# In 1989, the world expected the Traveling Wilburys to split up. They recorded half their next album in a few hours

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/in-1989-the-world-expected-the-traveling-wilburys-to-split-up-they-recorded-half-their-next-album-in-a-few-hours/
- Published: 2026-11-15T19:30:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-15T20:25:22+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/1989-the-world-expected-the-traveling-wilburys-to-split-up/
- Topics: Culture, Travel

## Key points

- The Wilburys continued after Roy Orbison’s death.
- “Inside Out” took shape within an hour.
- The band created about five songs in two and a half hours.

## Summary

After Roy Orbison died in 1988, the four remaining Traveling Wilburys decided to record a second album, despite expectations that the group would end after one. George Harrison later recalled that the sessions for *Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 3* began with an unusually quick burst of songwriting.

Harrison said the band developed the tune for “Inside Out” within an hour of arriving, then recorded it in one or two takes. In a single day, they came up with about five songs in two and a half hours, trading spontaneous lyrical ideas that included a recurring joke about everything being yellow.

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