Anyone check out the new Brian Wilson (Beach Boys) release of the long lost SMiLE sessions?

It's out there. Completely tripped-out weird and beautiful all at the same time. You would think that within the 37 year time span that the tapes were never finished, that someone would have done something like this already, but it's completely original. Amazing.
You can hear the roots of where bands like the Flaming Lips got some of their influence. ("Wonderful" could easily fall onto the same disc as anything from their Yoshimi disc.)

This music isn't even rock, it's symphonic music without a symphony. Definitely not for everybody, but if you're into music as an art form, then Brian Wilson has taken pop music to it's furthest boundaries with this one.

Chip, I'd love to write a review for Swizzle-Stick if you'd like.

Brian Wilson has always been one of the great gods of music for me. I was raised on Pet Sounds, and had always been told that SMiLE! would have really upped the ante for the Fab Four...had it ever been completed.
Well, just when you wouldn't have expected it, Brian performs SMiLE! live(!!!) and then proceeds to record it finally for posterity! I have a bootleg of the Feb. 22nd performance at the RFH, and just got a copy of the studio recording. I am utterly blown away!
This album very well could have changed the direction of rock n' roll. It was years ahead of it's time in '67, and is still in many ways ahead of the current pace of music.
This is Wilson's masterpiece. After the third listen, I couldn't get it out of my head for about a week (and it still pops up occasionally). There are levels of mixing complexity represented here that just make me drool.
What more can I say?
I love it!

Is anyone going to see Van Dyke Parks?

In Fort Worth, Texas there is a drug clinic which takes people off the streets and helps them get over bad LSD trips. They don't use any traditional medical treatment whatsoever. All they do is play the patient our Smiley Smile album and apparently this acts as a soothing remedy which relaxes them and helps them to recover completely from their trip. - Carl Wilson, (1970)

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Unsurpassed Masters, Vol. 17 (1966-1967)

