PAUL McCARTNEY: "THRILLINGTON" (WOW) - vinyl LP 1st Press - 1977 - BEST PRICE

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PERCY “THRILLS” THRILLINGTON  (Paul McCartney)

“Thrillington”

Capitol      ST-11642

1977

First Pressing

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BEST PRICE ON EBAY AS OF 8-9-16.  Other copies on eBay are sitting at $100, $111 and $147, incl. post.

Without a doubt, McCartney’s rarest official LP or CD release of his career.  During the recording of “Ram”, Paul decided to offer an orchestral interpretation of the LP album, as well.  (See below for the details).  Paul has always loved aliases and this time he chose Percy “Thrills” Thrillington (other aliases include Paul Ramone (on “My Dark Hour” by The Steve Miller Band – which BTW, is where The Ramones got their name)!!!

Stored vertically in a smoke free environment for over 39 years.

PS – If you are interested….. more on this oddball Macca release:  Arranger Richard Hewson was asked to arrange the orchestration before Ram had yet been released and it was recorded in June 1971 – with McCartney as producer – and with an intended release shortly thereafter. Paul and Linda's decision to form Wings resulted in the album being shelved until 1977.

In preparation for the release of Thrillington, McCartney invented the fictitious socialite Percy Thrillington, and even took out ads in various UK music papers announcing Thrillington's so-called comings and goings to generate curiosity and interest.

Released in April 1977, McCartney's name was mentioned only in the main liner notes where he is described as a friend of Percy. Thrillington went mostly unnoticed upon its release although it was mentioned in the "Random Notes" page of Rolling Stone magazine.  It became a sort of collector's item, although not a hot one, for there was only speculation that Thrillington was actually Paul McCartney working under a pseudonym. McCartney was never asked about his role in that album until he finally admitted it to journalist Peter Palmiere at a Los Angeles press conference on 27 November 1989, during the second leg of his world tour. McCartney told Palmiere: "What a great question to end the conference. The world needs to know! But seriously it was me and Linda – and we kept it a secret for a long time but now the world knows! – you blew it!" After the admission, the album nearly tripled in value.

The full story of the Thrillington album was told in detail in 1995 in Beatles fanzine Good Day Sunshine and in music journalist Ian Peel's book The Unknown Paul McCartney (Reynolds & Hearn, 2002). Peel tracked down various musicians who brought McCartney's vision to life – including Richard Hewson, Herbie Flowers, The Swingle Singers and The Mike Sammes Singers – as well as those that were responsible in creating its mythology.