PERCY Thrills THRILLINGTON 1977 Capitol LP #ST-11642 Paul McCartney RAM Beatles

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Vinyl S1)VG S2)VG(+) jacket VG (shelf wear / creasing & bends-no splits). cut out punch

Thrillington is a 1977 album produced by Paul McCartney, under the pseudonym of Percy "Thrills" Thrillington. It is an instrumental cover version of Paul and Linda McCartney's 1971 album, Ram. 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 was widely assumed that this was McCartney working under a pseudonym and the album became a collector's item.

McCartney finally admitted his role to journalist Peter Palmiere at a Los Angeles press conference on 27 November 1989 during his world tour: "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. In 1990 Paul McCartney also admitted to Palmiere, via an autograph request, that he was indeed Clint Harrigan – the liner notes writer for Thrillington and Paul McCartney and Wings' Wild Life album. The first person to reveal the identity of Clint Harrigan was John Lennon, who stated as much during a well-publicized letter feud with McCartney in the New Musical Express in 1972. 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 and the Mike Sammes Singers – as well as those that were involved in creating its mythology. Thrillington was issued on CD in 1995 and 2004 but no accompanying vinyl version was made available on either occasion

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