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Recording sessions for the band's first album took place in Capitol's basement studios ( in the famous tower building ) in August 1962, but early on Brian lobbied for a different place to cut Beach Boy tracks.

The large rooms were built to record the big orchestras and ensembles of the 1950s, not small rock groups.

At Brian's insistence, Capitol agreed to let The Beach Boys pay for their own outside recording sessions, to which Capitol would own all the rights, and in return the band would receive a higher royalty rate on their record sales.

Additionally, during the taping of their first LP Brian fought for, and won, the right to be in charge of the production-though his first acknowledged liner notes production credit did not come until the band's third album Surfer Girl, in 1963.