By no means do I consider myself a music nerd of unparalleled knowledge - there is plenty of trivial information floating around out there that I am completely ignorant to. However, upon learning about Percy Thrillington - the pseudonym of Paul McCartney that released an arranged instrumental version of Ram in 1977 (recorded in `71) I was ashamed that I wasn't already aware! Long story short, Ram is a phenomenal album and the Thrillington version is entirely engaging as well; mostly for the music but also for the absurdity of McCartney releasing an album of his own music under a different name and not openly talking about it for 18 years.

You can listen to the entire thing on YouTube and apparently a CD re-issue came out in 1995. Why it is not available as an mp3 download is beyond me but I am sure you can stumble across it if need be.