McCartney working under a pseudonym, the album became a collector's item. McCartney finally admitted his role to journalist Peter Palmiere at a Los Angeles press conference on 27 November 1989 during his world tour: "What a great question to end the conference. The world needs to know! But seriously it was me and Linda – and we kept it a secret for a long time but now the world knows! – you blew it!" In 1990 Paul McCartney also admitted to Palmiere, via an autograph request, that he was indeed Clint Harrigan – the liner notes writer for Thrillington and Wings' Wild Life album. The first person to reveal the identity of Clint Harrigan was John Lennon, who stated as much during a well-publicised letter feud with McCartney in Melody Maker ("And your writing inside of the Wings album [Wild Life] isn’t exactly the Realist is it?") in December 1971. The full story of the Thrillington album was told in detail in 1995 in Beatles fanzine Good Day Sunshine and in music journalist Ian Peel's book The Unknown Paul McCartney (Reynolds & Hearn, 2002). Peel tracked down various musicians who brought McCartney's vision to life – including Richard Hewson, Herbie Flowers and the Mike Sammes Singers – as well as those that were involved in creating its mythology. Re-release Thrillington was issued on CD in 1995 and 2018, the latter with an accompanying vinyl version. Thrillington was re-issued as part of the deluxe edition of Ram on 21 May 2012. To coincide with this release, McCartney started a Twitter account under the Thrillington name, posting tweets in a manner similar to the original newspaper announcements. The album was re-issued on CD, vinyl, and limited edition coloured vinyl on 18 May 2018. Track listing Personnel Musicians Richard Hewson – conductor Vic Flick – guitars Herbie Flowers – bass guitar Steve Gray – piano Clem Cattini – drums Jim Lawless – percussion Chris Karan – guica Members of the Swingle Singers and the Mike Sammes Singers, led by Mike Sammes – backing vocals Production Percy "Thrills" Thrillington – producer Richard Hewson – arranger Tony Clark – engineer Hipgnosis – artwork Jeff Cummings – cover art Clint Harrigan – liner notes Phil Smee – package design References External links 1977 albums Paul McCartney albums Regal Zonophone Records albums Capitol Records albums Covers albums Albums with cover art by Hipgnosis Albums produced by Paul