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Hey folks!  In going back and updating my SMiLE mixes a few weeks ago, I ended up going through the SMiLE tracking sessions from the boxset and re-assembling the stereo instrumental tracks as they are on either disc 1 or on BWPS and so forth.  And I was really interested in what if that was done for the whole album?

So that's exactly what I did!  And here it is, all the instrumental SMiLE pieces edited together in a completed fashion as they appear on BWPS and/or TSS disc1.

http://www36.zippyshare.com/v/65196245/file.html

Note that it's not entirely instrumentals, as I chose to include some of the backing vocals for fun.  So I guess it's missing all the lead vocals...  this is like a karaoke mix, lol.  But it give you a really good grasp of all the sonics going on behind the vocals, how well made the album was. 

Oh also, I excluded Our Prayer (obviously) and just used the Brian demo for the second half of Surf's up (otherwise it would be silence!).

Very cool- thanks once again!

This is probably going to be far more fluid than what i had to throw together for FJFPSS. i shall investigate!

Great job as usual.

Wow how great?!

I can't wait to listen.

Another fine piece of work. Thank you.
Any chance for a lossless flac option like your 2 new upgrade mixes (both of which are great!)?

Not only does it sound great, but it's a wonderful convience to have instrumental versions all in one convenient place. Excellent work.

Update: Wow! Heroes and Villains! What a revelation! Hearing things I never heard before!

Love the way it is classified as "Christian Gangster Rap" when downloaded into iTunes!

Hey thanks guys for the positive feedback!  :)

It is really telling of how this album was made.  What I found interesting is some edits were very awkward because of the simple fact that there was no vocals to overlay and then connect them.  For instance, the verses -> chorus -> verse segues on H&V.  They sound really jarring and unnatural.  But I assure you if you synced this mix up to the album version, the timing is correct and this is how it is on the album.  But what happened was Brian faded the backing track down, and faded up a vocal modulation and his organ overdub: that was what connected these pieces because they didn't fit naturally together!  So here, without it, it's totally jarring (which is why I left the count-ins in, btw). 

I will upload flacs as per your request in a day or two.  I am having some computer problems, and both my laptop and my harddrive are going in to be fixed in 30 minutes (that is also the reason for the hold up of my Landlocked reconstruction, sorry).

Really looking forward to this one.

Count me in for the flac.

This compilation really is awesome. Remember how Brian said The Wondermints were better than The Beach Boys? Now that we have this instrumental mix, we just need to wait for humans to evolve their voices a bit further. By 2100, perhaps we will have the greatest Smile of all time!

OK here's the FLAC for this, as promised

Part 1: http://www58.zippyshare.com/v/42685885/file.html
Part 2: http://www58.zippyshare.com/v/72225961/file.html

Thank you, sln. Like many here, I've really enjoyed listening to your great mixes. A whole new perspective and good fun!
Thanks again for the flac filess.

Vegatables, H&V, and Wind Chimes are incredible! Thanks for this!

Someone requested a re-up of this, so I thought I'd post it just in case someone else wanted it as well.

mp3s
http://www16.zippyshare.com/v/37039354/file.html

lossless flac
http://www16.zippyshare.com/v/30807297/file.html
http://www16.zippyshare.com/v/31761623/file.html

Thanks! I've been meaning to ask for this!

Any chance someone could re-upload this? All the old links are dead.
I would be very thankful!!  Looking for good instrumentals to listen to while reading.

seconded!

Oh OK here you go

mp3s: http://www26.zippyshare.com/v/HxcBFX2w/file.html
Flacs: http://www26.zippyshare.com/v/fAjZs1sZ/file.html and http://www26.zippyshare.com/v/dLrSrh2w/file.html

Weird coincidence. I was just listening to Sheep. Pretty awesome.

Pixeltwin!  How are ya?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw2ISgvgASw

YES Thank you!!