Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest and Come Together: Motown Sings The Beatles
Gillian G. Gaar, Rolling Stone, 30 June 1994
THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, Paul McCartney has occasionally ventured into atypical musical genres anonymously or under an assumed name. In 1974, under the guise of the Country Hams, McCartney and Wings released the single 'Walking in the Park With Eloise' (a number written by McCartney's father), while 1977 saw the release of an instrumental version of McCartney's Rum album as recorded by "Irish bandleader" Percy "Thrills" Thrillington. And uncredited dance remixes of 'Hope of Deliverance' (the leadoff single from McCartney's last studio album Off the Ground) hit the U.K. club charts before McCartney's presence on the disc was revealed.
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