Song Infos

Heroes And Villains

Composer Brian Wilson/Van Dyke Parks

Leadvocals Brian

Running Time 3:36

Recording Date

Single Release Date 31.7.67

Highest Charting Position and Date 5.8.67 #12 (Brother 1001)

Working Title

Additional Infos In The BB archives, there are literally dozens of musical snippets (with titles like "Bag Of Tricks") of the basic musical themes, recorded in many different styles.
On the Cantina version of H & V it is Gene Gaddy (Barbara Rovell´s husband) who shouted „You´re under arrest“.
As for the "H&V" demo, it wasn't known to exist because it was buried at the end of a tape and wasn't marked on the tape box. Probably the first time it had been heard since it was recorded was when it was uncovered during the preparation of the documentary. Alan Boyd and Andrew Sandoval found the tape. It's a 1/4-inch reel marked "Psychedelic Sound." Of course, that's such an intriguing title that they had to pull it and listen to it. Most of the tape is simply a long conversational thing, similar to the "Smile Party" or Brian's smog harangue. But at the end of that conversation, the tape machine was shut off, then at various intervals it was turned back on to catch bits and pieces of things that were being said and done in the studio. One of the last things on the tape was the "H&V" demo performance.

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Heroes And Villains
Composer	Brian Wilson/Van Dyke Parks
Leadvocals	Brian
Running Time	3:36
Recording Date
Single Release Date	31.7.67
Highest Charting Position and Date	5.8.67 #12 (Brother 1001)
Working Title
Additional Infos	In The BB archives, there are literally dozens of musical snippets (with titles like "Bag Of Tricks") of the basic musical themes, recorded in many different styles. On the Cantina version of H & V it is Gene Gaddy (Barbara Rovell´s husband) who shouted „You´re under arrest“. As for the "H&V" demo, it wasn't known to exist because it was buried at the end of a tape and wasn't marked on the tape box. Probably the first time it had been heard since it was recorded was when it was uncovered during the preparation of the documentary. Alan Boyd and Andrew Sandoval found the tape. It's a 1/4-inch reel marked "Psychedelic Sound." Of course, that's such an intriguing title that they had to pull it and listen to it. Most of the tape is simply a long conversational thing, similar to the "Smile Party" or Brian's smog harangue. But at the end of that conversation, the tape machine was shut off, then at various intervals it was turned back on to catch bits and pieces of things that were being said and done in the studio. One of the last things on the tape was the "H&V" demo performance.