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Post by joshilynhoisington on Oct 15, 2022 23:46:59 GMT
Here it is. Researched, recorded, and filmed over many years, I believe this is the most accurate representation of the original arrangement that one will ever hear outside of said original. I hope you enjoy this, and there will be more follow-up soon about specifics, track by track breakdowns, etc. Thanks for continued viewership.
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Post by jk on Oct 16, 2022 17:39:29 GMT
Here it is. Researched, recorded, and filmed over many years, I believe this is the most accurate representation of the original arrangement that one will ever hear outside of said original. I hope you enjoy this, and there will be more follow-up soon about specifics, track by track breakdowns, etc. Thanks for continued viewership. I believe that too. This recreation is definitive -- unless of course you yourself better it. No one else will. Really looking forward to what else you may have to say about "LHRW". 
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Post by Kapitan on Oct 17, 2022 18:56:27 GMT
That's great, Joshilyn.
Two electric 12-strings? Considering what a pain keeping one tuned is, that must have been hell at the original session! Is there a really practical reason to have two instead of one, or was it likely more just from the Spectorian idea of layering (sometimes seemingly for layering's sake)? I mean, obviously I get the reality that two 12-strings would be "even more 12-string" than one, with four strings per note instead of two, and so a little more of the detuned/chorus kind of effect. But it just seems unnecessary to me. (Not that I ought to be making a habit of questioning peak-era Wilson...)
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Post by joshilynhoisington on Oct 17, 2022 20:09:36 GMT
That's great, Joshilyn.
Two electric 12-strings? Considering what a pain keeping one tuned is, that must have been hell at the original session! Is there a really practical reason to have two instead of one, or was it likely more just from the Spectorian idea of layering (sometimes seemingly for layering's sake)? I mean, obviously I get the reality that two 12-strings would be "even more 12-string" than one, with four strings per note instead of two, and so a little more of the detuned/chorus kind of effect. But it just seems unnecessary to me. (Not that I ought to be making a habit of questioning peak-era Wilson...)
As usual with Wilsonian organology, there has to be a healthy dose of speculation to get anywhere, but there is a fairly obvious moment in time where Brian was specifically interested in having two electric 12-strings on most productions. It gets warmed up for LHRW here, and California Girls, but becomes a de facto standard for early Pet Sounds, with TLGIOK, Sloop, WIBN, Trombone Dixie, YSBIM, Don't Talk, etc etc. I think it was just one of Brian's fads, perhaps fueled by Carl's interest in the 12-string, or maybe Brian thought the Beatles looked cool too. 65 was right when the electric 12 was starting to take off, and the session people finally started to be able to buy off-the-shelf models that were nicely playable and were probably starting to be asked to play a lot of electric 12 because of the Beatles phenomenon, so they probably had them in their trunks all the time, and Brian just got into it for a few months. With Smile's increasingly stark and "simple" arrangements, there was less room for extra guitars.
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Post by lonelysummer on Oct 21, 2022 2:43:47 GMT
Joshilyn is a genius! Wish I had that level of instrumental ability.
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