Astrakhan
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Lost Beatles Disc?From the BBC:
| Quote: | 'Mythical' Beatles song confirmed
Sir Paul McCartney has confirmed a 14-minute long Beatles track many thought was a myth does exist - and says he wants the public to hear it.
He told BBC Radio 4's Front Row the track - called Carnival of Light - was not released because the other Beatles thought it was too "adventurous".
The improvised track was recorded in 1967 for an electronic music festival.
Sir Paul said Ringo Starr and John Lennon's and George Harrison's estates would have to agree to a release.
He said he had been asked to create the piece for an electronic music festival, and asked the other band members to be "indulgent" for 10 minutes at London's Abbey Road studios before giving them vague directions.
Sir Paul explained: "I said all I want you to do is just wander around all the stuff, bang it, shout, play it, it doesn't need to make any sense. Hit a drum then wander on to the piano, hit a few notes, just wander around.
"So that's what we did and then put a bit of an echo on it. It's very free."
The track was played just once, at the festival, and is said to include distorted guitar, organ sounds, gargling and band members shouting phrases such as "Barcelona!" and "Are you all right?"
Sir Paul said he was fond of the track, which was inspired by experimental composers John Cage and Karlheinz Stockhausen: "I like it because it's The Beatles free, going off piste."
He said he still had a master tape of the piece, adding: "The time has come for it to get its moment."
Sir Paul had wanted to include the track on the Beatles' Anthology compilations in the mid-1990s, but the rest of the band vetoed the idea.
He said: "I said it would be great to put this on because it would show we were working with really avant-garde stuff." |
Could it be that we'll soon have an opportunity to hear this legendary "lost" track? A legitimate release, even? It's time to throw open the vaults! 
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Joe_Stax
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I'm for it, let's hear it! There's a type of fan for whom things like this are the holy grail, and I fall into that camp. Sure, I don't really crave every take from the early sessions, but give me an early attempt at Tomorrow Never Knows, and oh YEAH!
But not everyone is going to dig it...
| Quote: | Fans of the Fab Four had new reason to mourn today, as Paul McCartney threatened the release of 'Carnival of Light', one of only two tracks rejected by producer George Martin from the 36 disc 'Beatles Anthology', (the collection of alternative versions, rejected tracks, and unmitigated crap released on eighteen separate double CDs between 1985 and 1994).
McCartney told the BBC that the track was inspired by his love of avant garde composers John Cage and Karlheinz Stockhausen, musicians whose influence was prominent in his later recordings such as 'Silly Love Songs' and 'Wonderful Christmastime'.
McCartney, who apparently had the best drugs in the band, says that he asked the other Beatles to be "indulgent" with him.
"I said all I want you to do is just wander around all the stuff, bang it, shout, play it, it doesn't need to make any sense. Hit a drum then wander on to the piano, hit a few notes, just wander around. So that's what we did and then put a bit of an echo on it. It's very free."
"This is really quite an honor, I suppose," said the spirit of Stockhausen, who died in December of 2007 shortly after hearing 'Carnival of Light'. "You've really nailed the essence of my work, Sir Paul. That's exactly what I did - wander around and bang stuff. May I suggest that you pad out your CD with your marvelous version of John Cage's 4:33? Hold on, there's someone here who wants to speak to you."
"It's bloody rubbish, mate," said the legendary ghost of John Lennon. "I figure, here I am in Hell, what else can they do to me? Now they're playing 'Carnival of Light' on Radio Hades at the top of every hour." |
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Astrakhan
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| Quote: | | But not everyone is going to dig it... |
The Aristocrats!
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