PERCY "THRILLS" THRILLINGTON-Rare Australian VINYL LP 1977 PAUL McCARTNEY
  A$   76
  $   50

 


A$ 76 Sold For
Dec 21, 2014 Sold Date
Dec 14, 2014 Start Date
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10   Number Of Bids
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PERCY "THRILLS" THRILLINGTON - Thrillington

Rare Australian Pressing of Paul McCartney Rarity - VINYL LP 1977

 

Catalogue Number:
  • Regal Zonophone EMC-3175

Description:

  • Rare original Australian VINYL LP
  • Thrillington is a 1977 album by Paul McCartney, under the pseudonym of Percy "Thrills" Thrillington. The album 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 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 except for a mention in the Random Notes page of Rolling Stone magazine. It became a collector's item although not a hot one for there was some doubt as to whether Thrillington was really Paul McCartney and the role he played in it.
  • 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.
  • Paul McCartney in 1990 also admitted to Palmiere via an autograph request that he indeed was Clint Harrigan – the liner notes writer for Thrillington and Paul McCartney and Wings Wild Life album.
  • Oddly enough the first person to reveal the identity of Clint Harrigan was John Lennon, who stated as much during a well-publicised letter feud in the New Musical Express in 1972.
  • The full story of the Thrillington album was told in detail 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 responsible in creating its mythology

Condition:

  • The record is graded NEAR MINT. The vinyl is bright and shiny and it plays perfectly

  • The labels are clean with just a few spindle trails

  • The sleeve is graded VERY GOOD+ with light shelf wear and scuffing on the edges. NO split seams, tears or other defects

 

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