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Picture this: a cardboard box, shoved into the corner of a Birmingham attic, untouched for over half a century. Inside it, a single reel of tape with a faded label that just says “G. Harrison.” No fanfare, no liner notes, just a name that makes any self-respecting Beatles fan’s heart do a little backflip. Could this actually be a lost recording from a Beatle, something nobody alive has ever heard? Turns out, yes. And the story of how it got found is almost as good as the song itself. 🎙️

A Pandemic Hobby That Turned Into a Treasure Hunt

This whole saga kicks off, fittingly, during lockdown, because apparently that’s when half the world’s forgotten history decided to resurface. A family friend named Deepak Pathak was checking in on Suresh Joshi, a 75-year-old broadcaster and journalist who’d lived a wild professional life. Somewhere between catching up and reminiscing, Joshi casually drops the bombshell that he once recorded a psychedelic song with George Harrison and Ringo Starr, a track that was never released. Pathak, doing what literally anyone would do, said “prove it.” 😂