There are a few versions of this show that are circulating and this Durango title appears to have just been released in Japan. This is what the blurb says: “Dylan at the top of his game for ‘81 and for all time, in a show many would rank among his top 25. Al Kooper sits in on keyboards for the first time since ‘Like A Rolling Stone’, and the whole band rocks the Meadowlands with a set rarely matched for the number and intensity of songs.
~bigozine2.com
“Let’s Begin” makes its last live appearance. “Dead Man, Dead Man” is reintroduced into the set. The New York Times review of this show refers to Dylan as “alternately thrilling, exasperating and impenetrable,” concluding that it was “a fascinating performance by a magnetic renegade.”
~Clinton Heylin (Bob Dylan: A Life in Stolen Moments Day by Day 1941-1995)
Meadowlands Brendan T. Byrne Sports Arena
East Rutherford, New Jersey
27 October 1981
Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar)
Fred Tackett (guitar)
Steve Ripley (guitar)
Al Kooper (keyboards)
Tim Drummond (bass)
Jim Keltner (drums)
Arthur Rosato (drums)
Clydie King, Regina McCrary, Madelyn Quebec (background vocals)
I remember one time, only two… one time I’ve ever wanted to replay a show, that was in Montreal, we played a show in Montreal, in 1978. I had a temperature of 104, couldn’t even stand up… and the promoter said, well you gotta play this show. And we played the show and I didn’t have nothing, nothing! And there was a response… you thought, you’d think the Pope was there (laughs).
-Bob Dylan (to Bert Kleinman, New York City, New York – July 30, 1984)
Forum de Montreal
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
19 September 1978
Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar)
Billy Cross (lead guitar)
Alan Pasqua (keyboards)
Steven Soles (rhythm guitar, backup vocals)
David Mansfield (violin & mandolin)
Steve Douglas (horns)
Jerry Scheff (bass)
Bobbye Hall (percussion)
Ian Wallace (drums)
Helena Springs, Jo Ann Harris, Carolyn Dennis (background vocals).
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