Post by aaronsamazing on Jun 24, 2022 1:38:03 GMT -5
I found this story on the ”SMiLE (The 1972 Carl Wilson’s Version)” article at the “Albums Forgotten Reconstructed 2.0” blog. The stories posted there are of questionable legitimacy, but, unlike other posts, the SMiLE page does not state that the DL (hidden in the article) is for their own reconstruction. Anyway, here’s the relevant portion, grammar slightly fixed:
“In the beginning of the new decade, when The Beach Boys signed to Reprise, they took with them the rights to all their post-Party Capitol albums, including “Smile”. In March 1972, when Carl Wilson was in London, announced that they would be finishing Smile to follow up on the critical and commercial success of Surf's Up. Shortly after, Carl Wilson & Steve Deper did review the tapes and made one version from “Smile” much simpler than the original, no longer than 36 minutes. This tape was only as reference, to start working later on it with possible overdubs, if they were necessary.
This tape had four parts: the first with a complete mix of the song “Heroes & Villains” of around 12 minutes. The second, included a summary of the best "Smile" songs, as: "Wonderful", or "Cabin Essence". The Elements Suite, the third, with its lost intro and the last section:“Surf´s Up” and its coda: “Child Is Father Of The Man”. Something like this:
Side One: (18:43)
1.- Heroes & Villains Suite.(11:22)
2.-Barnyard. (0:48)
3.-My Only Sunshine.(1:04)
4.-Wonderful.(1:59)
5.-Cabin Essence.(3:28)
Side Two - (17:29)
1.- The Elements Suite (13:00)
a. Into The Piano
b. Vega-Tables
c. Wind Chimes.
d. Fire.
e. Cool,Cool Water
2.- Surf´s Up.(3:38)
3.-Child Is Father Of The Man.(0:51) - "Surf´s Up" coda.
This demo tape was mounted for shown to Brian Wilson but the project to re-live Smile, it was impossible; Brian refused to participated in any further Smile-related reworkings. As the album was not released to the market and the Beach Boys breached the contract, were penalized with 50,000 dollars to be deducted of the fees for the next LP: “Holland”. And once again the project was forgotten.”
“The new version of Smile, third attempt to release the album, was to be done with a cover lined in red velvet with the letters in gold[…] because the original cover was owned by Capitol Records and was not going to give permission for it to be used. It was an error not to have taken advantage of the occasion to offer us a different "Smile", although years later the original one would have been published.”
“In the beginning of the new decade, when The Beach Boys signed to Reprise, they took with them the rights to all their post-Party Capitol albums, including “Smile”. In March 1972, when Carl Wilson was in London, announced that they would be finishing Smile to follow up on the critical and commercial success of Surf's Up. Shortly after, Carl Wilson & Steve Deper did review the tapes and made one version from “Smile” much simpler than the original, no longer than 36 minutes. This tape was only as reference, to start working later on it with possible overdubs, if they were necessary.
This tape had four parts: the first with a complete mix of the song “Heroes & Villains” of around 12 minutes. The second, included a summary of the best "Smile" songs, as: "Wonderful", or "Cabin Essence". The Elements Suite, the third, with its lost intro and the last section:“Surf´s Up” and its coda: “Child Is Father Of The Man”. Something like this:
Side One: (18:43)
1.- Heroes & Villains Suite.(11:22)
2.-Barnyard. (0:48)
3.-My Only Sunshine.(1:04)
4.-Wonderful.(1:59)
5.-Cabin Essence.(3:28)
Side Two - (17:29)
1.- The Elements Suite (13:00)
a. Into The Piano
b. Vega-Tables
c. Wind Chimes.
d. Fire.
e. Cool,Cool Water
2.- Surf´s Up.(3:38)
3.-Child Is Father Of The Man.(0:51) - "Surf´s Up" coda.
This demo tape was mounted for shown to Brian Wilson but the project to re-live Smile, it was impossible; Brian refused to participated in any further Smile-related reworkings. As the album was not released to the market and the Beach Boys breached the contract, were penalized with 50,000 dollars to be deducted of the fees for the next LP: “Holland”. And once again the project was forgotten.”
“The new version of Smile, third attempt to release the album, was to be done with a cover lined in red velvet with the letters in gold[…] because the original cover was owned by Capitol Records and was not going to give permission for it to be used. It was an error not to have taken advantage of the occasion to offer us a different "Smile", although years later the original one would have been published.”
