There is one last, great Beatles track left in the archives, called Carnival of Light. I say great, I don't know that for certain, only a very few people have ever heard it. It is a apparently free form piece recorded during a session for Penny Lane (a very underrated experiemental record). It was intended for an art show held later that month in the Camden Roundhouse.
Carnival of Light was not included on the Anthology collections. There were apparently only two mixes ever made, one of which is rumoured to be gathering dust somewhere in America.
But the really interesting thing is the culture this has inspired. As far as anyone can tell there are no genuine bootlegs in existence. There are dozens of recordings claiming to be the real deal and some of them are, well, fantastic. Here's two of the best I can find; wonderful pieces of ambient music. Check out the second piece in particular, at 2.06 when a number of echoed voices converge like a Gregorian chant:
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