Vinyl L.P - Capitol Records · ST-11642.
1977 · U.S.A.
Paul McCartney.
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Back cover.
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Labels.
Liner notes:
PERCY “THRILLS” THRILLINGTON WAS BORN IN COVENTRY CATHEDRAL IN 1939. AS A YOUNG MAN HIS TRAVELS TOOK HIM TO BATON ROUGE U.S.A. WHERE HE STUDIED MUSIC FOR FIVE YEARS ON THE TROT. MOVING LATER TO LOS ANGELES HE GAINED EXPERTISE IN THE MARKETING, CONDUCTING AND ARRANGING FIELDS. EVENTUALLY THE PATH LED TO LONDON WHERE HIS LONG AMBITION TO FORM HIS OWN ORCHESTRA WAS FINALLY REALIZED. ON THIS RECORD PERCY TAKES THE THEMES FROM PAUL McCARTNEY’S “RAM" AND WITH THE HELP OF SOME OF LONDON’S BEST MUSICIANS FORGES THEM INTO ORCHESTRAL VERSIONS THAT BEAR THE UNMISTAKABLE IMPRINT-THE MARK OF THRILLINGTON
SIDE ONE
1. Too Many People
2. 3 Legs
3. Ram On
4. DearBoy
5. Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey
6. Smile Away
SIDE TWO
1. Heart Of The Country
2. Monkberry Moon Delight
3. Eat At Home
4. Long Haired Lady
5. Back Seat Of My Car
PRODUCED BY PERCY “THRILLS” THRILLINGTON
ORCHESTRA ARRANGED AND CONDUCTED BY: RICHARD HEWSON - RECORDED AT: ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS EMI
COVER ART: JEFF CUMMINS AND HIPGNOSIS - RECORDING ENGINEER: TONY CLARK
21977 MPL COMMUNICATIONS LTD.
SLEEVE NOTE - CLINT HARRIGAN
ReplyDeleteThrillington is an album produced by English musician Paul McCartney, under the pseudonym Percy "Thrills" Thrillington.
It was released in April 1977 in the UK and in May 1977 in the US. It is an instrumental covers album of Paul and Linda McCartney's 1971 album Ram.
Recorded in June 1971, the album was shelved upon the formation of Wings, and was not released for nearly six years. When Thrillington was finally issued, it did not attract much attention, and did not chart McCartney initially kept his involvement with the project a secret; nevertheless, the project's nature and the rather bizarre pseudonym chosen for the credited artist led the few contemporary reviewers who wrote about Thrillington to conclude that "Percy Thrillington" was in fact McCartney working incognito.
McCartney formally revealed himself to be Percy Thrillington in 1989, and the following year also admitted to being "Clint Harrigan", who wrote the album's liner notes.
In addition to reissues in 1995 and 2018, Thrillington was re-issued as part of the deluxe edition of Ram in 2012.