Traveling Wilburys
The Traveling Wilburys were a supergroup consisting of George Harrison ( † 2001), Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison († 1988), Tom Petty and Bob Dylan. It consisted 1988-1990 and produced two studio albums.
- 4.1 albums
- 4.2 Singles
Formation and band name
In the spring of 1988, George Harrison asked the record company to an additional piece for the third maxi - single release from his comeback album Cloud Nine, This Is Love, as no remix of the single was provided, and you wanted to make a purchase incentive for fans who already Album had. Harrison asked his acquaintances around to see who could make a short term low recording studio available, and ended up in Bob Dylan's studio in Santa Monica ( California). Jeff Lynne, who was the piece, as was the album Harrisons produce Roy Orbison brought, whose comeback single You Got It, he oversaw straight. Dylan, in turn, called Tom Petty if he wanted to come. The piece, which they recorded, Handle With Care, was on the same day composed, recorded, and named after the inscription on a cardboard box in the garage Dylan.
When Warner was found, the piece was "too good for a B-side " and called for more of it. Since all the record companies, the artist thought this supergroup is a good idea, they decided to record a joint album. In just ten days, ten pieces were written, arranged and recorded.
The album should not be published under the actual names of the musicians, but under a pseudonym - they chose the name of the fictitious half-brothers of his father Charles Truscott Wilbury senior. The band name " Traveling Wilburys " is derived, according to Lynne of noise on the recording tapes from which he christened " Trembling Wilburys ".
The Single Handle with Care arrived in the UK at # 21 and in the U.S. at number 45 of the charts. The Album Vol 1 was released in October 1988 and a few years later referred to by the music magazine "Rolling Stone" as one of the 100 best albums of all time. It reached # 3 on the U.S. album charts. 1989 received the Wilburys for the Grammy for Best Rock Performance By a Duo or Group with Vocal category. Even before the release of the second single, Roy Orbison died in December 1988 of a heart attack. The video for End of the Line then showed a photo of the singer and repeated a rocking chair with a guitar on it.
After Orbison's death, the four remaining Wilburys made - contrary to initial expectations - continued: In October 1990, the second album by the group, entitled Vol 3 was released. It was also quite successful, reaching number 11 and Platinum status in the U.S., but could not connect to the sales figures of its predecessor. The album was dedicated to the late Lefty Wilbury ( Roy Orbison ). The other band members had given new Wilbury - name for the second album (see below).
There are many attempts to explain that the title of Vol 2 is left out between Vol 1 and Vol 3. Thus, some argue, the whole thing was a mere joke; Lynne: " There was so much pressure and expectation Regarding Vol 2 did We decided to skip and go straight did for vol 3" ( something like: " There was so much pressure and such high expectations for Vol 2, that we decided to skip this and directly record Vol 3 "). Others speculate that the title was chosen in response to an interim published unofficial bootleg album, which contained, among other things, the demos from Vol 1 and Vol 2 was called. Another explanation is that we already have seen first recordings with Roy Orbison for a second album, but were not published for reasons of piety after his death. A similar rumor that you had at that time already taken a project vol 2 together with Del Shannon in attack, which was not followed up in early 1990 after his suicide. On Shannon's last, posthumously published, Album, some Lynne productions find Wilbury with guest performances, to support this theory. Others say Tom Petty's first solo album Full Moon Fever 1989 should actually be considered as Vol 2, since it precisely-timed fits in the gap between the other two albums and also all the Wilburys except Bob Dylan are represented on it as a guest musician.
Since Harrison was the (unofficial ) head of the group and of the original five Traveling Wilburys only three ( Petty, Dylan and Lynne ) live is finished with Harrison's death in late 2001, the band's history in all likelihood.
The two albums the group have been sold out since the mid -1990s and was, later a popular object of bootlegs and mainly manufactured in Russia gray pressures that were sold on Internet marketplaces at high prices. A re-release was announced a long time, but was delayed, inter alia, that George Harrison, who was also one of the main rights holders, died in 2001, without completing the remixing of the pieces.
Both albums released on 8 June 2007 remastered with additional pieces in a double CD pack with an additional DVD under the title " Traveling Wilburys - The Collection". The double album is available in four versions: the standard edition (2 CDs, 1 DVD, 1 16- page booklet ), as a limited deluxe edition ( cloth-bound, 2 CDs, 1 DVD, 40 - page booklet, postcards, Certificate of Authenticity ), as vinyl edition (2 vinyl records, additional 12 " vinyl record with bonus tracks, book in album size, Postcards / Posters ), and as a digital download edition ( all the pieces of the two CDs including bonus tracks, videos and interactive booklet ).
While the two Wilbury albums reached # 16 and # 14 in the charts at the time they were first published in the UK, they succeeded in 2007 as a republication of the leap to number 1
Members
The Traveling Wilburys were: (Vol. 1/Vol 3. )
- Bob Dylan - Lucky Wilbury / Boo Wilbury
- George Harrison - Nelson Wilbury / Spike Wilbury
- Jeff Lynne - Otis Wilbury / Clayton Wilbury
- Roy Orbison - Lefty Wilbury
- Tom Petty - Charlie T. Jnr / Muddy Wilbury.
Drummer of the band was on both albums Jim Keltner, who was also seen in several music videos and was introduced as "Buster Sidebury " in the first album turned documentary film.
More involved in the albums musicians were Jim Horn ( saxophone), Ray Cooper (percussion) and Gary Moore ( guitar solo in She's My Baby ).
Discography
Albums
Studio albums
Compilations
- 2007 June: The Traveling Wilburys Collection ( Rhino Records / Wilbury Records)