Paul McCartney hopes to release the holy grail of lost Beatles tracks, the 14-minute improvised “Carnival of Light.” The experimental McCartney song was recorded with producer George Martin shortly after the members of the Beatles laid down vocal overdubs for their hit “Penny Lane.” It’s only public airing took place at the electronic music and light themed The Million Volt Light and Sound Rave.

According to reports, the avant-garde track was never released because most of the Beatles, particularly guitarist George Harrison, felt the track was too left field for the group’s fan. Beatles author Mark Lewisohn describes the song as full of “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!'”  In an interview with BBC Radio 4 promoting his new experimental Fireman album, McCartney says “the time has come for it to get its moment.”

McCartney would have to secure permission from Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono and Olivia Harrison before he could release the lost track. George Harrison has already blocked McCartney once from including the track on The Beatles Anthology 2 in the 1990s.

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