(BEATLES) MCCARTNEY "THRILLINGTON" FACTORY SAMPLE
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PAUL MCCARTNEY-PERCY THRILLINGTON "THRILLINGTON"
RARE FACTORY SAMPLE
ORIGINAL 1977 REGAL ZONOPHONE FACTORY SAMPLE 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 sudio 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 R1
THE RED AND SILVER REGAL ZONOPHONE LABLES ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION... VIEWED UNDER A BRIGH TLIGHT THERE APPEARS TO BE JUST ONE SPINDLE MARKS TO SIDE 1 ONLY!!!!. LABELS ARE FREE FROM ANY OTHER MARKS OR WRITING AND ALL COLOURS AND WORDING ARE TRUE AND VERY CRISP...... LABELS CARRY FACTORY SAMPLE STICKER TO SIDE 1..... 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 BY VINYL BEEN REMOVED FROM ITS SLEEVE (THESE ARE REALLY MINIMAL, PROBABLY NOT REALLY WORTH MENTIONING AS THEY ARE SO HARD TO SEE!!). I DOUBT THIS HAS BEEN PLAYED MORE THAN ONCE!!!
THE ORIGINAL CARDBOARD INNER SLEEVE IS EXCELLENT. 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 AGAIN EXCELLENT..IT DOES HAVE SOME LIGHT SIGNS OF AGE (THIS WILL HAVE BEEN CAUSED THROUGH STORAGE) HOWEVER MUCH LESS THAN WOULD BE EXPECTED GIVEN AGE, THE SLEEVE IS INTACT AND AGAIN FREE FROM MARKS OR WRITING.... THE REAR OF THE SLEEVE ALSO CARRIES A FACTORY SAMPLE STICKER!!!!
THIS REALLY IS A STUNNING EXAMPLE OF THIS VERY RARE AND ORIGINAL "MCCARTNEY" ALBUM WHICH NOT ONLY OFFERS NEAR MINT VINYL BUT IS ALSO A VERY VERY RAR EFACTORY SAMPLE ISSUE.......... ONE NOT TO BE MISSED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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