The Beach Boys - The Heroes & Villains (tragiclifeform Mix) - 2021

So... seeing as how well the SMiLE video did, I only thought it would be appropriate to release this; my mix of Heroes & Villains by The Beach Boys.

Now, why didn't this get put on the actual album?

Well, that's because it simply wasn't made at the time.

I initially did want to rearrange a version of Heroes & Villains for the album, as many people had done before, but whenever I would look at the simply MASSIVE amount of material (over 34 separate tracks on the SMiLE Sessions box set are dedicated to material created just for this one song, and that's not even counting the tapes that have been lost or destroyed), I would get overwhelmed by the sheer size of it all.

And so, I settled for the plain vanilla version of the track for the album.

But there was always an urge to attempt to create my personal version of Heroes & Villains.

And so that's what I did.

Granted, it's still rough in places, and I did have to pull a section from Sonny Wilson's mix to achieve the sound I wanted (I am truly sorry for this heinous crime), but, I can tell you, this is one of those rare projects that I'm proud of myself for.

I hope you enjoy.

TRACKS USED:

Heroes And Villains - Part 2 Revised
Heroes And Villains - Piano Theme
Heroes And Villains - Part 2 (Gee)
Heroes And Villains - Part 2 (2011 Smile Version)
Heroes And Villains - I'm In Great Shape
Heroes And Villains - Mission Pak
Heroes And Villains - Barnyard (Master Take) (2011 Smile Version)
Heroes And Villains - A Cappella
Heroes And Villains - Prelude To Fade
Heroes And Villains
Heroes And Villains - Cantina
Heroes And Villains - Verse Remake
Heroes And Villains - Verse (Master Take)
Heroes And Villains - Part 3 (Animals) (Master Take)
Heroes And Villains - Part Two (Master Take)
Heroes And Villains - Bag Of Tricks
Heroes And Villains - Children Were Raised (Master Take Overdubs Mix) (2011 Smile Version)
Heroes And Villains - Children Were Raised (Master Take A Capella) (2011 Smile Version)
Heroes And Villains - Intro (Early Version) (2011 Smile Version)
My Only Sunshine - Parts 1 & 2 (2011 Smile Version)
My Only Sunshine/The Old Master Painter/You Are My Sunshine
Barnyard
Surf's Up - Talking Horns
He Gives Speeches
Our Prayer (2011 Smile Version)
Our Payer - Dialogue (2011 Smile Version)
Hal Blaine Vega-Tables Promo Session
Psycodelic Sounds - Brian Falls Into A Piano
Psycodelic Sounds - Moaning Laughing
Psycodelic Sounds - Underwater Chant

Cover art is NOT made by me.