The reason I asked is that I think it's generally agreed—maybe I'm wrong about this, and I'm sure some gentle

soul here will correct me if I am—that on his recent records probably starting with the Paley Daze, Brian's primary contribution, other than lead vocals, is the vocal arrangement. Not so much the track arrangements.
So, with the "Hi-Ho" preview having no lead vocals, and hardly any BG vocals, um, what exactly do we think he did here other than a teensy bit of vocal arranging?
There's no checklist, you know. He won a Grammy for "Ms. O'Leary's Cow" which is similar in scope (no lead, only some bg vocals, mostly instrumental), and it's the only grammy he ever won.