Fab Four fans are calling a previously unreleased version of The Beatles' Revolution 1, which has surfaced online, the 'Holy Grail' of the band's missing footage.
The studio tape, which is supposedly 'Take 20' of the song, is available to watch/listen via the YouTube video here.
'Take 20' of the song is notable, as it appears to bridge the gap between The Beatles' Revolution 1 and Revolution 9.
The main difference in the unreleased version of 'Revolution 1' and the version of the same song that appeared on "The Beatles" (usually referred to as The White Album) is the track's length.
The unreleased version is a full seven minutes longer than its released counterpart.
Lyrically and structure-wise, the song isn't vastly different from the released version, although the entire second half of the unreleased version is made up of tape loops, vocal effects and studio trickery - some of which appears to have been sampled by The Beatles for use on their sample-heavy Revolution 9 track, which also appears on The White Album.
The 'Take 20' bootleg begins with the band talking in the studio, where John Lennon is heard saying 'Take your knickers off and let's go' in a high-pitched voice during banter with his bandmates.
The band then begin playing the song.
Although 'Revolution 1 (Take 20)' soon mutates into five minutes of assorted backwards singing and screaming from the band, the drums, guitars and George Harrison's vocal of 'Om-shooby-do-wop' remain throughout.
Towards the ten-minute mark, the song breaks down into a barrage of speech from John Lennon and Yoko Ono.
Blogs across the internet are hosting the song, with many fans hailing it as 'the find of the century.'
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