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Jan 31, 2012 Updated Feb 1, 2012

A long-hidden George Harrison guitar solo has been discovered after 43 years.

The solo was cut from the final version of 'Here Comes the Sun' on the Abbey Road album, and was uncovered by Harrison's son Dhani.

In his autobiography, George describes writing the song after escaping what he saw as the drudgery of business at Apple Records: "I went over to Eric Clapton's house. The relief of not having to go see all those dopey accountants was wonderful, and I walked around the garden with one of Eric's acoustic guitars and wrote 'Here Comes The Sun'."

Have a listen to the missing solo right here.

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George Harrison, MBE (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English musician, guitarist, singer-songwriter, actor and film producer who achieved international fame as lead guitarist of The Beatles. Often referred to as "the quiet Beatle", Harrison became over time an admirer of Indian mysticism, and introduced it to the other Beatles, as well as their Western audience. Following the...

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