From: ted@loft.tnolan.com   
      
   In article <1169235399.521419.170260@51g2000cwl.googlegroups.com>,   
   zonkersun@yahoo.com  wrote:   
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   >I don't think Mike believed Smiley Smile was any more commercial than   
   >Smile would have been. But it wasn't just his decision. The Beach Boys   
   >had to deal with the reality of the situation, which was that lots of   
   >money had been spent on the Smile sessions, the BB's had promised to   
   >deliver an album, Brian was probably in no condition to write new   
   >material, and even if he was, there probably wasn't enough time. I   
   >believe Smiley Smile was a stopgap move to get out a product and keep   
   >some sort of momentum going for business reasons.   
   >   
   >Of course an even better business decision would have been to help   
   >Brian finish Smile. Even if it wouldn't have been a hit, it would still   
   >be better than releasing scraps from an unfinished masterpiece and   
   >becoming irrelevant.   
   >   
   >Too bad the Boys couldn't have just made an album like Wild Honey   
   >without Brian, giving him more time to finish Smile.   
   >   
   >Mark   
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   Another curious thing about Smiley Smile is that it didn't have   
   "Little Girl I Once Knew", which had never been on an album.   
   Granted it was only a minor hit, but it was available, and that   
   would have given the album 3 hit singles, which might have   
   increased sales..   
      
      
   				Ted   
      
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