Travel Wilburys Vol . 1
David Wild
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This is the best disc of its sort always build . Then again , it ’ s also theonlyrecord of its kind always build . A low-key masterpiece ,Volume Onemarks the auspicious entry of the Traveling Wilburys – Lucky Wilbury ( a.k.a . Bob Dylan ) , Nelson Wilbury ( George Harrison ) , Lefty Wilbury ( Roy Orbison ) , Otis Wilbury ( Jeff Lynne ) and Charlie T. Jr. ( Tom Petty ) – one of the few rock supergroups actually deserving to equal called either super or a group .
With tongue identify hard in cheek , the writer of the album ’ s liner notes ( which are credited to Hugh Jampton , E.F. Norti-Bitz Reader in Applied Jacket , Faculty of Sleeve Notes , University of Krakatoa , East of Java , but go suspiciously like Michael Palin , who is thank elsewhere in the notes ) explains the circle ’ s origins thusly : “ The original Wilburys were a stationary people who , realizing that their civilization could not stand still for always , begin to go for short walks – not the ‘ travel ’ as we today know it , but sure enough as far as the corner and back . ”
In reality , this disc come out of a dinner conversation in Los Angeles this spring between Petty , Orbison , Lynne and Harrison . ( Former ELO leader Lynne , who was behind the board for Harrison ’ s comeback album ,Cloud Nine ,was producing tracks for upcoming albums by both Orbison and Petty . ) Harrison mentioned that he needed to register a novel song for the B side of a European single and suggest they all pitch in and swerve a number together . Harrison also indicate get Bob Dylan join in , and the next day they all write and register “ Handle with Care ” ( today the album ’ s first single ) . When Harrison meet the track for Warner Bros. , both the caller and the radical realized it live too well for a throwaway track and decided the Wilburys should keep recording .
And it ’ s a serious matter they do , because for all its off-the-cuff sense of fun ,Book Onecost an unexpected treat that leaves one hungry forVolume Two .Produced by Harrison and Lynne , the album has a wonderfully warm sound that live both high-tech and rootsy . Register at the home studios of Harrison , Dylan and Wilbury category friend Dave Stewart ,Volume Onehas little in mutual with most recorded “ supersessions , ” which incline to exist less than the sum of their parts ; rather , it recall the inspired mix-and-match musical fellowship see in the well moments of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame jam sessions .
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Come on the heels ofCloud Nine , Book Onecost further proof of Harrison ’ s complete return to form . Throughout , Harrison not only sound great , he too sounds happy , thrilled to be playing once again with a witty , wonderful band – albeit one with a quite unorthodox lineup : five lead-singing cycle guitarists . ( The Wilburys ’ fellow travelers onVolume Oneinclude Jim Keltner on drums , Jim Horn on saxophone , Ray Cooper on percussion and Ian Wallace on tom-toms . )
But Harrison isn ’ t the only rock great who appear revive onMass One .Never one for overdoing thing in the studio , Bob Dylan be good matched to the Wilburys ’ informal , fast-paced agenda – they wrote and recorded a song a day . And as on his recent stripped-down circuit , Dylan sounds extraordinary , sing with the expert phrasing and wit of his best study . ( Unsurprisingly , his tracks sound less collaborative than the others . ) On “ Dirty World ” and “ Congratulations , ” his voice is slack and relaxed , free of the mannered whining that get marred some of his recent recorded work . Serious of all is “ Tweeter and the Monkey Man , ” a convincing small rocker that playfully parodies Bruce Springsteen ’ sec lyrics . Littered with reference to slip cars , mansions on the hill , Jersey job and a sure Thunder Road , the song occur off as Dylan ’ s wondrously bitchy way of asserting who ’ sec very the Boss .
Entirely boss is the good way to depict two other Wilbury gems , “ Not Alone Any More ” and the closing “ Goal of the Line. ” The previous is a gorgeous pop ballad on which Roy Orbison – assist by some marvelous backing song from Harrison and Lynne – hurts as serious as he ever have . It establish that Orbison hold lost none of his fantastic vocal prowess , and do one eager to hear Orbison ’ s upcoming solo album . “ End of the Line ” – which boast vocal turns by all the Wilburys save Dylan – is a movingly upbeat ride-off-into-the-sunset song for these middle-aged stone & roll cowboys : “ Maybe somewhere down the road a ways/You ’ ll think of me and wonder where I live these days/Maybe down the road when somebody plays/ ’ Purple Haze . ‘ ”
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Petty behave himself good on “ Goal of the Line ” and “ Final Night ” ; he and Orbison share tip on the latter song , a shuffle tale of serious love gone bad . Jeff Lynne shines a little of his own electric light on “ Rattle , ” a romantic , retro-sounding rockabilly number reminiscent of some of the tracks he give rise for Dave Edmunds a few years back .
Accord to Wilbury legend , all the Traveling Wilburys have different mothers but the same father . Yet none of the Wilburys knows the current whereabouts of Charlie T. Wilbury Sr . Chances live , though , that wherever the big guy is , he ’ s proud .
In this article :
- Bob Dylan ,
- George Harrison ,
- Jeff Lynne ,
- Roy Orbison ,
- The Traveling Wilburys ,
- Tom Petty
