icians , ▁often ▁at ▁entirely ▁different ▁stud ios ▁around ▁the ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁area . ▁According ▁to ▁Ch ip ▁Douglas , ▁" Peter ▁kind ▁of ▁dr ift ed ▁away ▁first , ▁and ▁then ▁everybody ▁did . ▁Every one ▁wanted ▁to ▁do ▁their ▁own ▁songs ▁and ▁produce ▁them ▁the ▁way ▁they ▁wanted ▁to ▁hear ▁them ." ▁ ▁An ▁agreement ▁was ▁made ▁to ▁label ▁all ▁finished ▁efforts ▁as ▁" Produ ced ▁by ▁The ▁Mon ke es " ▁but , ▁in ▁reality , ▁beyond ▁a ▁few ▁exceptions ▁the ▁record ings ▁featured ▁on ▁The ▁Bird s , ▁The ▁Be es ▁& ▁The ▁Mon ke es ▁revert ed ▁to ▁the ▁recording ▁process ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁two ▁albums ▁( fe wer ▁group ▁dynamics ), ▁except ▁now ▁each ▁band ▁member ▁was ▁fully ▁in ▁charge ▁of ▁the ▁sessions . ▁Ch ip ▁Douglas , ▁producer ▁of ▁the ▁Mon ke es ' ▁previous ▁two ▁albums , ▁fully ▁expected ▁to ▁continue ▁as ▁the ▁band ' s ▁representative ▁in ▁the ▁studio , ▁but ▁found ▁the ▁individual ▁Mon ke es ▁more ▁interested ▁in ▁expl oring ▁their ▁diverse ▁musical ▁background s ▁with ▁their ▁own ▁friends ▁and ▁associ ates ▁rather ▁than ▁re lying ▁on ▁Douglas ▁as ▁the ▁central ▁figure . ▁Douglas ▁continues , ▁" I ▁was ▁ready ▁to ▁do ▁that ▁Boy ce ▁& ▁Hart ▁song ▁' P . O . ▁Box ▁ 9 8 4 7 ' ▁– ▁it ▁sort ▁of ▁had ▁that ▁' P aper back ▁W riter ' ▁feel ▁on ▁the ▁demo . ▁We ▁passed ▁on ▁it ▁for ▁P is ces , ▁and ▁I ▁began ▁to ▁think