 The Byrds moved quickly to record a self @-@ produced follow @-@ up to Byrdmaniax , in an attempt to stem the criticism that the album was receiving in the music press and as a reaction to their own dislike of Melcher 's overproduction . Johnny Rogan has speculated that the Byrds ' decision to produce their next album themselves was an attempt on the band 's part to prove that they could do a better job than Melcher had done on their previous record . While in England for an appearance at the Lincoln Folk Festival , the Byrds decamped to CBS Studios in London with engineer Mike Ross and between July 22 and 28 , 1971 , they recorded an album 's worth of new material . 
