From: derekbill@allsummerlong.com   
      
   In article , gng   
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   > Someone had to bring it us ;-)   
   > Curious what everyone thinks now that we have Smile.  If released at the   
   > same time as Sgt Pepper, which would have prevailed as the album of the   
   > time? They are so different in so many ways.  SP is clearly more commercial   
   > in that it follows the standard pop/rock song album formula, whereas Smile   
   > is more of a rock opera.  In fact, would Tommy have been as breakthrough had   
   > Smile been released on time?  I found myself explaining to someone how this   
   > concept of songs strung together was "like Tommy, only done before Tommy".   
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   My guess is SmiLE would have been bigger in England, Pepper bigger here.   
      
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