KEEP ON KEEPIN' ON - BOB DYLAN 1994 by Olof Björner

5.4 The Far East Tour


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5.4.1 Dates and venues

---------------------- February 5 Sendai, Japan Sendai Sunplaza 7 Yokohama, Japan Yokohama Bunka Taiikukan 8 Tokyo, Japan Nippon Budokan 9 Tokyo, Japan Nippon Budokan 11 Nagoya, Japan Century Hall 12 Osaka-fu, Japan Osaka-jo Hall 14 Kokura, Fukuoka, Japan Kyushu Koseinenkin Kaikan 15 Kokura, Fukuoka, Japan Kyushu Koseinenkin Kaikan 16 Hiroshima, Japan Hiroshima Koseinenkin Kaikan 18 Urawa, Japan Urawa-shi Bunka Center 20 Tokyo, Japan Nippon Housou Kyoukai Hall 22 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Putra World Trade Center 24 Singapore Singapore Indoor Stadium 25 Hong Kong Hong Kong Coliseum; Tapes from Kuala Lumpur and Hong Kong are not in circulation at the time of writing (February 1995)

5.4.2 The songs

--------------- AB acoustic with the band Songs in order played: February 5 7 8 9 11 12 14 15 16 18 20 24 25 Tot Jokerman 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 13 If You See Her, Say Hello 2 2 2 3 All Along The Watchtower 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 13 Just Like A Woman 4 4 4 4 4 Tangled Up In Blue 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 13 Under The Red Sky 6 6 6 6 4 Tomorrow Night AB 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 13 It's All Over Now, Baby Blue AB 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 7 Mr. Tambourine Man AB 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 7 Don't Think Twice, It's All RightAB 10 10 10 9 9 9 6 God Knows 11 11 11 10 10 5 In The Garden 12 12 11 11 4 Maggie's Farm 13 13 13 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 13 Ballad Of A Thin Man 14 14 13 13 4 It Ain't Me, Babe AB 15 15 15 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 12 Simple Twist Of Fate 4 4 2 Boots Of Spanish Leather AB 8 9 2 I And I 12 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 9 What Good Am I? 14 13 13 13 4 Born In Time 6 4 2 Gates Of Eden AB 9 1 Lay Lady Lay 2 2 2 2 4 I Don't Believe You 4 1 Positively 4th Street 6 4 2 Series Of Dreams 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 7 Man In The Long Black Coat 13 13 13 13 6 5 You're A Big Girl Now 2 2 4 3 Shooting Star 4 1 Disease Of Conceit 6 1 To Ramona AB 9 1 If Not For You 2 2 2 Ring Them Bells 4 1 Shelter From The Storm 2 2 2 I'll Be Your Baby Tonight 6 1 I'll Remember You 6 1 Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll AB 8 8 2 I Shall Be Released 13 1 She Belongs To Me 4 1 Watching The River Flow 6 1 Masters Of War AB 8 1 The Times They Are A-Changin' AB 8 1 Everything Is Broken 10 1 Knockin' On Heaven's Door 6 1 A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall AB 8 1 Blowin' In The Wind AB 14 15 2 The Man In Me 6 1 Total # of songs 15 15 15 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 15 186 Alphabetic order: ----------------- February 5 7 8 9 11 12 14 15 16 18 20 24 25 Tot All Along The Watchtower 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 13 Ballad Of A Thin Man 14 14 13 13 4 Blowin' In The Wind AB 14 15 2 Boots Of Spanish Leather AB 8 9 2 Born In Time 6 4 2 Disease Of Conceit 6 1 Don't Think Twice, It's All RightAB 10 10 10 9 9 9 6 Everything Is Broken 10 1 Gates Of Eden AB 9 1 God Knows 11 11 11 10 10 5 A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall AB 8 1 I And I 12 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 9 I Don't Believe You 4 1 I Shall Be Released 13 1 I'll Be Your Baby Tonight 6 1 I'll Remember You 6 1 If Not For You 2 2 2 If You See Her, Say Hello 2 2 2 3 In The Garden 12 12 11 11 4 It Ain't Me, Babe AB 15 15 15 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 12 It's All Over Now, Baby Blue AB 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 7 Jokerman 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 13 Just Like A Woman 4 4 4 4 4 Knockin' On Heaven's Door 6 1 Lay Lady Lay 2 2 2 2 4 Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll AB 8 8 2 Maggie's Farm 13 13 13 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 13 The Man In Me 6 1 Man In The Long Black Coat 13 13 13 13 6 5 Masters Of War AB 8 1 Mr. Tambourine Man AB 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 7 Positively 4th Street 6 4 2 Ring Them Bells 4 1 Series Of Dreams 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 7 She Belongs To Me 4 1 Shelter From The Storm 2 2 2 Shooting Star 4 1 Simple Twist Of Fate 4 4 2 Tangled Up In Blue 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 13 The Times They Are A-Changin' AB 8 1 To Ramona AB 9 1 Tomorrow Night AB 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 13 Under The Red Sky 6 6 6 6 4 Watching The River Flow 6 1 What Good Am I? 14 13 13 13 4 You're A Big Girl Now 2 2 4 3 Total 15 15 15 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 15 186

