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Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 (1990)

Where the lyrics of Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 take you, and where it was really made.

Despite its title, this is the group's second album. George Harrison chose the Vol. 3 name to confuse fans.

Key places

Recorded at F.P.S.H.O.T. (1990)

Recording site F.P.S.H.O.T. — The Discogs release credits F.P.S.H.O.T. as one of the two studios where the album was recorded. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded at Wilbury Mountain Studio (1990)

Recording site Motown Recording Studios — The Discogs release credits Wilbury Mountain Studio as one of the two studios where the album was recorded. The point is shown at city level, not at the exact building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3: second and final studio album by the Traveling Wilburys
• Group of George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Bob Dylan and Tom Petty
• Released 29 October 1990 in the UK and 30 October 1990 in the US
• Follow-up to the 1988 debut, Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1
• Members again used new Wilbury pseudonyms: Spike, Clayton, Muddy and Boo

Background

• Roy Orbison's death shifted the band's dynamics, leaving four members
• Album dedicated to the memory of Lefty Wilbury, the name of Roy Orbison in the band
• Harrison and Lynne returned as producers

Recording

• Sessions took place in March–May and July 1990
• Recorded at Wilbury Mountain Studio and F.P.S.H.O.T.
• Studio locations are listed with the sessions in the credits

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · fr.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com · www.discogs.com

Artist

Formation

• Formed in Los Angeles in 1988 as a British-American supergroup of Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison and Tom Petty.
• Came together in April 1988 when Harrison recorded the bonus track "Handle with Care" for a European single.
• The label deemed the track too good for a B-side, so the group agreed to record a full album.
• The name "Wilbury" originated in the Cloud Nine sessions as a joke about recording errors.

Members

• Each member used a pseudonym as a half-brother from the fictional Wilbury family of travelling musicians.
• Vol. 1 credits: Nelson (Harrison), Otis (Lynne), Lefty (Orbison), Charlie T. Jr. (Petty), Lucky (Dylan).
• Vol. 3 credits: Spike (Harrison), Clayton (Lynne), Muddy (Petty), Boo (Dylan).
• Session drummer Jim Keltner was nicknamed "Buster Sidebury".

Career

• Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 was released in October 1988 and was a critical and commercial success.
• The album won the 1990 Grammy for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group.
• Orbison died in December 1988; the group continued as a quartet.
• Vol. 3 was released in October 1990 and met with less success.
• The group became dormant after 1991 and never officially reunited.
• The Traveling Wilburys Collection box set was reissued in 2007.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• The album was less positively received than Vol. 1, but still achieved a fair measure of success
• A New York Times reviewer compared the two Wilburys albums and wrote that the second is faster, jokier, lighter and meaner than the first
• Rolling Stone described the blending of the four participants' styles as "seemingly effortless"
• Two singles, "She's My Baby" (with guest guitarist Gary Moore) and "Inside Out", became US radio hits

Records

• UK Albums Chart peak: number 14
• US Billboard 200 peak: number 11
• Certified platinum by the RIAA
• "She's My Baby" peaked at number 2 and "Inside Out" at number 16 on Billboard's Album Rock Tracks chart

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · fr.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The title Vol. 3 was George Harrison's idea, chosen to play a joke on fans even though it is the second album.
• The Nobody's Child cover was recorded and released in June 1990 as a charity single for Olivia Harrison's Romanian Angel Appeal.
• Harrison was seen as the de facto leader of the group, so his death in November 2001 ended any future projects.
• Two singles from the album, "She's My Baby" and "Inside Out", found success on US rock radio.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org · fr.wikipedia.org

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