"Look" would Brian have? (Towards a personal SMiLE mix)

[jonjameshall]

Greetings SMiLY ones...

I'm inches away from my own personal SMiLE mix. I'm working on the principle that Brian couldn't/wouldn't have mixed in stereo, and the record company would have insisted on Good Vibrations being on the album (though Brian would have remixed it possibly). So Its a mono reduction and recompile.

Ive compiled a purplechick style mix (with bits from MOK) and its "almost" there. However a few things still jar and I wanted opinion on some things:

(Scholars, I hope you will forgive my historical ignorance)

1, The drums in the version of "Look" we have, really jar. Would Brian have kept them dry like they are or used gold stars echo chamber??. I am wondering whether to experiment with a little reverb??

2, I love Moks mix of "He gives speeches" would it have been on the album? and where would you insert it if we assume we are sticking to a BWPS running order?

Thanks in advance...

LoVe to all

Jon xxx

[buddhahat]

Greetings SMiLY ones...

I'm inches away from my own personal SMiLE mix. I'm working on the principle that Brian couldn't/wouldn't have mixed in stereo, and the record company would have insisted on Good Vibrations being on the album (though Brian would have remixed it possibly). So Its a mono reduction and recompile.

Ive compiled a purplechick style mix (with bits from MOK) and its "almost" there. However a few things still jar and I wanted opinion on some things:

(Scholars, I hope you will forgive my historical ignorance)

1, The drums in the version of "Look" we have, really jar. Would Brian have kept them dry like they are or used gold stars echo chamber??. I am wondering whether to experiment with a little reverb??

2, I love Moks mix of "He gives speeches" would it have been on the album? and where would you insert it if we assume we are sticking to a BWPS running order?

Thanks in advance...

LoVe to all

Jon xxx

Greetings Jon!

I always disregard He Gives Speeches based on personal preference, although it's worth noting Brian did the same - "Nah, junk that" - when choosing contenders for BWPS.

If you do keep it, some claim it works inserted into Wonderful, but never tried it myself.

Good luck!

[hypehat]

those drums definitely would have been mixed down, I think. So weird the rest of the track doesn't use them...

[jonjameshall]

Thanks, I think I'm going to try a wet mix of those drums and junk speeches. 

[B-Rex]

I agree with "Speeches" leading into "Wonderful", if you wind up using it.  MOK is the most interesting version I've heard.  I don't believe it was ever in contention for SMiLE.  It's simply not on par with the other material.  It would've worked on Smiley Smile pretty well, obviously leading into "She's Goin' Bald".