Thrillington

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Thrillington
Paul McCartney's studio album under the pseudonym Percy "Thrills" Thrillington

Publication
(s)

April 29, 1977 ( UK )
May 16, 1977 ( US )

Label (s)
  • Shelf Zonophone / EMI (UK)

Format (s)

LP , MC , CD , download

Genre (s)

pop

Title (number)

11

running time

44 min 50 s

occupation
  • Jim Lawless: Percussion
  • The Mike Sammes Singers: Backing vocals

production

Paul McCartney under the pseudonym Percy "Thrills" Thrillington

Studio (s)

Abbey Road Studios , London

chronology
Wings over America
(1976) 		Thrillington London Town
(1978)

Thrillington is Paul McCartney's first solo studio album , which he released under a pseudonym . At the same time, it is Paul McCartney's ninth album after the Beatles split up . The album was released on April 29, 1977 in the UK and on May 16, 1977 in the USA.

Emergence

Shortly after the release of Ram , Paul McCartney commissioned arranger Richard Hewson to write and record an orchestral version of the album Ram in big band sound. Richard Hewson previously worked as arranger on the Beatles' album Let It Be . The recordings took place from June 15 to 17, 1971 in London's Abbey Road Studios , Paul McCartney only produced the recordings. The album was mixed by Tony Clark and Alan Parsons on June 18, 1971.

Paul McCartney decided not to release the album under his name but under the pseudonym Percy "Thrills" Thrillington. According to the press release, a fictional life story was written for this person.

The finished album was released on April 29, 1977 in Great Britain (May 16, 1977 in the USA) under the title Thrillington . It could not place itself in the charts and the production was stopped relatively soon after the release, so that the album developed into a coveted collector's item in later years.

The cover text was written by Clint Harrigan, who also directed the cover text for the first album of Wings , Wildlife , wrote, even behind this pseudonym Paul McCartney hid.

Cover design

The cover designed Hipgnosis and Jeff Cummins.

Track list

page 1

  1. Too Many People - 4:29
  2. 3 legs - 3:41
  3. Ram On - 2:49
  4. Dear Boy - 2:50
  5. Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey - 4:56
  6. Smile Away - 4:39

Page 2

  1. Heart of the Country - 2:26
  2. Monkberry Moon Delight - 4:36
  3. Eat at Home - 3:27
  4. Long Haired Lady - 5:44
  5. The Back Seat of My Car - 4:51

Single releases

On April 22, 1977, the single Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey / Eat at Home was released in Great Britain, which could not place in the charts.

Re-releases

  • On May 1, 1995 (USA: June 20, 1995) the remastered album was first released on CD without bonus tracks.
  • Another publication followed in May 2012 as a supplement to the deluxe edition of the album Ram .
  • In March 2013, the album was released in download format.
  • On May 18, 2018, the vinyl album by Capitol Records , pressed on 180 grams of red marbled vinyl, was released, and the CD version with a six-page booklet, which has a cardboard cover that can be opened, was also re-released.

literature

  • Chip Madinger and Mark Easter: Eight Arms to Hold You - The Solo Compendium . 44.1 Productions 2000, ISBN 0-615-11724-4 . Pp. 161-162.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Thrillington - Red Marbled Vinyl