5.4.3 Show statistics

--------------------- The following codes have been used: es early songs, 1961-1966 ap "amnesia period" songs 1967-1972 70 middle seventies songs 1973-1978 gp "gospel years" songs 1979-1982 ls late songs 1983+ co covers Date Place Time es ap 70 gp ls co Tot 2/5 Sendai 115 7 1 2 1 3 1 15 7 Yokohama 110 5 1 3 0 5 1 15 8 Tokyo 110 7 1 2 1 3 1 15 9 Tokyo 105 7 2 1 0 3 1 14 11 Nagoya 105 5 1 2 1 4 1 14 12 Osaka 105 6 2 1 0 4 1 14 14 Kokora 105 5 2 2 0 4 1 14 15 Kokora 110 5 3 2 1 2 1 14 16 Hiroshima 100 6 2 2 0 3 1 14 18 Urawa 110 4 2 1 0 6 1 14 20 Tokyo 105 6 2 2 0 3 1 14 22 Kuala Lumpur 24 Singapore 100 5 2 2 0 4 1 14 25 Hong Kong 110 7 3 1 0 3 1 15 --- -- -- -- -- -- --- 110 75 24 23 4 47 13 186 % 40 13 12 2 25 7 Show Statistics - Summary Number of shows: 14 Number of circulating shows: 12 Number of circulating & complete shows: 12 Number of unique shows: 13 (1) Number of different shows: 13 (2) Number of different songs: 46 (3) Number of unique songs: 46 (4) Number of performed songs: 186 Mean number of performed songs: 14 Variation: 3.2 (5) (1) a show is unique if no other show has the same songs in the same order (2) a show is different from another show if the set of songs are different, regardless of order. (3) electric and acoustic versions are counted as different songs. (4) a song is counted as unique regardless of how it is performed; (5) variation is computed as the quote between number of different songs and mean number of performed songs. Album statistics ---------------- # of # of Album songs perf. Bob Dylan 0 0.0% 0 0.0% Freewheelin' 4 8.9% 10 5.4% The Times They Are A-Changin' 3 6.7% 5 2.7% Another Side 2 4.4% 14 7.5% Bringing It All Back Home 6 13.3% 36 19.4% Highway 61 Revisited 1 2.2% 4 2.2% Blonde On Blonde 1 2.2% 4 2.2% Basement Tapes 0 0.0% 0 0.0% John Wesley Harding 2 4.4% 14 7.5% Nashville Skyline 1 2.2% 4 2.2% Self Portrait 0 0.0% 0 0.0% New Morning 2 4.4% 3 1.6% Greatest Hits Vol 2 2 4.4% 2 1.1% Pat Garrett 1 2.2% 1 0.5% Planet Waves 0 0.0% 0 0.0% Blood On The Tracks 5 11.1% 23 12.4% Desire 0 0.0% 0 0.0% Street-Legal 0 0.0% 0 0.0% Slow Train Coming 0 0.0% 0 0.0% Saved 1 2.2% 4 2.2% Shot Of Love 0 0.0% 0 0.0% Infidels 2 4.4% 22 11.8% Empire Burlesque 1 2.2% 1 0.5% Knocked-Out Loaded 0 0.0% 0 0.0% Hearts Of Fire 0 0.0% 0 0.0% Down In The Groove 0 0.0% 0 0.0% Traveling Wilburys Vol 1 0 0.0% 0 0.0% Oh Mercy 7 15.6% 15 8.1% Under The Red Sky 2 4.4% 9 4.8% Traveling Wilburys Vol 3 0 0.0% 0 0.0% Bootleg Series Vol 1 1 2.2% 7 3.3% Bootleg Series Vol 2 0 0.0% 0 0.0% Bootleg Series Vol 3 0 0.0% 0 0.0% Biograph 0 0.0% 0 0.0% Good As I Been To You 1 2.2% 13 7.0% World Gone Wrong 0 0.0% 0 0.0%

5.4.4 Comments

-------------- This Far East Tour was something Dylan had wanted to do for several years and when it finally happened it became the longest tour he's ever done in that region. Two "new" songs were included in the set: Jokerman & If You See Her, Say Hello, none of which had been played on the Never- Ending Tour. In The Garden returned after having been ignored both in 1992 and 1993. Series Of Dreams returned to the set after having being played only once in 1993, now in a new minor key arrangement. In Hiroshima, Dylan played the first acoustic Masters Of War since 1963. BobTalk ------- None apart from the band credits. Recommended shows: ------------------ Tokyo 2/8, Hiroshima 2/16. Tapes ----- There are complete audience tapes from all shows except Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur.

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