Bob Dylan famously recorded two albums with George Harrison, Tom Petty, Roy Orbison, Jeff Lynne, and Jim Keltner under the name The Traveling Wilburys. But a new book reveals that Dylan wanted to make another album with a three-way supergroup consisting of himself, The Beatles, and The Rolling Stones.

As first reported by Rolling Stone, producer Glyn Johns says in his new book (Blue Rider Press) that Dylan approached him about the idea at a New York airport, roughly in the summer of 1969.

Johns quickly began working the phones. "Keith and George thought it was fantastic," he writes. "But they would since they were both huge Dylan fans. Ringo, Charlie and Bill were amicable to the idea as long as everyone else was interested. John didn't say a flat no, but he wasn't that interested. Paul and Mick both said absolutely not."

Needless to say, the plan didn't go forward. "I had it all figured out," writes Johns. "We would pool the best material from Mick and Keith, Paul and John, Bob and George, and then select the best rhythm section from the two bands to suit whichever songs we were cutting. Paul and Mick were probably, right, however I would have given anything to have given it a go."

Many recall that Dylan introduced the Beatles to marijuana inside the Delmonico Hotel in 1964.

And while this three-way record never came to pass, Dylan did release a collaborative live album with The Grateful Dead, Dylan & The Dead, in 1989.

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