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Thrillington
''Thrillington'' 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 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 reis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ram (album)
''Ram'' is the only album credited to the husband-and-wife music duo Paul and Linda McCartney, released on 17 May 1971 by Apple Records. It was recorded in New York with guitarists David Spinozza and Hugh McCracken, and future Wings drummer Denny Seiwell. Three singles were issued from the album: "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" (Paul's first number 1 hit in America without the Beatles), " The Back Seat of My Car" and " Eat at Home". The recording sessions also yielded the non-album single " Another Day". The album's release coincided with a period of acrimony between McCartney and his former Beatles bandmates, and followed his legal action in the United Kingdom's High Court to dissolve the Beatles partnership. John Lennon perceived slights in the lyrics to songs such as "Too Many People". Although McCartney felt that he had addressed the criticisms he received with his 1970 solo debut, '' McCartney'', ''Ram'' elicited a similarly unfavourable reaction from music journalists. It n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul McCartney
Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained worldwide fame with the Beatles, for whom he played bass guitar and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon. One of the most successful composers and performers of all time, McCartney is known for his melodic approach to bass-playing, versatile and wide tenor vocal range, and musical eclecticism, exploring styles ranging from pre–rock and roll pop to classical and electronica. His songwriting partnership with Lennon remains the most successful in history. Born in Liverpool, McCartney taught himself piano, guitar and songwriting as a teenager, having been influenced by his father, a jazz player, and rock and roll performers such as Little Richard and Buddy Holly. He began his career when he joined Lennon's skiffle group, the Quarrymen, in 1957, which evolved into the Beatles in 1960. Sometimes called "the cute Beatle", McCartney later invo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regal Zonophone Records
Regal Zonophone Records was a British record label formed in 1932, through a merger of the Regal and Zonophone labels. This followed the merger of those labels' respective parent companies – the Columbia Graphophone Company and the Gramophone Company – to form EMI. At the merger, those records from the Regal Records catalogue were prefixed 'MR' and those from the Zonophone Records catalogue were prefixed 'T'. Record releases after the merger continued using only the 'MR' prefix.Arthur Badrock and Frank Andrews: ''Regal Records 1914 to 1932'' 2nd Edition published June 2009 by The City of London Phonographic and Gramophone Society. Originally Regal Zonophone handled American releases from Okeh Records, Victor Records and Columbia Records, as well as offering home-grown recordings by artists such as Gracie Fields and George Formby. The label is also known for its releases of Salvation Army (particularly brass band) music. In the 1950s the Australian division of Regal Zonop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Too Many People
"Too Many People" is a song by Paul McCartney from his and his wife Linda McCartney's 1971 album ''Ram''. It was issued as well as the B-side of the "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" single. It was also included on ''The 7" Singles Box'' in 2022. Background "Too Many People" contains digs at McCartney's former bandmate and songwriting partner John Lennon, as well as his wife Yoko Ono. According to ''Ultimate Classic Rock'' critic Michael Gallucci, it is "McCartney's bitchiest kissoff to his ex-bandmates." As McCartney himself recalled in an interview with ''Playboy'' in 1984: The song begins with the line "piece of cake" (similar in sound to "piss off, cake") later revealed to be a veiled jibe at Lennon: The line "You took your lucky break and broke it in two" was originally "Yoko took your lucky break and broke it in two" but McCartney revised it before recording the song. Despite this revision, Gallucci interprets the line as a "dig at Lennon's relationship with Yoko Ono." ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Peel (journalist)
, Ian Peel (born 1972) is a British music journalist. He is most well known as founder of the magazines ''Classic Pop (magazine), Classic Pop'' and ''Long Live Vinyl'' and as a writer with special interests in Eighties pop music, ZTT Records, 12" remixes and Paul McCartney. He has written as a regular columnist for ''The Guardian'', ''DJ Mag'', ''Record Collector'', ''Net (magazine), net'' and ''Music Business International'' (sister publication of ''Music Week''). His work has also appeared in ''The Times'', ''BlackBook'' and ''Sound on Sound''. 12" Remixes Peel is a longstanding commentator on, and curator of, 12-inch single and remixes. He wrote ''Classic Pop''s ''Top 50 12"s of the Eighties'' special edition, and curated three volumes of the compilation series ''The Art of the 12"''. In 2016 he wrote the Afterword of Rob Grillo's book, ''Is That The 12" Remix?''. Peel used 12" remixes and rare edits to curate the soundtrack to ''In The AM'', a film by The The. It was releas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild Life (Wings Album)
''Wild Life'' is the debut studio album by the British–American rock band Wings and the third studio album by Paul McCartney after the breakup of the Beatles. The album was recorded in eight days, from 25 July to 2 August 1971, at EMI Studios (now Abbey Road Studios) by McCartney, his wife Linda, session drummer Denny Seiwell, whom they had worked with on the McCartneys' previous album ''Ram'', and guitarist Denny Laine, formerly of the English rock band the Moody Blues. It was released by Apple Records on 7 December in the UK and US, to lukewarm critical and commercial reaction. Recording In July 1971, with a fresh set of McCartney tunes, the newly formed Wings recorded the album in slightly more than a week with the mindset that it had to be instant and raw in order to capture the freshness and vitality of a live studio recording. Five of the eight songs were recorded in one take. Paul McCartney later cited the quick recording schedule of Bob Dylan as an inspiration for this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Anthony Hewson
