BOB DYLAN Not At Budokan :: A double 1978 compilation - Flagging Down The Double E's - Ray Padgett

 Extraordinarily enough Route (the publishers ) posted this Dylan link on their Facebook page today and it is well worth checking out. I add this to my Bobby day for that very reason. Have it you beauties!

'At Budokan was only the beginning of the story. This will help tell the rest.' A real treat for fans of 1978 Bob Dylan shows. Ray Padgett has pulled together a 2 disc compilation of live recordings and rehearsals. 

Flagging Down The Double E

This is a compilation of the touring Bob and therefore mixed quality but again highly interesting and more than listenable. Ray Padgett is always worth  reading and his text here is no less fascinating than everything else he brings us. Check out the page (see below)and read up on this extraordinary document and period for Dylan

Ray Padgett says:

So what I’m calling Not At Budokan has two sections, each arranged roughly like a typical ’78 show. They open with an instrumental then go into a blues cover, just like most of the shows. They have an intermission where you’d flip discs in the CD-burning era, and end on one of the year’s big encore staples: “I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight” and “Changing of the Guards.” Speaking of “Changing,” they also include a whole lot more Street Legal songs, as At Budokan’s recording predated that album and only featured “Is Your Love in Vain.” He also plays original songs never aired elsewhere: “Am I Your Stepchild,” “Stop Now,” “Love You Too Much,” “Coming from the Heart” (the latter two co-writes with singer Helena Springs).

Flaggin Down the Double E's is well worth subscribing to of course and he has link to his Leonard Cohen compilations too

Not At Budokan - Dylan Live - substack here