The audio recording is from shows on 28 February and 1 March 1978. Columbia Records released this double LP in Japan on 21 August 1978. Later that year, it was released in Australia and New Zealand. On 23 April 1979, spurred by extensive importing and at least one counterfeit European edition, Columbia released the album to worldwide markets. [2] The shows were the fourth and fifth in an eight-show appearance at Nippon Budokan Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Columbia CDCBS 96004 (Australia) - detail of CD1, scan by Stuart Moore (first release - no "CD-1" above catalogue Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4thed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734. Bob Dylan shares 'The Man in Me' live in Budokan, 1978". faroutmagazine.co.uk. 2023-09-07 . Retrieved 2023-09-12.

Austriancharts.at – Bob Dylan – Bob Dylan At Budokan" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 7, 2021. The Bob Dylan World Tour 1978 marked the artist's first international concert dates since 1966 and his first live shows since the Rolling Thunder Revue blasted through North America in 1975-76. A major international musical event, the year-long tour found Bob Dylan performing 114 shows in Asia, Oceania, North America and Europe, to a combined audience of two million fans. According to Tetsuya Shiroki, co-producer of The Complete Budokan 1978, the newly restored, remixed and remastered recordings “…capture(s) two days of this history-making tour. Nothing has been removed or altered in any way.” Dutchcharts.nl – Bob Dylan – Bob Dylan At Budokan" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 7, 2021. One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later) [Live at Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan – February 28, 1978] 4:32Side 1 - CI 96004-1L 28-5-79, Side 2 - CI 96004-2L 28-5-79, Side 3 - CI 96004-3L 28-5-79, Side 4 - CI 96004-4L 28-5-79 (pressing date 28 May 1979). The bottom text "MADE IN ITALY BY CBS" is not centred, One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later) [Live at Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan – March 1, 1978] 4:44 Canadian album certifications – Bob Dylan – Live at Budokan". Music Canada . Retrieved March 7, 2021.

Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings, the Catalog Division of Sony Music Entertainment, Set to Release Bob Dylan - The Complete Budokan 1978 on Friday, November 17. As for the songs, lets look at the stats. We have 28 songs each night, including an instrumental fanfare of A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall and around five and a half hours of entertainment, which might explain why the band took a short break mid-set each night. Seven songs from 28 February and 15 songs from 1 March were on the original double album. 33 different songs performed overall and 36 songs previously unreleased. Whilst you really should have heard the vast majority of the songs in one form or another over the years, here are some observations on many of the songs and arrangements performed over these two wonderful nights in Tokyo.A preview of the album, a previously unreleased performance of "The Man In Me" from The Complete Budokan 1978 is available {HERE/LINK} cassette set has a slipcase similar in design to that of the UK release. There is a send off coupon on the flap of each insert to obtain Columbia CDCBS 96004 (Australia) - detail of CD1, scan by Stuart Moore (first release - "1-CDCBS-96004" in inner a copy of Bob Dylan At Budokan made in Spain for export to Portugal with "SPA" (Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores ) instead of "SGAE"