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{{Infobox album
| name = The Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1
| type = Studio
| artist = [[Traveling Wilburys]]
| cover = TravWilb1Cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = October
| recorded = April–May 1988
| venue =
| studio = [[FPSHOT]], Lucky Studios, Dave Stewart Studios
| genre = [[Folk rock]], [[country rock]]<ref name="DuNoyer/Blender" />
| length = 36:22
| label = [[
| producer = *[[George Harrison|George Harrison]]
*[[
| prev_title =
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| next_title = [[Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3]]▼
| next_year = 1990
▲| next_title = [[Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3]]
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| name = Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1
| type = studio
| single1 = [[Handle with Care (song)|Handle with Care]]
| single1date = 17 October 1988
| single2 = [[End of the Line (Traveling Wilburys song)|End of the Line]]
| single2date = 23 January 1989
}}
}}
'''''The Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1''''' is the debut studio album by the English-American [[Supergroup (music)|supergroup]] [[Traveling Wilburys]], comprising [[George Harrison]], [[Jeff Lynne]], [[Bob Dylan]], [[Roy Orbison]] and [[Tom Petty]]. It was released in October 1988 to commercial success and critical acclaim.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/albums/The%20Traveling%20Wilburys |title=The Official Charts Company – The Traveling Wilburys |website=[[Official Charts Company|Official Charts]] |access-date=March 4, 2012 }}</ref> Although Harrison had long planned to start such a band, the project came about through happenstance. Harrison was in Los Angeles and in need of a B-side for a single from his album ''[[Cloud Nine (George Harrison album)|Cloud Nine]]'', which resulted in the participants collaborating informally on the song "[[Handle with Care (song)|Handle with Care]]" at Dylan's home
Adopting alter egos as the five Wilbury brothers, they then recorded a full album, produced by Lynne and Harrison (under the pseudonyms Otis and Nelson Wilbury respectively).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/16305283-Traveling-Wilburys-Volume-1|title=Traveling Wilburys – Volume 1 | website=www.discogs.com}}</ref> It was the only Wilburys album to feature Roy Orbison and the final album featuring Orbison to be released during his lifetime - he died suddenly of a [[heart attack]] less than two months after its release. The group continued as a four-piece after his death.
''The Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1'' was nominated for the Album of the Year award at the [[1990 Grammy
==Background==
In early April 1988, [[George Harrison]] was in [[Los Angeles]] and needed to record a [[A-side and B-side|B-side]] for a European [[12-inch single]]. [[Jeff Lynne]] was also in Los Angeles writing and producing some tracks for [[Roy Orbison]] on his album ''[[Mystery Girl]]'' (released posthumously), as well as [[Tom Petty]]’s first solo album, ''[[Full Moon Fever]]''. While having dinner with Lynne and Orbison, Harrison related how he needed to record a new track and wanted to do it the next day. Harrison asked if Lynne would help, and Orbison offered his old friend his hand as well, seeing how fun it would be. Needing a studio at short notice, Harrison called [[Bob Dylan]], who agreed to let them use his garage studio. After dinner, Harrison stopped by Petty’s house to pick up a guitar he had left there, and invited Petty along as well. Gathering at Dylan’s Malibu home the following day, Harrison, Lynne, Orbison and Petty worked on a song that Harrison had started writing for the occasion, "[[Handle with Care (song)|Handle with Care]]". At first, Dylan's role was that of a host, maintaining a barbecue to feed the musicians; at Harrison's invitation, Dylan then joined them in writing lyrics for the song. The ensemble taped the track on Dylan's [[Ampex]] recording equipment, with all five sharing the vocals.<ref>Bauder, David. "Traveling Wilburys album a happy accident of music" Associated Press December 11, 1988</ref>
"Handle with Care" was considered too good to be used as a B-side, so Harrison decided to form a band and record another nine songs for an album. The group got together again for nine days in May, recording the basic tracks and vocals at [[Dave Stewart (
Masquerading as the Wilbury brothers, the participants would be known as Nelson (Harrison), Otis (Lynne), Lucky (Dylan), Lefty (Orbison), and Charlie T. Jr. (Petty) Wilbury, with drummer Jim Keltner credited as Buster Sidebury. Harrison was no stranger to the use of alternate identities, as he had adopted them with ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]'' and with his plethora of pseudonyms as a session musician, including L'Angelo Misterioso, George O'Hara and Hari Georgeson. During the Beatles' first tour of Scotland, in 1960, he had used the pseudonym "Carl Harrison", in reference to one of his favourite musicians, [[Carl Perkins]].<ref>Lewisohn, Mark (2013). The Beatles: All These Years: Volume I: Tune In. New York: Crown Archetype. p. 309. {{ISBN|978-1-4000-8305-3}}.</ref> With the Traveling Wilburys, this concept was taken a step further, since the participants' real names do not appear anywhere on the album, liner notes, or the songwriting credits.
