 Crosby introduced McGuinn and Clark to his associate Jim Dickson , who had access to World Pacific Studios , where he had been recording demos of Crosby . Sensing the trio 's potential , Dickson quickly took on management duties for the group , while his business partner , Eddie Tickner , became the group 's accountant and financial manager . Dickson began utilizing World Pacific Studios to record the trio as they honed their craft and perfected their blend of Beatles pop and Bob Dylan @-@ style folk . It was during the rehearsals at World Pacific that the band 's folk rock sound — an amalgam of their own Beatles @-@ influenced material , their folk music roots and their Beatlesque covers of contemporary folk songs — began to coalesce . Initially , this blend arose organically , but as rehearsals continued , the band began to actively attempt to bridge the gap between folk music and rock . Demo recordings made by the Jet Set at World Pacific Studios would later be collected on the compilation albums Preflyte , In the Beginning , The Preflyte Sessions and Preflyte Plus . 
