From: derekbill@allsummerlong.com   
      
   In article <3UV7d.4960$ae7.2467@trndny07>, subw75    
   wrote:   
      
   > Sorry if this has been covered, but many of the articles say that BW   
   > created the third movement when recording this album. I know that Mrs.   
   > O'Leary's Cow and GV were already written. What exactly was created for   
   > this recording?   
   >   
   > Also, anyone have any idea how much of the orchestration was Brian   
   > (possibly from the original demos) and how much was his keyboard player   
   > or others?   
   >   
      
   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.   
      
   (Think about that for a moment. Here we have a band repeatedly   
   performing something live BEFORE recording it. When's the last time   
   THAT happened on so large a scale? )   
      
   Van added some lyrics, finishing what he started.   
      
   As for Darian, it is difficult to imagine this having come together   
   without him. He's a student of Brian and his recordings, and if you've   
   heard "Tracey Hide" then you know he knows Smile as well as anyone on   
   earth.   
      
   The Leaf film is going to help shed some light on this, I think.   
      
   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?)   
      
   Derek   
      
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