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« on: March 01, 2015, 06:09:27 AM » |
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I just noticed, after owning it for 3 years, my copy of the Smile Sessions has a typo on the back cover of the sleeve with the black and white photo, and zodiac signs. Villains is spelled "Villians" on Heroes & Villains. Are they all this way? Were the original printings for the vinyl jacket back in '67 this way? Do I own a unique anomaly that is worth millions?
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« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2015, 06:43:55 AM » |
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It's only worth 1/2 a million. The back of my cover also reads "Villians". I paid how much for THAT??? 1/2 a million... Wooden It Be Nice?
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« Reply #2 on: March 01, 2015, 07:00:27 AM » |
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Mine has 'villians'. And by one of those odd coincidences there is such a word according to the Urban Dictionary:
"Villian To be notorious for being better than everyone. to always be in the top of something they have accomplished."
Sounds like a fair enough description of Brian to me.
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« Reply #3 on: March 01, 2015, 07:45:28 AM » |
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Mine has 'villians'. And by one of those odd coincidences there is such a word according to the Urban Dictionary:
"Villian To be notorious for being better than everyone. to always be in the top of something they have accomplished."
Sounds like a fair enough description of Brian to me.
Perfect then! Jokes on us...
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« Reply #4 on: March 01, 2015, 08:04:35 AM » |
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It was spelled that way on the tape boxes, I believe.
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« Reply #5 on: March 01, 2015, 08:59:56 AM » |
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it was misspelled on the original layout... the one in the box is an exact reproduction.
keepin' it real!
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« Reply #6 on: March 01, 2015, 09:21:23 AM » |
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it was misspelled on the original layout... the one in the box is an exact reproduction.
keepin' it real!
SO.... perhaps VDP, with his command of language, purposefully spelled it that way?
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« Reply #7 on: March 01, 2015, 09:49:21 AM » |
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hmmmmmmm... possibly. did Van also work in the art department?
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« Reply #8 on: March 01, 2015, 10:18:38 AM » |
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hmmmmmmm... possibly. did Van also work in the art department? If VDP wrote Viilians, there'd be no reason for the art department to change it, would there? Perhaps someone could ask VDP, if one can catch him in a good mood, to ask a SMiLE question
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« Reply #9 on: March 01, 2015, 12:31:09 PM » |
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Probably a mistake made by, I presume, Diane Rovell.
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« Reply #10 on: March 01, 2015, 12:33:11 PM » |
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1. There was considerably more than one tape box...
2. The engineer usually did the writing on the labels.
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« Reply #11 on: March 01, 2015, 01:31:49 PM » |
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That was the spelling on Brian's original handwritten track list (probably in Carl's hand) and the typewritten tracklist and the original artwork proof. My understanding is the proof is marked up for correction but for correcting that spelling.
So the way it worked in Capitol in 1966/7 was the proof would have been shown to the Legal Dept., what I think they called Editorial Dept., I think the Art Director and the Producer for sure and signed off on by each of them. So maybe none of them felt or realized it needed correction.
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« Reply #12 on: March 01, 2015, 01:47:39 PM » |
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After taking a lot of LSD, I figured out that it was done to send a message. A. I. stands for artificial intelligence. I. A. stands for intellegence artificially. Which means that...Paul McCartney had recently died in a car accident and was replaced by an imposter.
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« Reply #13 on: March 01, 2015, 01:50:03 PM » |
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After taking a lot of LSD, I figured out that it was done to send a message. A. I. stands for artificial intelligence. I. A. stands for intellegence artificially. Which means that...Paul McCartney had recently died in a car accident and was replaced by an imposter. And that too.
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« Reply #14 on: March 01, 2015, 02:35:29 PM » |
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« Reply #15 on: March 01, 2015, 04:31:46 PM » |
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So not only was "villians" [purposefully?] misspelled all those times, but so was "heros". Never noticed that before.
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« Reply #16 on: March 01, 2015, 08:15:56 PM » |
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How is it spelled on the AFM sheets? Wiktionary lists as sole definition for "villian": "Misspelling of villain".
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« Reply #17 on: March 01, 2015, 08:33:55 PM » |
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These boys thought they were clever but we're not colege graduetes. what do yuo ecsxcept?
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« Reply #18 on: March 01, 2015, 10:33:43 PM » |
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My original vinyl issue (SS) is in a box in my basement. Does anyone have their copy handy? How is it spelled on the label? Zeppo
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« Reply #19 on: March 01, 2015, 10:40:53 PM » |
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pretty sure it's spelled correctly on SS
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Micha
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« Reply #20 on: March 01, 2015, 11:07:54 PM » |
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It is. The SMiLE back cover has never been finalised, the Smiley Smile cover obviously has.
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« Reply #21 on: March 02, 2015, 02:05:31 AM » |
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So not only was "villians" [purposefully?] misspelled all those times, but so was "heros". Never noticed that before.
If you look closely, it actually says 'Herbs and Villains'
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« Reply #22 on: March 03, 2015, 05:00:26 AM » |
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Whoever got it wrong is in good company.
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