Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3

Though it was their second release, the album was mischievously titled Vol. 3 by George Harrison. According to Jeff Lynne, "That was George's idea. He said, 'Let's confuse the buggers.'" ^[5]

As the dynamics within the band had shifted with Orbison's passing, the four remaining members all adopted new Wilbury pseudonyms: Spike (George Harrison), Clayton (Jeff Lynne), Muddy (Tom Petty) and Boo (Bob Dylan). With Harrison and Lynne producing again, the sessions were undertaken in the spring of 1990, with an additional track, a cover of "Nobody's Child" being set aside for a charity compilation album.

Released in October, Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 was predictably less rapturously-received than its predecessor, yet still saw a fair measure of success, with both "She's My Baby" (with Gary Moore) (#2 album rock) and "Inside Out" (#16 album rock) becoming radio hits as the album reached #14 in the UK and #11 in the US where it went platinum.

Although there has since been speculation about further Wilbury releases, Harrison's 2001 death is considered to have ended any possible future projects with Harrison having been the unofficial leader of the group and with his estate owning the rights to both albums.

Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 was dedicated in memory of Lefty Wilbury.

After George Harrison’s distribution deal with Warner Bros. expired in 1995, ownership of the Dark Horse Records catalog as well as the two Traveling Wilburys albums reverted to Harrison and the albums went out of print.^[6] On June 12, 2007, Volume One and Vol. 3 were re-issued by Rhino Records as The Traveling Wilburys Collection, packaged together with bonus tracks and a DVD. The box set debuted at #1 on the UK Albums Chart and at #9 on The Billboard 200.

Track listing

All songs were written by Traveling Wilburys, except where noted.

"She's My Baby" – 3:15
"Inside Out" – 3:35
"If You Belonged to Me" – 3:13
"The Devil's Been Busy" – 3:18
"7 Deadly Sins" – 3:17
"Poor House" – 3:16
"Where Were You Last Night?" – 3:03
"Cool Dry Place" – 3:37
"New Blue Moon" – 3:20
"You Took My Breath Away" – 3:18
"Wilbury Twist" – 2:58

Bonus tracks on 2007 re-release in The Traveling Wilburys Collection box set

"Nobody's Child" (Cy Coben, Mel Foree) – 3:28
"Runaway" (Max Crook, Del Shannon) – 2:30

Personnel

Clayton Wilbury (Jeff Lynne) – acoustic guitar, bass, keyboards, lead & backing vocals
Spike Wilbury (George Harrison) – acoustic & electric guitars, mandolin, sitar, lead & backing vocals
Boo Wilbury (Bob Dylan) – acoustic guitar, harmonica, lead & backing vocals
Muddy Wilbury (Tom Petty) – acoustic guitar, bass guitar, lead & backing vocals

Additional personnel

Jim Keltner – drums, percussion
Jim Horn – saxophones
Ray Cooper – percussion
Gary Moore – lead guitar on "She's My Baby"

Charts

Chart positions

Chart (1990-91)	Peak position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart^[7]	14
Austrian Albums Chart^[8]	22
Canadian RPM Albums Chart^[9]	6
Dutch Mega Albums Chart^[10]	55
German Media Control Albums Chart^[11]	23
Japanese Oricon Albums Chart^[12]	79
New Zealand Albums Chart^[13]	19
Norwegian VG-lista Albums Chart^[14]	3
Swedish Albums Chart^[15]	5
Swiss Albums Chart^[16]	18
UK Albums Chart^[17]	14
U.S. Billboard 200 ^[18]	11

Year-end charts

Chart (1990)	Position
Canadian Albums Chart^[19]	44
Chart (1991)	Position
Canadian Albums Chart^[20]	51
U.S. Billboard 200^[21]	76

Certifications

Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
Canada (Music Canada)^[22]	Platinum	100,000^{^}
United Kingdom (BPI)^[23]	Gold	100,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)^[24]	Platinum	1,000,000^{^}
^{^}shipments figures based on certification alone ^xunspecified figures based on certification alone

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Traveling Wilburys

Bob Dylan George Harrison Jeff Lynne Roy Orbison Tom Petty

Studio albums	Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3

Charity albums	Nobody's Child: Romanian Angel Appeal

Compilations	The Traveling Wilburys Collection

Songs	"Handle with Care" "Tweeter and the Monkey Man" "End of the Line" "Nobody's Child" "She's My Baby" "Wilbury Twist"

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