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<blockquote>We would arrive about twelve or one o'clock and have some coffee. Somebody would say, 'What about this?' and start on a riff. Then we'd all join in, and it'd turn into something. We'd finish around midnight and just sit for a bit while Roy would tell us fabulous stories about Sun Records or hanging out with Elvis. Then we'd come back the next day to work on another one. That's why the songs are so good and fresh—because they haven't been second-guessed and dissected and replaced. It's so tempting to add stuff to a song when you've got unlimited time.<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Rolling Stone staff |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-best-albums-of-the-eighties-150477/ll-cool-j-radio-2-62810/|title=100 Best Albums of the Eighties, No. 67: The Traveling Wilburys ''Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1''|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=16 November 1989|access-date=25 April 2016}}</ref></blockquote>
However, the publishing credits on the ''Collection'' book are more revealing about the
*Harrison's Umlaut Corporation (formerly Ganga Publishing) is credited for "[[Handle with Care (song)|Handle with Care]]", "[[Heading for the Light]]", "[[End of the Line (Traveling Wilburys song)|End of the Line]]" and the bonus track "Maxine", identifying him as the main writer of those songs. In a behind-the-scenes interview included among the bonus features on the 2003 DVD release of the 2002 tribute ''[[Concert for George (film)|Concert for George]]'', Petty recalls that the lyrics to "Handle with Care" were the result of a game held by Harrison during a [[barbecue]] outside his home studio, with all of the band members (including himself) shouting out lines and Harrison keeping the ones that stuck and writing them in a notebook. According to Petty, the line "Oh, the sweet smell of success" is his.
*Dylan, credited via his Special Rider Music publisher, wrote "Dirty World" (according to Harrison and Lynne's recollections on the documentary, Dylan and all the other band members gave their input to the song by pitching in funny lines to complete the lyric line "He loves your ..."<ref name=documentary />), the long narrative of "[[Tweeter and the Monkey Man]]" (which was apparently intended as either a parody of or tribute to [[Bruce Springsteen]]'s early, verbose songs<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Greene |first=Andy |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/q-a-tom-petty-on-his-rarities-tour-writing-with-bob-dylan-20130614 |title=Q&A: Tom Petty on His Rarities Tour, Writing With Bob Dylan |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=2013-06-14 |access-date=2017-12-14}}</ref>), "Congratulations", and the other bonus track "Like a Ship".
*Petty, published by Gone Gator Music, wrote "Last Night" (again, with substantial lyrical contributions from the entire band<ref name=documentary />) and "Margarita".
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| rev3 = ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s]]''
| rev3Score = A−<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=traveling+wilburys |first=Robert |last=Christgau |title=Traveling Wilburys |publisher=Robertchristgau.com |access-date=2017-12-14}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Larkin p 1994">{{cite book|editor-first=Colin|editor-last=Larkin|year=2011|title=[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]] ''(5th edn)''|location=London|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=978-0-85712-595-8|page=1994}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev5score = A−<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=10485784&style=music |title=The Traveling Wilburys – Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 1 CD Album|publisher=CD Universe/[[Muze]]|access-date=November 1, 2017}}</ref>
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| rev10 = ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]''
| rev10score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uncut.co.uk/reviews/album/the-traveling-wilburys-volumes-1-and-3|title=The Traveling Wilburys – Volumes 1 and 3|last=Scoppa|first=Bud|date=June 6, 2007|work=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]|access-date=March 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}
Released on October 18, 1988, in the US, ''Volume One'' became a surprise commercial success, reaching number 3 in the US and selling 2 million copies there within six months.
Most critics said the group's modest ambitions were fresh and relaxing. During 1989 and 1990 the album won many accolades, including a [[Grammy]] for [[Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal|Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group]]. The album was also nominated for [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]]. In his book ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]'', [[Colin Larkin]] describes the Traveling Wilburys as "the last of the great supergroups" and writes of the band's accidental origins: "This wonderful potpourri of stars reintroduced 'having a good time' to their vocabulary and the result was not a Harrison solo album but the superb debut of the Traveling Wilburys. The outing proved to be a major success, bringing out the best of each artist; in particular, this [album] proved to be the marvellous swan song for Roy Orbison who tragically died soon afterwards."<ref name="Larkin p 1994" />
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| length9 = 5:30
| title10 = [[End of the Line (Traveling Wilburys song)|End of the Line]]
| extra10 = Harrison, Lynne
| length10 = 3:30
| note10 =
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| [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]]<ref name="32GN">{{cite web |title= Here's list of nominees from all 77 categories|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/81603/HERES-LIST-OF-NOMINEES-FROM-ALL-77-CATEGORIES.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024035135/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/81603/HERES-LIST-OF-NOMINEES-FROM-ALL-77-CATEGORIES.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 24, 2012|work=Deseret News|access-date=August 31, 2011}}</ref>
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{{Awards table}}
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| style="text-align:center;"|[[American Music Awards of 1990|1990]] || Traveling Wilburys (performer) || Favorite Pop/Rock New Artist<ref name="16AMAN">{{cite web |author= Times Wire Services |title= Milli Vanilli, Travis and Dancers Star at American Music Awards|url=
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[[Category:Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal]]
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