Tracks
Title
Composer
Time

1 Heroes and Villains Theme (Take 14) Parks, Wilson :53
2 Heroes and Villains Theme (Take Unknown) Parks, Wilson 1:08
3 Heroes and Villains, Pt. 1 [1st Vocal Overdub] Parks, Wilson :54
4 Heroes and Villains, Pt. 1 [2nd Vocal Overdub] Parks, Wilson :48
5 Heroes and Villains, Pt. 1 [3rd Vocal Overdub] Parks, Wilson :48
6 Heroes and Villains, Pt. 1 [4th Vocal Overdub With Acapella Tag Insert] Parks, Wilson :48
7 Heroes and Villains, Pt. 1 [5th Vocal Overdub] Parks, Wilson :49
8 "In the Cantina" (Vocal Overdub Take Unknown) Parks, Wilson :40
9 "My Children Were Raised" (Vocal Overdub Take Unknown) Parks, Wilson :19
10 "How I Love My Girl" (Vocal Overdub Take 10) Parks, Wilson 2:02
11 Heroes and Villains (Last Part - Mono Mix) Parks, Wilson 1:14
12 Heroes and Villains (Last Part - Stereo Mix) Parks, Wilson :41
13 Heroes and Villains (Last Part - Stereo Mix) Parks, Wilson 1:11
14 Heroes and Villains (Mono Mix Attempt) Parks, Wilson 1:57
15 Heroes and Villains (Mono Mix Attempt) Parks, Wilson :54
16 Heroes and Villains (Mono Mix Attempt) Parks, Wilson 1:23
17 Heroes and Villains, Pt. 2 [Takes 1 and 2] Parks, Wilson 1:41
18 Heroes and Villains, Pt. 2 [Takes 4-8] Parks, Wilson 2:37
19 Heroes and Villains, Pt. 2 [Takes 14 and 15] Parks, Wilson 1:47
20 Bicycle Rider (1st Vocal Overdub) Parks, Wilson :35
21 Bicycle Rider (2nd Vocal Overdub) Parks, Wilson :34
22 Bicycle Rider (3rd Vocal Overdub) Parks, Wilson :37
23 Do You Like Worms, Pt. 1 [Takes 23 and 24] Parks, Wilson 1:11
24 Do You Like Worms, Pt. 1 [1st Vocal Overdub] Parks, Wilson 1:20
25 Do You Like Worms, Pt. 1 [2nd Vocal Overdub] Parks, Wilson 1:21
26 Do You Like Worms, Pt. 2 [Rehearsal Final Part] Parks, Wilson 1:05
27 Do You Like Worms, Pt. 2 [1st Vocal Overdub] Parks, Wilson 2:57
28 Do You Like Worms, Pt. 2 [2nd Vocal Overdub] Parks, Wilson 2:57
29 The Old Master Painter / You Are My Sunshine (Takes 1 and 2) Davis, Gillespie, Smith 1:43
30 The Old Master Painter / You Are My Sunshine (Take 4) Davis, Gillespie, Smith 1:29
31 The Old Master Painter / You Are My Sunshine (Takes 6 and 7) Davis, Gillespie, Smith 2:49
32 The Old Master Painter / You Are My Sunshine (Takes 10 and 11) Davis, Gillespie, Smith 1:12
33 The Old Master Painter / You Are My Sunshine (Mono Mix) Davis, Gillespie, Smith 1:09
34 He Gives Speeches (Take Unknown) Parks, Wilson 1:06
35 He Gives Speeches (Lead Vocal Overdub) Parks, Wilson 1:10
36 He Gives Speeches (Backing Vocal Overdub) Parks, Wilson 1:13
37 Wonderful (Takes 1-3) Parks, Wilson 2:54
38 Wonderful (Takes 6-8) Parks, Wilson 2:50
39 Wonderful (Takes 16-18) Parks, Wilson :52
40 Wonderful (Take Unknown) Parks, Wilson 2:16
41 Wonderful (Instrumental Overdub) Parks, Wilson 2:15
42 Wonderful (1st Vocal Overdub) Parks, Wilson 2:15
43 Wonderful (Vocal Insert Rehearsals) Parks, Wilson 6:28
44 Wonderful (1st Vocal Insert) Parks, Wilson :58
45 Wonderful (2nd Vocal Insert) Parks, Wilson :56
46 Wonderful (Vocal Insert Stereo Mix) Parks, Wilson 1:05
47 Child Is Father of the Man [Pt. 1, Takes 1-4] Parks, Wilson 4:53
48 Child Is Father of the Man [Pt. 1, Take 8] Parks, Wilson :42
49 Child Is Father of the Man [Verse, Takes 1-10] Parks, Wilson 1:38
