 While the Byrds outwardly seemed to be riding the crest of a wave during the latter @-@ half of 1965 , the recording sessions for their second album had not been without tension . One source of conflict was the power struggle that had begun to develop between producer Terry Melcher and the band 's manager Jim Dickson , with the latter harboring aspirations to produce the band himself , causing him to be overly critical of Melcher 's work . Within a month of Turn ! Turn ! Turn ! being released , Dickson and the Byrds approached Columbia Records and requested that Melcher be replaced , despite the fact that he had successfully steered the band through the recording of two number 1 singles and two hit albums . Any hopes that Dickson had of being allowed to produce the band himself , however , were dashed when Columbia assigned their West Coast head of A & R , Allen Stanton , to the band . 
