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From: "ceccles_ca" <clay123@...>
To: <Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2004 5:44 AM
Subject: [Mellotronists] Re: Smile


> --- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, tron@b... wrote:
> > Nothing to do with Mellotrons, but I saw Brian Wilson doing 'Smile'
> last
> > night in Glasgow.
> >
> > If what was performed was ∗even close∗ to what was intended then the
> > music world would have been turned upside down on its release in
> 1967.
>
> Mike:
> Some / all of "Smile" was recorded back in 67 was it not? I recall a
> Julian Lennon interview.... He had heard some of the Smile
> recording. He said something very similar...."the music world would
> have been turned upside down on its release". I guess the record
> company was looking for more songs about girls and cars....
> Fools!
>
> Clay

I believe the issue was far more complicated than that, involving Brian's
severe breakdown and loss of nerve, plus the 'touring band's objections
(principally that arsehole Mike Love). ∗They∗ were the ones who wanted more
'cars'n'girls', apparently. Boots have been doing the rounds for years,
though I haven't tracked one down yet. Given that these shows will have been
bootlegged, Brian's bound to release a live version, and I heard rumours
that he was ∗finally∗ preparing the original tapes for release. Dunno how he
expects to get back to where his head was in 1967 - suppose he just has to
make the best of a bad job. Oh well, better late than never! Wish I'd been
able to afford to go to the 'Smile' show - 'Pet Sounds' a couple of years
ago was phenomenal.

Andy T.