(BEATLES) MCCARTNEY "UNCLE ALBERT" RARE REGAL ZONOPHONE
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***RELISTED***
MCCARTNEY- PERCY THRILLS THRILLINGTON "UNCLE ALBERT"
MCCARTNYE'S RAREST EVER UK SINGLE RELEASE!!!
ORIGINAL AND INCREDIBLY RARE 1977 ORIGINAL REGAL ZONOPHONE UK RELEASE.
LESS THAN A MONTH AFTER THE EXCELLENT CHART TOPPING "RAM" ALBUM WAS RELEASED MCCARTNEY FELT THE NEED TO RE-RECORD THE ALBUM AS AN ORCHESTRAL VERSION.
THE RESULTING ALBUM "THRILLINGTON" WAS NOT EVEN ISSUED UNDER HIS OWN NAME BUT AS ONE OF HIS MANY PSEUDONYMS - PERCY "THRILLS" THRILLINGTON AND NOT ONLY THAT BUT IT WASNT RELEASED FOR SIX YEARS AFTER IT WAS RECORDED.
ISSUED ALONG SIDE THE ALBUM WAS THE ONE AND ONLY SINGLE TO BE TAKEN FROM THE ALBUM "UNCLE ALBERT".... BOTH THE SINGLE AND THE ALBUM WHERE RELEASED ON THE EMI/REGAL ZONOPHONE LABEL AND NEITHER RECEIVED HARDLY ANY PUBLICITY OR AIRPLAY, ALSO THE FACT THAT PERCY THRILLINGTON WAS INFACT PAUL MCCARTNEY WAS NEVER PROMOTED. HENCE NEITHER ALBUM OR SINGLE CHARTED IN THE UK AND SALES OF BOTH WERE INCREDIBLY LOW.
ALTHOUGH THE ALBUM "THRILLINGTON" DOES SOMETIMES SURFACE FOR SALE THE SINGLE JUST NEVER EVER DOES AND IS NOW CONSIDERED THE RAREST AND HARDEST MCCARTNEY UK SINGLE RELEASE TO OBTAIN.
THIS PARTICULAR COPY IS AN ORIGINAL BBC PROMO COPY. THIS WOULD HAVE PROBABLY BEEN ISSUED TO A BBC RADIO STATION TO PROMOTE THE SINGLE (THIS OBVIOUSLY DIDINT WORK!!!). THE LABELS TO SIDE ONE CARRY THE BBC STAMP AND HAVE BEEN DJ MARKED WITH A FEINT CIRCLED 2.... THIS WAS DONE TO SHOW THAT THE SINGLE WAS PROPERTY OF THE BBC AND NOT A RETAIL COPY.
EMI 2594
A/B-1-1
THE REGAL ZONOPHONE LABELS TO BOTH SIDES ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION. WHEN VIEWED UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT THERE ARE ABSOLUTLEY NO SPINDLE MARKS PRESENT!!!... LABELS ARE SPOTLESSLY CLEAN AND ALL THE SILVER LETTERING IS CRISP AND FREE FROM ANY RUBBING E.T.C..
THE GLOSSY MIRROR LIKE VINYL IS STUNNING. WHEN VIEWED UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT IT IS DIFFICULT TO DETECT ANY SURFACE MARKS, NOT EVEN LIGHT WISPY ONES!!.... THIS HAS POSSIBLY ONLY BEEN PLAYED ONCE OR TWICE!!!... THE VINYL LIES PERFCTLY FLAT WITH NO WARPING E.T.C.
HOUSED IN ITS ORIGINAL REGAL ZONOPHONE COMPANY SLEEVE. THE SLEEVE IS SUPERB AND EQUALLY MATCHES THE VINYL FOR ITS QUALITY.
OVERALL A STUNNING AND INCREDIBLY RARE ORIGINAL EXAMPLE OF THIS UK RELEASE WHICH HAS THE ADDED BENEFIT OF BEING A BBC PROMO COPY.
AS PREVIOUSLY STATED THIS IS NOW THE HARDEST MCCARTNEY UK SINGLE RELEASE TO FIND AND COPIES NEVER EVER SURFACE FOR SALE IN ANY CONDITION.... THIS IS A TRUE MUST FOR ANY SERIOUS MCCARTNEY OR BEATLES COMPLETIST.
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