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Saturday, November 15, 2008

Carnival of Light!

Out of the hundreds of Beatles' songs, one still lives unknown.  It is the mythical unreleased song know as Carnival of Light.  It is a 14 minute experimental track that was recorded at the height of the Beatles' experiments with psychedelia in 1967.  Paul McCartney confirmed that he still owned the master tapes.  He states that the time has come for it to get its moment. It has only been played once publicly for an event called The Million Volt Light and Sound Rave. Some have listened to it including Beatles expert Mark Lewisohn.  He Listened to the song in 1987 while compiling his book The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions. He said the song included "distorted, hypnotic drum and organ sounds, a distorted lead guitar, the sound of a church organ, various effects (water gargling was one) and, perhaps most intimidating of all, John Lennon and McCartney screaming dementedly and bawling aloud random phrases like 'Are you alright?' and 'Barcelona!' Unfortunately, nothing is definite.  McCartney would still need to get the consent of Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono, as well as George Harrison's widow, Olivia Harrison, to release the track. Let us all hope that they agree so that we might relive the magic of Beatle-Mania!


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