Editing Buffalo Springfield (section)

=== Management and first recordings ===
[[File:Whisky a Go-Go.jpg|thumb|In May{{nbsp}}1966, one month after forming, Buffalo Springfield began a multi-week residency at [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]]'s [[Whisky a Go Go]] (''pictured 2006''). Stephen Stills later said: "[T]hat's when we peaked. After then, it was downhill."{{sfn|Priore|2015|p=238}}]]

[[Chris Hillman]] of the Byrds persuaded the owners of the [[Whisky a Go Go]] to give Buffalo Springfield an audition, and they essentially became the house band at the Whisky for seven weeks, from May 2 to June 18, 1966. This series of concerts solidified the band's reputation for live performances and attracted interest from a number of record labels. It also brought an invitation from Friedman to Dickie Davis (who had been the Byrds' lighting manager) to become involved in the group's management. In turn, Davis sought advice from [[Sonny & Cher]]'s management team, Charlie Greene and Brian Stone; unbeknownst to Davis and Friedman, Greene and Stone then aggressively pitched themselves to the band to be their new managers. Friedman was fired, and Davis was made the group's tour manager. Greene and Stone made a deal with [[Ahmet Ertegun]] of [[Atlantic Records]] for a four-album contract with a $12,000 advance, following a brief bidding war with [[Elektra Records]] and [[Warner Bros. Records]], and arranged for the band to start recording at [[Gold Star Studios]] in Hollywood.

The first Buffalo Springfield single, "[[Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing]]", was released in August, but made little impact outside Los Angeles, where it reached the top 25. Young and Stills have long maintained that their own [[Monaural|mono]] mix was superior to the [[Stereophonic sound|stereo]] mix engineered by Greene and Stone. The band's [[Buffalo Springfield (album)|eponymous album]] was released by Atlantic subsidiary [[Atco Records|Atco]] in mono and in stereo in October 1966.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6igEAAAAMBAJ&q=buffalo+springfield&pg=PP1|title=Billboard|date=October 22, 1966}}</ref> A revamped version issued both in mono and stereo with a different track order was issued in March of the following year.

[[File:Buffalo Springfield Promotional Photo.png|thumb|left|The band in late 1966]]

In November 1966, Stills composed "[[For What It's Worth]]", responding to a protest that had turned violent following the closing of the [[Pandora's Box (nightclub)|Pandora's Box]] nightclub on [[Sunset Strip]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-aug-05-me-then5-story.html|title=Closing of club ignited the 'Sunset Strip riots'|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|author=Cecilia Rasmussen|date=August 5, 2007|access-date=June 3, 2017|archive-date=January 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170130193147/http://articles.latimes.com/2007/aug/05/local/me-then5|url-status=live}}</ref> The song was performed on Thanksgiving night at the Whisky a Go Go, recorded within the next few days, and on the air in Los Angeles on radio station [[KHJ (AM)|KHJ]] soon afterwards. By March 1967, it was a top ten hit. Atco took advantage of this momentum by replacing the song "Baby Don't Scold Me" with "For What It's Worth" and re-releasing the album. "For What It's Worth" sold over one million copies and was awarded a [[music recording sales certification|gold disc]].<ref name="Murrells 1978">{{cite book| author = Joseph Murrells| year = 1978| title = The Book of Golden Discs| publisher = Barrie and Jenkins Ltd| page = [https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/217 217]| isbn = 978-0-214-20512-5| url-access = registration| url = https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/217}}</ref>
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