Traveling Wilburys

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The Traveling Wilburys were a supergroup created by George Harrison and Jeff Lynne. Initially an informal grouping with Roy Orbison and Tom Petty, they got together at Bob Dylan’s Santa Monica, California, studio to record an additional track as a B-side for the single release of Harrison’s “This is Love”. The song they came up with was “Handle With Care” - which the record company immediately realised 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 song writing and recording were accomplished by this group of musical legends over a ten-day period at Dave Stewart’s house, as Dylan was due to go out on tour. Released in October 1988 (under various pseudonyms as half-brothers, supposed sons of Charles Truscott Wilbury, Sr.), the album was immediately dubbed as one of the top 100 albums of all time by Rolling Stone. The death of band member Roy Orbison (on December 6, 1988) prevented further full collaborations, and the band continued without him. In 1990 they released a second album titled “Vol. 3”, however, the album met with less success.

In 2007, a compilation of both albums was released titled “The Traveling Wilburys Collection”. As well as both of the original albums, this includes bonus tracks and videos. Included as an extra is the Dylan-led track “Like a Ship”.

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Top Tracks

1	Handle With Care	641
2	End of the Line	482
3	Tweeter and the Monkey Man	326
4	Dirty World	322
5	Last Night	314
6	Rattled	272
7	Congratulations	258
8	Heading for the Light	231
9	Not Alone Any More	227
10	Margarita	221
11	She's My Baby	167
12	Inside Out	166
13	If You Belonged to Me	164
14	Wilbury Twist	163
15	Poor House	147

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dropdtuna wrote:
Monday afternoon

all greats,Roy`s voice has always given chills.Listen to "crying" ,totally great singing.

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athaiya wrote:
last month

they are amazing!

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danielmendes wrote:
last month

http://www.lastfm.com.br/group/Someday+Everybody+Gonna+Be+a+Wilbury

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suikodee wrote:
last month

Let's not hate, why can't we love them both? <3

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GiuseppeCunha wrote:
last month

Best supergoup (I hate Cream)

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tourneur wrote:
last month

Wilburys-fans, join the Roy Orbison group at www.last.fm/group/Roy+Orbison

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Hazeyville wrote:
last month

I just watched the documentary about them making the first album in just 10 days..

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last month

Best supergroup (after Cream)
h2ofastcat wrote:
August 2008

end of the line's music video always gives me chills... when Roy sings, they show his chair with a guitar in it rocking back and forth. it's great <3

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victorb wrote:
August 2008

great band (:

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damienuk wrote:
August 2008

End of the Line is an awesome track and reminds me of "The Terminal" trailer.

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Calcite wrote:
August 2008

I love Handle With Care. It's so good.

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ditta1988 wrote:
August 2008

classy

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Davitecture wrote:
August 2008

Overflowing with genius

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cyanide-girl wrote:
August 2008

come on baby do the wilbury twist...

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Groovy_Times wrote:
August 2008

great band...

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frankzweers wrote:
July 2008

my favorite band EVER!!!

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Dominika90 wrote:
July 2008

I love them! all songs made by them are amazing. but they don't have their group here, if I see well ;)

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FetusBBQmagic wrote:
June 2008

synergy and creativity at it's finest. it's a shame "the big o" had to croak soooo prematurely.

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BostonIrish wrote:
June 2008

glam rock tag!?! well, at least it's not an emo tag! lol!

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