From: alankaren@blueyonder.co.uk   
      
   I see your point - in many ways the new version is superior - just that over   
   all 2004 sonic quality.  For me, the only thing missing is the vocal   
   greatness of Carl - maybe if he had lived he would have been a guest   
   vocalist.   
      
      
   "Hellenason7"  wrote in message   
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   >          First off, I think it's a miracle that Smile has finally been   
   > released.  I never thought it would ever happen.   
   >          Secondly, Brian (and his collaborators) did one hell of a job on   
   this   
   > and can only be commended highly for the final product.   
   >   
   >           Everything is well recorded and sounds great.  Like I said,   
   seems   
   > like a miracle that the man was able to finally get this great work out.   
   >   
   >            That said...  The 1966 tapes are inherently far, FAR greater   
   than   
   > the new release.  Almost all of the arrangements are basically the same.   
   > Brian's voice, though (surprisingly) excellent on the new release, is   
   really   
   > nothing at all like it was in '66.  He was more than angelic in those   
   days.   
   > His '66 voice was far more magical than is his 2004 voice.   
   >   
   >            A lot of the magic and...  "witchiness" of those '66 tapes is   
   gone   
   > in the '04 version.  A lot of what made Smile "SMILE" is gone.  The fact   
   that   
   > most of the notes are the same and is sounds great is beside the point.  I   
   > think that, overall, the original tapes are far more weighty than today's   
   > version.  It's kinda like if McCartney were to rerecord Sgt. Pepper or   
   Abbey   
   > Road.  Might sound good.  Might sound great.  Likely, wouldn't compare at   
   all   
   > to the original.   
   >   
   >             The same is true with Smile.   
   >   
   >             I'll say again that I'm damn glad (and impressed) that Brian   
   was   
   > able to finally get this material out.  I never thought it would happen,   
   and   
   > he's done a hell of a job.   
   >   
   >           But the '66 tapes are far superior to the new release in so many   
   > tangible and untangible ways.   
   >   
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