Friday 12am ET: Feature LP: Traveling Wilburys – Collection (2007)

The Traveling Wilburys Collection is a box set compilation album by the British-American supergroup the Traveling Wilburys. It comprises the two studio albums recorded by the band in 1988 and 1990, with additional bonus tracks, and a DVD containing their music videos and a documentary about the group. The box set was released on June 11, 2007 by Rhino, in association with Wilbury Records.

The release was overseen by George Harrison’s estate, as the rights holder for the Wilburys’ catalogue, and ensured that the band’s recordings were available for the first time since they went out of print in the mid 1990s. Two of the bonus tracks were completed for the box set by Jeff Lynne, who co-founded the Wilburys in 1988, and Harrison’s son Dhani. The Traveling Wilburys Collection was commercially successful, topping albums charts in Britain, Ireland, Australia and several other countries.

“Handle with Care” – 3:20
“Dirty World” – 3:30
“Rattled” – 3:00
“Last Night” – 3:48
“Not Alone Any More” – 3:24
“Congratulations” – 3:30
“Heading for the Light” – 3:37
“Margarita” – 3:15
“Tweeter and the Monkey Man” – 5:30
“End of the Line” – 3:30
“Maxine” – 2:49
“Like a Ship” – 3:30
“She’s My Baby” – 3:14
“Inside Out” – 3:36
“If You Belonged To Me” – 3:13
“Devil’s Been Busy” – 3:18
“7 Deadly Sins” – 3:18
“Poor House” – 3:17
“Where Were You Last Night?” – 3:03
“Cool Dry Place” – 3:37
“New Blue Moon” – 3:21
“You Took My Breath Away” – 3:18
“Wilbury Twist” – 2:56
“Nobody’s Child” – 3:28
“Runaway” – 2:30
“Handle with Care (Extended Version)”
“End of the Line (Extended Version)”

Tuesday 4pm ET: Sounds of The 80s

This week on the Sounds of The 80s we feature music from:  Tom Petty, Steely Dan, Toto, Huey Lewis and The News, Steve Perry, Styx, Billy Idol, Stars On 45, Traveling Wilburys, Michael Jackson, George Harrison and many more . . .

Sunday 8pm: Feature LP: Traveling Wilburys – Volume 1 (1988)

The Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 is the debut album by the supergroup Traveling Wilburys and was recorded and released in 1988 to commercial success and critical acclaim.[9] It has been certified triple-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.

In early April 1988, George Harrison was in Los Angeles and needed to record a 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 on short notice, Harrison suggested they call Bob Dylan, who had a home studio. Dylan gladly let the group use his studio; and not wanting to intrude, Dylan asked kindly to join. After dinner, George stopped by Petty’s house to pick up a guitar of his, and invited Petty along too. Gathering at Dylan’s Malibu home the following day, they wrote and recorded the song “Handle With Care” in five hours, with all five sharing the vocals.

The track 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’s home studio in Los Angeles. Overdubs and mixing were carried out in England at Harrison’s home studio, FPSHOT (short for Friar Park Studio, Henley-on-Thames).

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 sitting in 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, such as L’Angelo Misterioso, George O’Hara and Hari Georgeson. This concept, however, was taken a step further: their real names never appear anywhere on the album, liner notes, or even the songwriting credits.

With Harrison having the greatest claim to the band, he signed them up to Warner Bros. Records (which Petty eventually signed to himself, and which, through Reprise Records, released Lynne’s solo album Armchair Theatre in 1990), his current label, and incorporated their own Wilbury Records label, in addition to producing the sessions with Lynne that spring.

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Artist Countdown: Roy Orbison Top 55 Hits

Roy Orbison (April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988), a singer-songwriter who found the most success in early rock and roll from 1957 to 1964. During that time, 22 of Orbison’s songs placed on the Billboard Top Forty.

Born and raised in Texas, Orbison got his start in a rockabilly band in high school. He broke into professional music under Sam Phillips at Sun Records, but found only marginal success there. After a couple years writing for other musicians, Orbison recorded several songs at Monument Records under producer Fred Foster. With Foster, Orbison and songwriter Joe Melson tailored many of Orbison’s songs for his unique voice; his most popular songs were dramatic ballads ending with emotional crescendos that showcased his powerful vocals. After his biggest hit in 1964, “Oh, Pretty Woman“, Orbison continued to record, but not until 1987 did he find the success he had once known when his single “In Dreams” was used in David Lynch’s film Blue Velvet. The next year, Orbison recorded with the supergroup Traveling Wilburys alongside Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, and George Harrison. Lynne produced Orbison’s final album Mystery Girl, which was released posthumously in February of 1989.

1	You Got It
2	It’s Over
3	Oh, Pretty Woman
4	Only the Lonely (Know the Way I Feel)
5	Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)
6	In Dreams
7	Pretty Paper
8	Blue Bayou
9	That Lovin’ You Feelin’ Again (with Emmylou Harris)
10	Falling
11	Crying (with k.d. lang)
12	Running Scared
13	Mean Woman Blues
14	Crying
15	Goodnight
16	Blue Angel
17	Handle with Care (Traveling Wilburys)
18	Breakin’ Up Is Breakin’ My Heart
19	Ride Away
20	Crawling Back
21	(Say) You’re My Girl
22	California Blue
23	Working for the Man
24	Twinkle Toes
25	The Crowd
26	Too Soon to Know
27	Candy Man
28	Leah
29	I Drove All Night
30	She’s a Mystery to Me
31	End of the Line (Traveling Wilburys)
32	Cry Softly Lonely One
33	Heartbreak Radio
34	Communication Breakdown
35	Lana
36	Borne on the Wind
37	Heartache
38	Penny Arcade
39	Walk On
40	I’m Hurtin’
41	So Good
42	My Friend
43	Distant Drums
44	Beautiful Dreamer
45	Love Hurts
46	She
47	What’d I Say
48	Indian Wedding
49	Born to Be Loved by You
50	Break My Mind
51	Ooby Dooby
52	She Wears My Ring
53	Up Town
54	Let the Good Times Roll
55	Southbound Jericho Parkway