The Beatles' Experimental Track

Paul McCartney is planning to release a 14-minute electronic track, recorded by The Beatles in 1967, called "Carnival of Light". For fans of the famous Liverpool quartet, this recording has long acquired a mythical status. The track, which is an improvisation, was performed in public only once - at the London Music Festival in 1967 - and was never released because the group members considered it too experimental. The few people who have heard "Carnival of Light" describe it as a set of psychedelic sounds of the church organ, hypnotic drumming, guitar, bubbling water, and phrases shouted by Lennon and McCartney: "Are you all right?" and "Barcelona!" In other words, a composition very different from the usual for the group, and evidence of how avant-garde The Beatles could be. Paul McCartney talks about how this track was recorded: "We were constantly working in the studio, and once I asked the guys to give me ten minutes of attention and play everything around: drumming, playing the piano, shouting - all without any sense. And then we added some echo to it..." In order to include this track in the album, the release of which is expected this month, McCartney will need permission from Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono, and George Harrison's widow.