Richard Anthony Hewson (born 17 November 1943) is an English producer, arranger, conductor and multi-instrumentalist, who created the studio group RAH Band. Career Hewson began in the late 1960s as an arranger, and has worked with musicians such as the Beatles ("I Me Mine" and "The Long and Winding Road"), the Bee Gees (''Melody''), James Taylor ("Carolina in My Mind"), Herbie Hancock, Clifford T. Ward, Supertramp, Pilot (''Pilot''), Diana Ross, Carly Simon, Art Garfunkel, Leo Sayer, Paul McCartney (''Thrillington''), Mary Hopkin ("Those Were The Days"), Al Stewart, Chris de Burgh, Fleetwood Mac and Chris Rea. He also arranged strings on several Cliff Richard albums, '' I'm Nearly Famous'' (1976),Three songs were arranged by Richard Hewson on the ''I'm Nearly Famous'' album: "Lovers", "Such is the Mystery", "If You Walked Away" - ''Every Face Tells a Story'' (1977) and '' Green Light'' (1978). Hewson also worked with the British band Jigsaw, including arrangements for their h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wings Over America
''Wings over America'' is a triple live album by the British–American rock band Wings, released in December 1976. The album was recorded during the American leg of the band's 1975–76 Wings Over the World tour. It peaked at number 8 on the UK Albums Chart and reached number 1 on the US ''Billboard'' Top LPs & Tape chart. In addition to including several of McCartney's hits with Wings, the album features performances of five of his Beatles songs: " Yesterday", "Lady Madonna", "I've Just Seen a Face", " Blackbird" and "The Long and Winding Road". The album cover was designed by Hipgnosis – who were nominated in 1978, together with McCartney's production company MPL, for a Grammy Award for Best Album Package for this album – and depicts an airliner about to open its cabin door. ''Wings over America'' was remastered and reissued in May 2013. Recording Originally, ''Wings over America'' was to be a two-record set of highlight performances, but this was rethought due to the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major form of musical expression in traditional and popular music. Jazz is characterized by swing and blue notes, complex chords, call and response vocals, polyrhythms and improvisation. Jazz has roots in European harmony and African rhythmic rituals. As jazz spread around the world, it drew on national, regional, and local musical cultures, which gave rise to different styles. New Orleans jazz began in the early 1910s, combining earlier brass band marches, French quadrilles, biguine, ragtime and blues with collective polyphonic improvisation. But jazz did not begin as a single musical tradition in New Orleans or elsewhere. In the 1930s, arranged dance-oriented swing big bands, Kansas City jazz (a hard-swinging, bluesy, improvisationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vic Flick
Vic (; es, Vic or Pancracio Celdrán (2004). Diccionario de topónimos españoles y sus gentilicios (5ª edición). Madrid: Espasa Calpe. p. 843. ISBN 978-84-670-3054-9. «Vic o Vich (viquense, vigitano, vigatán, ausense, ausetano, ausonense): Ciudad barcelonesa, cabeza del partido judicial situada cerca de los ríos Ter y Méder, en la Plana de Vich.») is the capital of the ''comarca'' of Osona, in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Vic is located from Barcelona and from Girona. Geography Vic lies in the middle of the Plain of Vic, equidistant from Barcelona and the Pyrenees. Vic has persistent fog in winter as a result of a thermal inversion, with temperatures as low as -10 °C, an absolute record of -24 °C and episodes of cold and severe snowstorms. For this reason the natural vegetation includes the pubescent oak typical of the sub-Mediterranean climates of eastern France, Northern Italy and the Balkans. Names Originally known as ''Auso'', it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Back Seat Of My Car
"The Back Seat of My Car" is a song written by Paul McCartney, released as the closing track of his and his wife Linda's 1971 album, ''Ram''. Several months later, it was released as a single in the UK, peaking at number 39. The song modulates stylistically between a sweeping piano-and-orchestra ballad similar to McCartney's "The Long and Winding Road" and upbeat rock sections before ending in a raucous and passionate finale. Background "The Back Seat of My Car" has its origins as an unfinished concept from a holiday McCartney took with then-girlfriend Maggie McGivern in Sardinia in summer 1968. It was one of several compositions Paul McCartney presented to the Beatles in January 1969 during their ''Get Back'' rehearsals at Twickenham Film Studios in London. Played on 14 January, the song was still a work-in-progress, with the lyrics unfinished while the song's melody was well developed. According to McCartney, this song and other car-based songs in his late-Beatles and early s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eat At Home
"Eat at Home" is a 1971 single by Paul and Linda McCartney that also appeared on their album ''Ram'' from the same year. The song, a standard rock number, features McCartney on lead vocals, electric guitar and bass, and Linda McCartney performing backing vocals. Lyrics and music Paul McCartney described the lyrics of "Eat at Home" as "a plea for home cooking – it's obscene." Beatle biographer John Blaney described it as fitting within the theme of many of McCartney's songs of the period, "extolling the virtues of domestic bliss and ... the love of a good woman." Music professor Vincent Benitez also considers the theme to be a celebration of Paul's domestic bliss with Linda in the wake of the Beatles' breakup. "Eat at Home" is in the key of A major. It is mostly a three- chord rock song, with predominant use of the tonic chord of A, the dominant chord of E and the subdominant chord of D. It also employs the leading-tone chord of G in turnaround sections between the verses and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
