What is the name of the album that Bob Dylan recorded with The Traveling Wilburys in 1988?

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The album Bob Dylan recorded with The Traveling Wilburys in 1988 was The Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1. Released in October 1988, it was the debut album by a remarkable supergroup featuring Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, and Tom Petty.

The project began almost by accident. Harrison needed a B-side for his song “This Is Love,” and the musicians gathered to record “Handle with Care” at Dylan’s home in Los Angeles. The track proved too strong to remain a B-side, so the group decided to make a complete album. They adopted humorous Wilbury pseudonyms and recorded the songs with an informal, collaborative spirit.

The title can be confusing because the group’s second album was called Vol. 3, deliberately skipping Vol. 2 as part of the band’s joke-filled mythology. The first album, however, is conventionally styled Vol. 1 and includes songs such as “Handle with Care,” “End of the Line,” and Dylan’s “Tweeter and the Monkey Man.”

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Aug. 2026

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