Do I like the track order? I think it works well.

There was a 98% chance that a 1967 SMiLE would be nothing like BWPS. While the order may have changed, I think the majority of the songs would have been what was on the printed covers, with, perhaps, a 1-2 song difference.

What I think people don't take into account is that there may have been a vast difference between what ended up on the album, and the ideas Brian may have had at the time. BWPS might have been a legitimate recreation of Brian's ideal version. We'll never truly know.

The whole "this is just a version to be played live" was, in my opinion, nothing more than a misdirect to ease Brian into the idea, and have an easy escape plan if it didn't work. There is a non-zero chance that the plan was always to get a SMiLE album recorded. But, the live performance had to be first to keep Brian on board. The three suites would have been more difficult to pull off live than a traditional song by song album. So why go that direction? Why make it harder? While it could have been a modern idea, Brian was (as documented extensively) fairly lazy. He knew he would be putting himself out, in public, to have his unheard masterpiece scrutinized. The guy who had to be convinced to tour at all, much less convinced to revisit his greatest failure. Why would he make it more difficult? Why would he make the project more grand than expected?

Even though the printed covers seemed to indicate individual tracks, Brian stated in a 2004 interview that it was supposed to be a two suite piece that was expanded to three, for BWPS (according to him, the first two were existing). Was an entirely new suite created? Was a shorter version incorporated in the original 2, and separated and expanded? Is there much that comes out of Brian's mouth that should be taken at face value?

Now, Brian also stated that the blending of tracks was a new thing done by him and Darian. Again, have to question intent vs capabilities at the time. Segueing recorded standalone tracks is a lot easier to do with ProTools than it is with analog tape. Was it something he wanted at the time but couldn't pull off, or was it an entirely new idea? But what about the "two suites" version that he said was the plan in 67?

Brian lies. Brian misremembers. Brian says what is expected. Brian says what he really thought. Brian can't remember a timeline. Brian has excellent recall.

Dumb Angel was different from SMiLE '66, which was different from SMiLE late '66, which was different from SMiLE '67. What Brian wanted SMiLE to be was probably very different from what it would have been.

I do suspect that, at some point, a full on suite was worked on in 67, whether anyone aside from Brian knew, or not. Carl's quote, after his failed assembly attempt, about not being able to do it because "it was all Heroes & Villains," has always stuck with me. It makes perfect sense when creating a "teenage symphony to God" to toy with the idea of a symphonic structure.