When the Traveling Wilburys CD Vol. 1 first came out I bought it because I liked all of the artists on it (especially George Harrison and Roy Orbison) and I especially liked "Handle With Care", what a great song!
Sadly, Roy died shortly after Vol. 1 was released but the remaining "Wilbury brothers" released another album called Vol. 3.
I remember seeing a video where they had Roy's guitar sitting in a chair as a tribute to him.
Vol. 3 was still pretty good and I listened to it as much as Vol. 1. In fact, when I finally bought a drum set after years of wanting one I played along with both albums to learn my first basic beats.
I hadn't realized that even though the albums were big hits they stopped being published until recently.
Thankfully you can know get both albums and a DVD in one neat package. The CDs have a couple of bonus tracks and the DVD has some interviews and the official videos of some of the songs.
Now that George is no longer with us having these songs to listen to means a little more to me and whenever I feel like drumming a bit I put on of these great albums and join in with the guys.
If you were looking for the Traveling Wilburys CD set click on the link and enjoy. Who knows how long these will be on the market.
Sadly, Roy died shortly after Vol. 1 was released but the remaining "Wilbury brothers" released another album called Vol. 3.
I remember seeing a video where they had Roy's guitar sitting in a chair as a tribute to him.
Vol. 3 was still pretty good and I listened to it as much as Vol. 1. In fact, when I finally bought a drum set after years of wanting one I played along with both albums to learn my first basic beats.
I hadn't realized that even though the albums were big hits they stopped being published until recently.
Thankfully you can know get both albums and a DVD in one neat package. The CDs have a couple of bonus tracks and the DVD has some interviews and the official videos of some of the songs.
Now that George is no longer with us having these songs to listen to means a little more to me and whenever I feel like drumming a bit I put on of these great albums and join in with the guys.
If you were looking for the Traveling Wilburys CD set click on the link and enjoy. Who knows how long these will be on the market.
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Travleing Wilbury History
This is a nice little write-up from Wikipedia...
Initially starting at a meal between Roy Orbison, George Harrison, and Jeff Lynne, they got together at Bob Dylan's studio at Santa Monica, California to record an additional track as a B-side for the single release of Harrison's "This Is Love". Tom Petty's involvement was by chance as Harrison had left his guitar at Petty's house. The song they came up with was "Handle with Care". However, the record company immediately realized it was too good to be released as a "single filler".
They enjoyed working together so much that they decided to create an album together. Written by all its members, the album was recorded over a ten-day period in May 1988 because Dylan was due to go on tour. Released on October 18, 1988 (under various pseudonyms as half-brothers, supposed sons of Charles Truscott Wilbury, Sr.), the album Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 was in 1989 ranked #70 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 100 Greatest Albums of the 80's. It was later nominated for a Grammy under the category Album of the Year. The death of band member Roy Orbison (on December 6, 1988) prevented further full collaborations; however, the band continued without him. The band even finished the video for "End of the Line". In the scene where the verse is sung by Orbison, the viewer is shown Orbison's guitar in a rocking chair followed by a photo of the late artist.
"Wilburys" was a slang term coined by Harrison and Lynne during the recording of Cloud Nine as a reference to recorded "flubs" that could be eliminated during the mixing stage[1] (i.e. "'We'll bury' them in the mix"). The term was used again when the entire group was together. Harrison suggested "The Trembling Wilburys" as the group's name, but Lynne suggested using "Traveling" instead. Everyone agreed.
The Traveling Wilburys contributed the title track "Nobody's Child" to the album Nobody's Child: Romanian Angel Appeal, released on July 24, 1990. The album was a benefit for the Romanian Angel Appeal, a charity launched by Olivia Harrison, Barbara Bach, Yoko Ono and Linda McCartney to help the orphaned children of Romania.
A second album entitled Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 was released on October 30, 1990. However, the album met with less success. Harrison once claimed in an MTV interview that the band had written material for a Vol. 2, but the material was stolen before completion.[citation needed]. Another reason offered for the lack of a Vol. 2 is that Tom Petty's 1989 release, Full Moon Fever, featured George Harrison, Roy Orbison, and Jeff Lynne, making it a de facto Wilbury album[citation needed]. The "official" story (that is, from the perspective of the fictional Wilbury family) is that Vol. 3 was written and performed by a different set of Wilburys (hence the new Wilbury names), and that they skipped Vol. 2 so that title could be used if the original band ever reunites[citation needed]. This was a final nod to Orbison, effectively saying that the original band could never reunite. In the booklet contained in the 2007 box set (below), the album name is credited to 'George being George'.
They enjoyed working together so much that they decided to create an album together. Written by all its members, the album was recorded over a ten-day period in May 1988 because Dylan was due to go on tour. Released on October 18, 1988 (under various pseudonyms as half-brothers, supposed sons of Charles Truscott Wilbury, Sr.), the album Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 was in 1989 ranked #70 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 100 Greatest Albums of the 80's. It was later nominated for a Grammy under the category Album of the Year. The death of band member Roy Orbison (on December 6, 1988) prevented further full collaborations; however, the band continued without him. The band even finished the video for "End of the Line". In the scene where the verse is sung by Orbison, the viewer is shown Orbison's guitar in a rocking chair followed by a photo of the late artist.
"Wilburys" was a slang term coined by Harrison and Lynne during the recording of Cloud Nine as a reference to recorded "flubs" that could be eliminated during the mixing stage[1] (i.e. "'We'll bury' them in the mix"). The term was used again when the entire group was together. Harrison suggested "The Trembling Wilburys" as the group's name, but Lynne suggested using "Traveling" instead. Everyone agreed.
The Traveling Wilburys contributed the title track "Nobody's Child" to the album Nobody's Child: Romanian Angel Appeal, released on July 24, 1990. The album was a benefit for the Romanian Angel Appeal, a charity launched by Olivia Harrison, Barbara Bach, Yoko Ono and Linda McCartney to help the orphaned children of Romania.
A second album entitled Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 was released on October 30, 1990. However, the album met with less success. Harrison once claimed in an MTV interview that the band had written material for a Vol. 2, but the material was stolen before completion.[citation needed]. Another reason offered for the lack of a Vol. 2 is that Tom Petty's 1989 release, Full Moon Fever, featured George Harrison, Roy Orbison, and Jeff Lynne, making it a de facto Wilbury album[citation needed]. The "official" story (that is, from the perspective of the fictional Wilbury family) is that Vol. 3 was written and performed by a different set of Wilburys (hence the new Wilbury names), and that they skipped Vol. 2 so that title could be used if the original band ever reunites[citation needed]. This was a final nod to Orbison, effectively saying that the original band could never reunite. In the booklet contained in the 2007 box set (below), the album name is credited to 'George being George'.
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