A long-lost psychedelic pop recording featuring The Beatles‘ George Harrison and Ringo Starr has been unearthed in an attic in Birmingham, UK.
The song, Radhe Shaam, was originally recorded in 1968 at Trident Studios in London, where Harrison and Starr were working on The Beatles’ classic Hey Jude. Broadcaster and journalist Suresh Joshi was also at Trident, working on the soundtrack to a documentary, and the two Beatles offered to play on the song.
“I stood out like a sore thumb… we started talking about philosophy in general,” says Joshi. But he bonded with Harrison, whose trip to India earlier that year had opened his eyes to Indian music and culture, and later introduced him to legendary sitar player Ravi Shankar.
The master tape was found in Joshi’s attic in Birmingham after a neighbour called in to check on him during lockdown and discussion turned to The Beatles. Rescued, restored and digitised, the song was given its first public airing at Liverpool’s Beatles Museum this week.
Beatles Museum manager Paul Parry tells the Liverpool Echo that Radhe Shaam is “absolutely amazing”, and that the drums and guitars are “unmistakably” the work of Harrison and Starr.
Also featured on Radhe Shaam is Indian classical musician Aashish Khan – who also contributed to Harrison’s Wonderwall Music album – but the recording never saw the light of day.
“Time had gone on, The Beatles were breaking up and had various problems, so no-one wanted to [release it],” says Joshi. But now it’s getting a proper release, with proceeds being donated to charity.
“Leave it to humanity, that’s what George wanted to do,” says Joshi. “I hope the fans will love it.”
Explore eil.com & 991.com sister – the world’s best online store for rare, collectable & out of print Vinyl Records, CDs & Music memorabilia since 1987.
EIL.COM Favourite Music Update Rare CDs, CD Singles, Rare Records, Vinyl Records, Albums and Music
- The Beatles - A Collection Of Beatles Oldies - 1st - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £195.00, $261.30, €230.10 (Back In Stock) (arrived 21-May-2025 16:00)on May 22, 2025 at 8:04 am
THE BEATLES A Collection Of Beatles Oldies (Rare 1966 UK first issue 16-track mono vinyl compilation LP, with 'Sold In UK' and 'The Gramophone Co' label text, Garrod & Lofthouse front laminated flipback picture sleeve with 'Patents Pending' texton the reverse bottom flipback. The sleeve shows minimal shelfwear/storage, with secure flipbacks and vivid colours. The labels show only minor spindle marks and the vinyl itself displays just a few cosmetic scuffs or hairlines, revealing only minimal signs of play close to 60 years on! - A scarce '60s original in excellent condition PMC7016)
- George Harrison - All Things Must Pass - Complete - US Box - EX - UK - vinyl box set - £150.00, $201.00, €177.00 (New Item) (arrived 20-May-2025 15:46)on May 22, 2025 at 8:04 am
GEORGE HARRISON All Things Must Pass (Classic 1970 UK 23-track triple LP box set, complete with colour coded lyric inners & large fold out poster, all housed in a textured & pasted 12" square box. All three inners are US manufactured & the boxis a USA print with an orange finish inside. The box shows just a little light shelfwear with foxing to the front and a vintage record shop sticker to the reverse, all three inners have a couple of small splits, the poster has been displayed and each corner has been clipped with some vintage tape attached. All threediscs are UK pressed & remain in superb condition with few light signs of play. Increasingly hard to find with all its components in check & still looking presentable STCH639) #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
- The Beatles - Let It Be - 1st - Solid - P/S - EX - UK - 7" vinyl - £75.00, $100.50, €88.50 (New Item) (arrived 19-May-2025 16:35)on May 22, 2025 at 8:04 am
THE BEATLES Let It Be (1970 UK Apple label solid centre 7" single, also featuring You Know My Name (Look Up My Number) with Brian Jones on saxophone & with the matrix number on the B-side scratched out, housed in the original lightly texturedflipback picture sleeve. The sleeve shows some minor scuffing with light corner creases & the vinyl is clean & in Excellent condition with very little play R5833)
- The Beatles - The Ballad Of John And Yoko - 1st - Solid - EX - UK - 7" vinyl - £35.00, $46.90, €41.30 (New Item) (arrived 19-May-2025 16:53)on May 22, 2025 at 8:04 am
THE BEATLES The Ballad Of John & Yoko (1969 UK first issue solid centre 7" vinyl single with 'Sold In The UK' label text, also featuring Old Brown Shoe, Apple company die cut sleeve. The sleeve has some natural age wear creasing & the vinyl is Excellent with just a few light paper scuffs not affecting play R5786)
- The Beatles - Yellow Submarine - UK - CD album - £15.00, $20.10, €17.70 (New Item) (arrived 20-May-2025 12:06)on May 22, 2025 at 8:04 am
THE BEATLES Yellow Submarine (2009 UK Stereo issue limited edition 13-track enhanced CD album digitally remastered by a dedicated engineering team at the world famous Abbey Road studios, originally released in 1969 and including a bonus 'Making Of' video using exclusive original footage from the Beatles' own archive plus other rare footage and the voice-over is entirely spoken by the Beatles themselves and George Martin! Presented in a triple panel card package using conservation grade FSC paper complete with a set of historical notes to accompany recording notes on the actual process of making the album at the time. Factory Sealed)
Be the first to comment