In your opinion which is the best version of Smile? Brian Wilson's

http://albumsthatneverwere.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-beach-boys-smile-1967.html

this is the best one imo

>>73960352
i thought this was one was pretty lame
completely ruined the trio of look / child is the father / surfs up

one thing i love about the smile sessions is how they've had to weld different studio takes and radio takes into one - so the sounds blend really strangely. I think its one of the most interesting takes on the whole wall of sound thing

>>73960352
The one problem I have with this version is that Heroes and Villains feels way too cut down.

>>73960264
Best version of smile is the Purple Smile

sln 1967 stereo > MQR Presents Smile > The Smile Sessions > Ultra Smile '67 > AlternateBrianWilson > BWPS > Purple Chick

How should I listen to Brian Wilson Presents Smile and Smile Sessions?

Which of them should I listen to first?

>>73960264
Save your time and effort and listen to The Beatles instead of that meme band

>>73960352
this. i think it's the most faithful version to what Smile would have sounded like in 1967 and ends up sounding better than the version from the Smile Sessions, which I still love. Also mono > stereo

BWPS has no business being as good as it is. And it has the definitive Mrs. O'Leary's Cow