The Traveling Wilburys - Traveling Wilburys [Limited Vinyl Edition]

Primary Artist
The Traveling Wilburys
Album Title
Traveling Wilburys [Limited Vinyl Edition]
Release Date
November 20, 2007 
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Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
There never was a supergroup more super than The Traveling Wilburys. They had Jeff Lynne, the leader of Elo; they had Roy Orbison, the best pop singer of the '60s; they had Tom Petty, the best roots rocker this side of Bruce Springsteen; they had a Beatle and Bob Dylan, for crying out loud! It's impossible to picture a supergroup with a stronger pedigree than that (all that's missing is a Rolling Stone), but in another sense it's hard to call The Wilburys a true supergroup, since they arrived nearly two decades after the all-star craze of the '70s peaked, and they never had the self-important air of nearly all the other supergroups. Read More