Traveling Wilburys CDs reissued with care
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Traveling Wilburys CDs reissued with care
POSTED: 10:21 a.m. EDT, June 11, 2007
LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- It was a rock album conceived by accident that no one knew would succeed, even though it was made by Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne and Tom Petty.
And it was a rock album that disappeared, along with its successor, for a decade despite the fame it achieved.
Now the two volumes of "The Traveling Wilburys" are being reissued thanks to efforts made by Harrison's widow Olivia, bringing back to public notice what had started as a kind of fantasy camp for rock stars.
Old friends Harrison, Dylan, Orbison, Petty and Lynne bumped into each other in Los Angeles two decades ago, and ended up in a home recording studio where they sat around a microphone singing and playing guitar.
Over late-night beers and joints, they dubbed themselves the Traveling Wilburys and released the fruits of their labors on a 1988 album titled "Traveling Wilburys Volume 1."
It was a worldwide smash, yielding two hit singles, "Handle with Care" and "End of the Line," and a Grammy. The Wilburys had such a blast that they got together -- without Orbison, who died a few weeks after the release of the first album -- for a 1990 follow-up, jokingly titled "Volume 3."
"It was terrific fun," Petty said in a recent interview. "It's just hard to describe how much much fun it was. No laboring over it."
Both discs have been out of print for a decade, a situation that will be remedied next week when they return to shelves through archival label Rhino Records, accompanied by a new DVD documentary, bonus tracks and other goodies.
The reissue program was overseen by Olivia Harrison, whose husband was the chief Wilbury -- more by default than design.
The friends had originally convened to record a B-side for Harrison, and he realized it would be a crime to consign the tune, "Handle with Care," to obscurity. So why not record an album's worth? Harrison took care of all the business and produced the recordings with Lynne.
It was a pleasant contrast to his days in the Beatles, when his contributions were often overshadowed by the songwriting partnership of John Lennon and Paul McCartney.
Not that he ever pulled rank on his fellow Wilburys.
Harrison considered that his main job was "to protect their friendship," Olivia Harrison said in a telephone interview from the couple's home in England. "He liked to collaborate," she added. "He had a lot of years solo, and he didn't always enjoy that."
The songwriting was a true partnership, with everyone trading lines and shouting out chords. All the members were credited on each song, although the copyrights on the first album were allocated -- not always correctly -- to the member with the most input.
With all the members often busy with other projects -- Dylan was recording his album "Under the Red Sky" in the mornings and the Wilburys' "Volume 3" in the afternoons -- they never got around to touring. But they enthusiastically hatched some bold plans.
Lynne said Harrison wanted to hire an aircraft carrier and play in various exotic locales. They could paint a different corporate sponsor's name on the side every day and call it the Sponsor Ship.
But then, he recalled, everybody would sober up.
Traveling Wilburys CDs reissued with care
POSTED: 10:21 a.m. EDT, June 11, 2007
LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- It was a rock album conceived by accident that no one knew would succeed, even though it was made by Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne and Tom Petty.
And it was a rock album that disappeared, along with its successor, for a decade despite the fame it achieved.
Now the two volumes of "The Traveling Wilburys" are being reissued thanks to efforts made by Harrison's widow Olivia, bringing back to public notice what had started as a kind of fantasy camp for rock stars.
Old friends Harrison, Dylan, Orbison, Petty and Lynne bumped into each other in Los Angeles two decades ago, and ended up in a home recording studio where they sat around a microphone singing and playing guitar.
Over late-night beers and joints, they dubbed themselves the Traveling Wilburys and released the fruits of their labors on a 1988 album titled "Traveling Wilburys Volume 1."
It was a worldwide smash, yielding two hit singles, "Handle with Care" and "End of the Line," and a Grammy. The Wilburys had such a blast that they got together -- without Orbison, who died a few weeks after the release of the first album -- for a 1990 follow-up, jokingly titled "Volume 3."
