From: ian@dorm.org   
      
   I'm honestly not too into the BW version. It doesn't have the life or   
   character that all the old recordings do. Also, i've listened to the   
   instrumental tracks so many times before the bw version came out that the   
   vocal tracks seem annoying and intrusive in parts, especially since brian...   
   doesn't have much of a voice these days. Sorry Brian.   
   Anyway, so where would I go about getting these good Smile Shop/Smile   
   Resarch Lab mp3s? From what I can tell, those sites no longer exist. Feel   
   like sending me some mp3s? :)   
      
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   > >I don't know anything about the consistancy of the Vigotone boot, but   
   since everyone seems to think it is THE bootleg to have   
   >   
   > i don't think i used anything off of vigotone.  i think everything was   
   > in better quality elsewhere.  i know i used some stuff from "smile   
   > shop" and i think maybe also from "smile research lab".  the fan mixes   
   > really help out.  for example:  the quality on sea of tunes is great   
   > (and i think it's stereo too) but there's no denny vocal on "sunshine".   
   >  vigotone has the denny vocal but the quality isn't as good  (and it   
   > probably isn't stereo either).  by synching both tracks together and   
   > mixing in vigotone just enough to hear denny's vocal (probably also an   
   > eq bump around 1k to emphasize the vocal & probably also some dartpro   
   > type software to kill the tape hiss) a very satisfying result is   
   > achieved.  i think it was smile research lab that did a nifty job   
   > putting good vibes into stereo.  as far as editing the original tracks   
   > together into the 3 movements it's cool but it simply can't be   
   > satisfying because several unfinished tracks are lackluster without the   
   > finished lyrics and melodies.  that's led some to use new bw sections   
   > to fill in the gaps but you'll still have varying degrees of sound   
   > quality and some jumping from mono to stereo.   
   >   
      
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