An excellent collection of Smile material, most of which I had not heard previously. The first disc compiles a version of the Smile album with various alternate versions of the tracks. The rest of the set contains an exhaustive look at the sessions for the album, including a strange 23 minute rehearsal for a Vegetables Radio Spot conducted by Brian on disc four. A must for die-hard Smile freaks.
Disc One, The Smile Album
1. Our Prayer 2. Heroes and Villians 3. Barnyard
4. Do You Like Worms?
5. The Old Master Painter / You Are My Sunshine 6. He Gives Speeches
7. Wonderful 8. Child Is The Father of the Man 9. Cabinessence
10. Look
11. Good Vibrations 12. I Wanna Be Around / Friday Night
13. Vegetables
14. Wind Chimes 15. Mrs. O’Leary’s Cow 16. Water
17. I Love To Say Da Da
18. You’re Welcome 19. Surf’s Up (Instrumental) 20. Surf’s
Up (vocal)
Smile Sessions
21. Heroes and Villians (Take 14 and unknown take) 22. Heroes and Villians
(Part One, First Vocal Overdub) 23. Heroes and Villians (Part One,
Second Vocal Overdub) 24. Heroes and Villians (Part One, Third Vocal
Overdub) 25. Heroes and Villians (Part One, Fourth Vocal Overdub)
26. Heroes and Villians (Part One, Fifth Vocal Overdub) 27. Heroes
and Villians (‘In The Cantina’ Vocal Overdub, take unknown) 28. Heroes
and Villians (‘My Children Were Raised’ vocal overdub, take unknown)
29. Heroes and Villians (‘How I Love My Girl’ vocal overdub, take unknown)
30. Heroes and Villians (last part, mono mix) 31. Heroes and Villians (alternate
last section) 32. Heroes and Villians (last part, stereo mix) 33.
Heroes and Villians (various mono mix attempts) 34. Heroes and Villians
Part Two (takes 1 and 2, 4 through 8, 14 and 15) 35. Bicycle Rider
(Vocal Overdubs) 36. Do You Like Worms (takes 23 & 24, plus vocal
overdubs)
DISC TWO: SMILE SESSIONS
1. Do You Like Worms (Part 2, Rehearsal, final part) 2. Do You
Like Worms (Part 2, 1st Vocal Overdub)
3. Do You Like Worms (Part 2, 2nd Vocal Overdub) 4. The Old Master
Painter / You Were My Sunshine (Takes 1, 2 and 4) 5. The Old Master Painter
/ You Were My Sunshine (Take 6 and 7) 6. The Old Master Painter / You Were
My Sunshine (Takes 10 and 11) 7. The Old Master Painter / You Were My Sunshine
(mono mix)
8. He Gives Speeches (take unknown) 9. He Gives Speeches (lead vocal
overdub) 10. He Gives Speeches (backing vocal overdub) 11. Wonderful (takes
1-3) 12. Wonderful (takes 6-8) 13. Wonderful (takes 16-18)
14. Wonderful (take unknown) 15. Wonderful (instrumental overdub) 16.
Wonderful (1st vocal overdub)
17. Wonderful (vocal insert rehearsals) 18. Wonderful (1st vocal insert)
19. Wonderful (2nd vocal insert)
20. Wonderful (vocal insert, stereo mix) 21. Child Is Father of The
Man (part 1, takes 1-4)
22. Child Is Father of The Man (part 1, take 8) 23. Child Is Father
of The Man (verse, takes 1-4)
24. Child Is Father of The Man (take unknown) 25. Look (takes 1 and
2) 26. Look (takes 4 and 5)
27. Look (takes 6-13) 28. Look (takes 14-19) 29. Look (take 20) 30.
Vegetables (part 1, piano track)
31. Vegetables (part 1, vocal overdub) 32. Vegetables (part 1, vocal
overdub attempt)
33. Vegetables (part 1, vocal and instrumental attempt) 34. Vegetables
(vocal and instrumental attempt 2)
35. Vegetables (vocal and instrumental attempt 3) 36. Vegetables
(part 1, vocal overdub attempt 1)
37. Vegetables (part 1, vocal overdub attempt 2) 38. Vegetables
(part 1, vocal overdub attempt 3)
DISC THREE: SMILE SESSIONS
1. Vegetables (part one, vocal overdub 4) 2. Vegetables (part one, instrumental
overdub takes 1-8) 3. Vegetables (part one, vocal insert rehearsals) 4.
Vegetables (part one, mono mix rehearsals) 5. Vegetables (part two, take
unknown) 6. Vegetables (part two, vocal overdub take 1) 7. Vegetables (part
two, vocal overdub take 2) 8. Vegetables (part two, rehearsal)
9. Vegetables (part two, vocal overdub take 1) 10. Vegetables (part
two, vocal overdub take 2) 11. Vegetables (part two, vocal overdub take
3) 12. Vegetables (part two, vocal overdub take 4) 13. Vegetables (part
two, mono mix) 14. Vegetables (part three, take 12) 15. Vegetables (part
three, vocal overdub take 1) 16. Vegetables (part three, vocal overdub
take 2)
17. Vegetables (part three, mono mix) 18. Vegetables (various mix rehearsals)
19. Wind Chimes (takes 1-3) 20. Wind Chimes (take 4) 21. Wind Chimes
(take 5)
22. Wind Chimes (takes 6-7) 23. Wind Chimes (pick up takes 1-5) 24.
Wind Chimes (takes 8-9) 25. Wind Chimes (track) 26. Wind Chimes (vocal
overdub take 1) 27. Wind Chimes (ending take 3) 28. Mrs. O’Leary’s Cow
(introduction piece) 29. Mrs. O’Leary’s Cow (take 1) 30. Mrs. O’Leary’s
Cow (take 2) 31. Mrs. O’Leary’s Cow (takes 3-7) 32. Mrs. O’Leary’s Cow
(takes 11-12) 33. Mrs. O’Leary’s Cow (takes 15-18) 34. Mrs. O’Leary’s Cow
(overdub #1, crackling fire) 35. Mrs. O’Leary’s Cow (mono mix)
DISC FOUR: SMILE SESSIONS
1. Friday Night (take 1)
2. Friday Night (takes 2 and 6)
3. Friday Night (takes 7 and 8)
4. Friday Night (takes 9 and 10)
5. Water (instrumental take 1)
6. Water (vocal overdub 1)
7. Water (vocal overdub 2)
8. Water (vocal overdub 3)
9. Water (vocal overdub 4)
10. Water (stereo mix)
11. Vegetables Radio Commercial Rehearsals