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Category: Emotions, Humor, Music, Regionalism, Twentieth Century
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Category: Music, Telephones, 1950s
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Category: Music, Puppets and Automatons, Cartoons, United Kingdom, Twentieth Century
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Category: Innuendo, Double Entendres, Symbolism, Nudge-Nudge-Wink-Wink and Subliminal Messages, Music, Toys, 1960s
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Category: Fey, Twee, Whimsical, Naive and Sadsack, Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Music, 1960s, Circuses, Carnivals, and Other Traveling Shows
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Category: Inventions, Music, 1930s, Europe
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Category: Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Music, Television, Vinyl Albums and Other Media Recordings, 1970s
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jun 13, 2024 -
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Category: Music, 1960s, Women, Alcohol
Thrillington is an album produced by English musician Paul McCartney, under the pseudonym Percy "Thrills" Thrillington.... [In] late 1976, McCartney decided to release the long-in-storage project, and devised a plan to publicize the album while obscuring his own involvement with it. In preparation for the release of Thrillington, McCartney invented the fictitious socialite Percy Thrillington, and even took out ads in various UK music papers announcing Thrillington's so-called comings and goings to generate curiosity and interest.
Released in April 1977, McCartney's name was mentioned only in the main liner notes where he is described as a friend of Percy. Thrillington went mostly unnoticed upon its release although it was reviewed by Rolling Stone magazine and mentioned in the "Random Notes" section.[5] Variety also reviewed the album, noting that "Whether Percy Thrillington is Paul McCartney or not is really irrelevant. What matters is that he (they) is (are) having fun."[6]
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jun 05, 2024 -
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Category: Hoaxes and Imposters and Imitators, Music, 1970s, United Kingdom
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jun 01, 2024 -
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Category: Music, Space Travel, 1950s, Cars
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