"It was terrific fun," Petty said in a recent interview. "It's just hard to describe how much much fun it was. No laboring over it."
Both discs have been out of print for a decade, a situation that will be remedied next week when they return to shelves through archival label Rhino Records, accompanied by a new DVD documentary, bonus tracks and other goodies.
The reissue program was overseen by Olivia Harrison, whose husband was the chief Wilbury -- more by default than design.
The friends had originally convened to record a B-side for Harrison, and he realized it would be a crime to consign the tune, "Handle with Care," to obscurity. So why not record an album's worth? Harrison took care of all the business and produced the recordings with Lynne.
It was a pleasant contrast to his days in the Beatles, when his contributions were often overshadowed by the songwriting partnership of John Lennon and Paul McCartney.
Not that he ever pulled rank on his fellow Wilburys.
Harrison considered that his main job was "to protect their friendship," Olivia Harrison said in a telephone interview from the couple's home in England. "He liked to collaborate," she added. "He had a lot of years solo, and he didn't always enjoy that."
The songwriting was a true partnership, with everyone trading lines and shouting out chords. All the members were credited on each song, although the copyrights on the first album were allocated -- not always correctly -- to the member with the most input.
With all the members often busy with other projects -- Dylan was recording his album "Under the Red Sky" in the mornings and the Wilburys' "Volume 3" in the afternoons -- they never got around to touring. But they enthusiastically hatched some bold plans.
Lynne said Harrison wanted to hire an aircraft carrier and play in various exotic locales. They could paint a different corporate sponsor's name on the side every day and call it the Sponsor Ship.
But then, he recalled, everybody would sober up.
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I can't wait to go home and listen to this stuff again....awesome!!
MSG 1
Ringo the next night in Boston
Hartford
Boston 1 & 2
hell's yeah...
Thanks for the article.
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New Orleans 1995
Fort Lauderdale 1996
Atlanta & Birmingham 1998
New Orleans 2000
Tampa 2003
Kissimmee 2004
New York City (x 2) 2008
East Troy (x 2) 2011
Chicago & New Orleans 2013
Hampton, Raleigh, Boston 2016
Baltimore 2020
Louisville 2022
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Do give us your feedback after listening to it.
Charlotte 03
Asheville 04
Atlanta 12
Greenville 16, Columbia 16
Seattle 18
Nashville 22
Ohana Festival 24 x2
Good solid tunes on both of em.
My dad still plays these - he's got them on cassette. Maybe for Father's Day I can upgrade him to some CDs
Does the dvd come with both cds like a 3 disc set? or is the dvd a seperate item all in it's own? I really want to see the dvd!
EV Solo: 7/11/11 11/12/12 11/13/12
Both the standard and deluxe versions of the re-issue come with the DVD. You can get the standard version for $20, the deluxe version with the nicer packaging and booklet was quite a bit more expensive.
Also, I think someone was right on Petty's full moon fever being initially thought of as Volume 2, cause Jeff Lyne, wrote, Played, and produced some of the tracks. I've seen it listed as volume 2 in a wilbury collection on Ebay (though ebay auction descriptions are not always legit).
EV Solo: 7/11/11 11/12/12 11/13/12
I doubt the new CD's will sound better than the originals...probably worse in fact. I'm buying it for the DVD and 3 bonus tracks.
You've been MIA for far too long, my man!!!! Far too long!
That's a fact!
Volume #1 was the better of the two...but only because of Roy.
EV Solo: 7/11/11 11/12/12 11/13/12
Why would they sound worse?
Edit: The Dvd was cool, it's just an interview and footage that shows how the Wilburys came together. You get to hear some rehersal demos and see instudio footage of them recording at George Harrison's home. The videos are pretty cool. I had already sen a few on you tube.
EV Solo: 7/11/11 11/12/12 11/13/12
So the dvd has all the videos AND extras?