Heroes And Villains (Sections)

Written By

Brian Wilson/Van Dyke Parks

Produced By

Brian Wilson

Lead Vocals

group vocal

Recorded On

January/February 1967

Length

6:40

Notes

This is literally sections made up of various themes from "Heroes and Villains" which also includes the "Bicycle Rider" chant from "Do You Like Worms", a keyboards-only version, and several a capella vocal chants and segments including one at 2:28 that is remiscent of the vocal intro of Brian's 1964 song, "All Dressed Up For School" and the band's 1980 song "Goin Up", and some dit-dits with a lift from the Crow's song "Gee".
Note: It has been suggested by Domenic Priore that part of this track was intended fro Heroes and Villains (Part 2), the B side of the ORIGINAL single release. It starts at 2:23 of this track and goes until 5:41. Then Part 2 is supposed to have been an alternate version of the "my children were raised/I've been in this town so long, so long to the city" ending from the version that WAS released on SMILEY SMILE. When Engineer Mark Linett edited this track in 1988 in anticipation for a SMILE box set release, he complied this "Sections" track as you hear it today with the "my children were raised" ending. That version can be heard on most SMILE bootlegs. But for the Good Vibrations box set release in 1993, Linett replaced "my children were rasied" with the ending from Part 1 that was once thought to have been "Barnyard" which as SMILE collectors will attest, is a completely different piece.