(BEATLES) MCCARTNEY "THIRILLINGTON" UK REGAL ZONOPHONE

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$ 189

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Apr 6, 2009 Sold Date

Mar 30, 2009 Start Date

£ 25 Start price

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PAUL MCCARTNEY-PERCY THRILLINGTON "THRILLINGTON"

ORIGINAL 1977 REGAL ZONOPHONE UK ISSUE.

In 1977, EMI released what has become Paul McCartney's most obscure and least known album of his career - Thrillington. The album, an instrumental, orchestrated version of his Ram LP, was hardly noticed by the press or the rest of the music world. Hardly surprising, considering the almost complete absence of Paul's name anywhere on the album.(The only reference to mccartney is his face refelected in the glass of the recording studio on the rear of the sleeve) Even the artist was listed as someone else - somebody named Percy "Thrills" Thrillington.

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 realised. 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

Time has revealed that the man behind Percy was none other than Paul McCartney. As chronicled in the Spring 1995 issue of Club Sandwich, McCartney's official fan club newsletter, Paul & Linda dreamed up the idea of the fictional socialite, going as far as placing ads in British newspapers detailing his whereabouts and announcing his upcoming activities (there were, of course, none). Paul was behind the Thrillington persona, as well as being the source of the songs appearing on the album which he also produced,

REGAL ZONOPHONE

EMC 3175

YAX 5231/2-1-1

STAMPERS A1 G1

THE RED AND SILVER REGAL ZONOPHONE LABLES ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION... VIEWED UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT THERE APPEARS TO BE NO SPINDLE MARKS TO EITHER SIDE !!!!. LABELS ARE FREE FROM ANY OTHER MARKS OR WRITING AND ALL COLOURS AND WORDING ARE TRUE AND VERY CRISP WITH NO RUBBING OF FADING.....THESE ARE THE BEST LABELS ON THIS RECORD I HAVE SEEN IN A LONG TIME.

THE GLOSSY MIRROR LIKE VINYL IS TRULY STUNNING AND IN NEAR MINT CONDITION.... ANY VERY LIGHT AND MINIMAL SURFACE MARKS WILL HAVE BEEN CAUSED THROUGH HANDLING(THESE ARE REALLY MINIMAL, PROBABLY NOT REALLY WORTH MENTIONING AS THEY ARE SO HARD TO SEE!!). CLEARLY UNPLAYED, MANY WOULD GRADE THIS VINYL AS MINT !!! THE VINYL LIES PERFECTLY FLAT WITH NO WARPING AND THERE IS NO DULLING TO THE PLAYING SURFACE.

THE ORIGINAL CARDBOARD INNER SLEEVE IS SUPERB. IT IS INTACT, FREE FROM MARKS OR WRITING AND DISPLAYS VERY VERY LITTLE SIGNS OF AGE OR HANDLING.

THE OUTER "GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE" SLEEVE IS SUPERB..IT DOES HAVE SOME LIGHT SIGNS OF AGE (THIS WILL HAVE BEEN CAUSED MAINLY THROUGH THROUGH STORAGE) HOWEVER MUCH LESS THAN WOULD BE EXPECTED GIVEN ITS AGE, THE SLEEVE IS INTACT AND AGAIN FREE FROM MARKS OR WRITING. THE OPENING EDGE IS STRAIGHT AND TRUE AN DTHE SPINE IS RIGID.

OVERALL A TRULY STUNNING AND UNPLAYED EXAMPLE OF ONE OF MCCARTNEY'S RAREST EVER UK RELEASES. THESE COPIES DO NOT SURFACE FOR SALE THAT OFTEN AND CERTAINLY NOT IN THIS CONDITION.

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