50 Child Is Father of the Man [Take Unknown] Parks, Wilson 1:01
51 Look (Takes 1 and 2) Wilson 1:24
52 Look (Takes 4 and 5) Wilson 1:10
53 Look (Takes 6-13) Wilson 2:12
54 Look (Takes 14-19) Wilson 1:07
55 Look (Take 20) Wilson 2:51
56 Vega-Tables (Part 1 - Piano Track) Parks, Wilson 1:31
57 Vega-Tables (Part 1 - Vocal Overdub) Parks, Wilson 1:32
58 Vega-Tables (Part 1 - Vocal Overdub Attempt) Parks, Wilson 1:30
59 Vega-Tables Stereo (Part 1 - Instrumental and Vocal Overdub Attempts) Parks, Wilson 1:32
60 Vega-Tables Stereo (Part 1 - Instrumental and Vocal Overdub Attempts) Parks, Wilson 1:32
61 Vega-Tables Stereo (Part 1 - Instrumental and Vocal Overdub Attempts) Parks, Wilson 1:32
62 Vega-Tables (Part 1 - Vocal Overdub Attempts) Parks, Wilson 1:37
63 Vega-Tables (Part 1 - Vocal Overdub Attempts) Parks, Wilson 1:36
64 Vega-Tables (Part 1 - Vocal Overdub Attempts) Parks, Wilson 1:34
65 Vega-Tables (Part 1 - Vocal Overdub Attempts) Parks, Wilson 1:36
66 Vega-Tables (Part 1 - Instrumental Insert Takes 1-8) Parks, Wilson 5:14
67 Vega-Tables (Part 1 - Vocal Insert Rehearsals) Parks, Wilson 1:10
68 Vega-Tables (Part 1 - Mono Mix Rehearsals) Parks, Wilson 2:35
69 Vega-Tables (Part 2 - Take Unknown) Parks, Wilson 1:23
70 Vega-Tables (Part 2 - 1st Vocal Overdub) Parks, Wilson 1:31
71 Vega-Tables (Part 2 - 2nd Vocal Overdub) Parks, Wilson 1:27
72 Vega-Tables (Part 2 - Track Rehearsal) Parks, Wilson 2:20
73 Vega-Tables (Part 2 - 1st Vocal Overdub) Parks, Wilson 1:28
74 Vega-Tables (Part 2 - 2nd Vocal Overdub) Parks, Wilson 1:30
75 Vega-Tables (Part 2 - 3rd Vocal Overdub) Parks, Wilson 1:31
76 Vega-Tables (Part 2 - 4th Vocal Overdub) Parks, Wilson 1:30
77 Vega-Tables (Part 2 - Mono Mix) Parks, Wilson 1:21
78 Vega-Tables (Part 3 - Take 12) Parks, Wilson 1:45
79 Vega-Tables (Part 3 - 1st Vocal Overdub) Parks, Wilson 1:47
80 Vega-Tables (Part 3 - 2nd Vocal Overdub) Parks, Wilson 1:50
81 Vega-Tables (Part 3 - Mono Mix) Parks, Wilson 1:16
82 Vega-Tables (Various Mix Rehearsals) Parks, Wilson 1:58
83 Wind Chimes (Takes 1-3) Wilson 2:46
84 Wind Chimes (Take 4) Wilson 1:47
85 Wind Chimes (Take 5) Wilson 3:21
86 Wind Chimes (Takes 6 and 7) Wilson 1:32
87 Wind Chimes (Pick-Up Takes 1-5) Wilson 4:04
88 Wind Chimes (Takes 8 and 9) Wilson 2:01
89 Wind Chimes (Track) Wilson 3:03
90 Wind Chimes (1st Vocal Overdub) Wilson 3:00
91 Wind Chimes (Last Part Take 3) Wilson :37
92 Mrs. O'Leary's Cow, Pt. 1 [Take Unknown] Wilson :58
93 Mrs. O'Leary's Cow (Take 1) Wilson :55
94 Mrs. O'Leary's Cow (Take 2) Wilson 2:23
95 Mrs. O'Leary's Cow (Takes 3-7) Wilson 3:16
96 Mrs. O'Leary's Cow (Takes 11 and 12) Wilson 1:30
97 Mrs. O'Leary's Cow (Takes 15-18) Wilson 2:13
98 Mrs. O'Leary's Cow (Overdub Take 1) Wilson 1:47
99 Mrs. O'Leary's Cow (Mono Mix) Wilson 1:39
100 Firday Night [Take 1] 2:17
101 Friday Night (Take 2) Wilson 1:22
102 Friday Night (Takes 6-10) Wilson 2:26
103 Water (Take Unknown) Wilson 1:00
104 Water (1st Vocal Overdub) Wilson :58
105 Water (2nd Vocal Overdub) Wilson :57
106 Water (3rd Vocal Overdub) Wilson :58
107 Water (4th Vocal Overdub) Wilson :57
108 Water (Stereo Mix) Wilson 1:02
109 Vega-Tables Radio Spot Rehearsals Parks, Wilson 22:47