bob Dylan at Budokan
This is a throwaway album done for the record company, some pleasant re-workings but not for the fans.
Its about time they started looking thru the vast concerts that have been recorded starting with Prague 1995 when he had a sore throat and just played the harmonica leaving the band to weave their magic around his vocals.
Probably one of his best concerts ever. Helsinki 2000 is another magical moment
Rating: - Don't Think Twice It's Alright
This is one of the many live recordings available; both officially released and bootleg. The album is well produced with an extensive backing band (believed to the largest backing band BD ever had.) and the sound quality is good for its time. Older recordings can be poor. It contains most of his hits. The songs have been dramatically rearranged and in my opinion more polished.
Compared to the "Before the Flood" Album it lacks its energy and dynamism. Hard Rain is similar to Before the Flood, but in my opinion less impressive.
There is nothing that particular stands out from the rest. However I do enjoy the start with "Mr Tambourine Man". The sequence "Don't Think Twice It's Alright", "Maggie's Farm", "One More Cup Of Coffee", "Like A Rolling Stone" is fantastic.
If you enjoy Bob Dylan playing "electric" with a subtle backing band, this is the album for you.
- Most Likely Go Your Own Way.......I clearly remember the 1979 release of this album. I was not a dylan fan then and I think it fair to say that this album would not be the ideal gateway.
Roll on 30 years and I have been converted to the wonders of Dylan. Ok it just took me a bit longer to get it than the rest of you.
This album still remains an enigma. It sounded hoplessely out of date in 1979, time has not improved this offering. With Jerry Scheff on base I guess obvious parallels could be drawn with Presley's Vegas years. Flutes, annoying saxes this is surely a live low point. It does not get more 'Dylan live in Vegas' than this.
Put another way how did we get from 'Hard Rain' to Budokan? Search me. To be fair there are a few gems on there but they are few and far between. Not even for committed fans is this a must.
For 'completists' only.
Rating:
- Commercially appealing.....This live album from 1978 saw Bob Dylan playing in Japan, contracted by the Japanese sponsors to "play the hits" or they wouldn't pay up ! So, therefore we get this "greatest hits" concert and not bad it is, either. Many Dylan fans reject it for obvious reasons of commerciality and the use of a flautist and the omnipresent saxophone from the legendary Steve Douglas. Nevertheless, if one takes this into account and listens to the album at face value it has some attractive points. The version of "Love Minus Zero" is just lovely and "Mr Tambourine Man" has a poppy appeal rarely heard in Dylan's live cuts of the song. "Like A Rolling Stone" though is nowhere near as incendiary as the version from "Before The Flood" and the album lacks that one's verve, rawness and intensity. It has to be admitted that this incaration of Dylan is a strange one - satisfying the masses with a trawl through his most well-known songs delivered in a crowd-pleasing manner. Personally, I much prefer the "Rolling Thunder" live cuts included on "The Bootleg Series" from two years earlier, but I am not blind to the charm of some of this album's renditions.
Rating:
- My most played tape/CD over the last 30 years I first heard this whilst driving around Snowdonia as a teenager. The tunes and riffs entered my brain and have never left.
If I had to take one album on a desert island - it would be this one. Why? Because like the best pieces of music, it catapaults you to a different world; a different time; a different life. The purists will correctly complain its not the essential Dylan - so what, its a glorious album and the reworking of some of his older songs are melodious, energetic and exciting.
If you are new to Dylan, get this album - its brilliant.
If you're old to Dylan - get this album unless your a son/daughter of Pete Seegar and have no direction home.
Rating:
- Bob Dylan at BudokanThis is a throwaway album done for the record company, some pleasant re-workings but not for the fans.
Its about time they started looking thru the vast concerts that have been recorded starting with Prague 1995 when he had a sore throat and just played the harmonica leaving the band to weave their magic around his vocals.
Probably one of his best concerts ever. Helsinki 2000 is another magical moment
Rating:
- Don't Think Twice It's AlrightThis is one of the many live recordings available; both officially released and bootleg. The album is well produced with an extensive backing band (believed to the largest backing band BD ever had.) and the sound quality is good for its time. Older recordings can be poor. It contains most of his hits. The songs have been dramatically rearranged and in my opinion more polished.
Compared to the "Before the Flood" Album it lacks its energy and dynamism. Hard Rain is similar to Before the Flood, but in my opinion less impressive.
There is nothing that particular stands out from the rest. However I do enjoy the start with "Mr Tambourine Man". The sequence "Don't Think Twice It's Alright", "Maggie's Farm", "One More Cup Of Coffee", "Like A Rolling Stone" is fantastic.
If you enjoy Bob Dylan playing "electric" with a subtle backing band, this is the album for you.