From: abirnba4@yahoo.com   
      
   Derek A. Bill wrote:   
      
   >   
   > If you listen to all the various original Smile segments floating   
   > around, there really isn't that much that had to be done for the new   
   > version. That (and the fact that the group had been playing it on the   
   > road, basically practicing their studio parts) is why it came together   
   > so quickly this Spring.   
   >   
   So there was nothing that wasn't on the original, prepared for the live   
   show? (I only heard some bootlegs once, about 10 years ago, and I don't   
   remember.)   
      
      
   > Keep in mind, many artists in other media have students to help them   
   > flesh out their work, as do architects. (Can you imagine Frank Lloyd   
   > Wright drafting EVERY blueprint?)   
      
   Yes, but isn't there a difference between someone saying "the strings   
   will go like this," and someone saying, "Brian wants the strings to go   
   like this, so let me convey that to the string section"? (Yes, I realize   
   that George Martin composed arrangements for the Beatles songs, and that   
   doesn't make the Beatles any less great-- I'm just trying to get an idea   
   of who composed all of the classical instrumentation.)   
   A large chunk of Mozart's requiem was written by a student. Of course,   
   that's because Mozart had died.   
      
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