However, during sessions for the Turn! Turn! Turn! album, Melcher had found himself in conflict with The Byrds' manager, Jim Dickson, who had aspirations to produce the band himself. Tambourine Man" and " Turn! Turn! Turn!", both of which had reached #1 in the U.S. Melcher had guided The Byrds through the recording of their first two folk rock albums, which had included the international hit singles " Mr. The re-recordings of "Eight Miles High" and "Why" were produced by Allen Stanton, Columbia's West Coast Vice President, who had recently been assigned to the band following The Byrds' decision to dispense with their previous producer, Terry Melcher. As a result, the band were forced to re-record both songs in their entirety at Columbia Studios, Hollywood and it was these re-recordings that would see release on the "Eight Miles High" single and the Fifth Dimension album. However, the band ran into trouble with their record company, Columbia Records, who refused to release either song because they had not been recorded at a Columbia owned studio. Both songs represented a creative leap forward for the band and were instrumental in developing the musical styles of psychedelic rock and raga rock. On December 22, 1965, shortly after the release of their second album Turn! Turn! Turn!, The Byrds entered RCA Studios in Los Angeles to record "Eight Miles High" and " Why", two new songs that they had recently composed. 4.3 CD reissues and Another Dimension.Upon release, Fifth Dimension was widely regarded as the band's most experimental album to date and is today considered influential in originating the musical genre of psychedelic rock. Additionally, a third single taken from the album, " Mr. Two preceding singles, " Eight Miles High" and " 5D (Fifth Dimension)", were included on the album, with the former just missing the Top 10 of the Billboard singles chart. The album peaked at #24 on the Billboard Top LPs chart and reached #27 on the UK Albums Chart. However, the album is notable for being the first by The Byrds not to include any songs written by Bob Dylan, whose material had previously been a mainstay of the band's repertoire. In spite of this, the loss of Clark resulted in an uneven album that included a total of four cover versions and an instrumental. In an attempt to compensate for Clark's absence, guitarists Jim McGuinn and David Crosby stepped into the breach and increased their songwriting output. Fifth Dimension is the third album by the American folk rock band The Byrds and was released in July 1966 on Columbia Records. Most of the album was recorded following the February 1966 departure of the band's principal songwriter Gene Clark.
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