Public Nuisance (band) though ABC/Dunhill. At the end of 1968 and the beginning of 1969, they commuted back and forth to-and-from Los Angeles where they recorded an album's worth of songs, but like their previous outings none of the recordings saw release—in this case because producer Terry Melcher, who had sub-letted houses to director Roman Polanski and Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys, became emotionally distraught after Polanski's wife Sharon Tate was murdered by Charles Manson, and wished to cease recording commitments he had made with Wilson for Equinox (Wilson had previously socialized with the Manson family), so Melcher closed down the label.
Charles Manson a popular urban legend, Manson auditioned unsuccessfully for the Monkees in late 1965; this is refuted by the fact that Manson was still incarcerated at McNeil Island at that time. In June 1966, Manson was sent for the second time to Terminal Island in preparation for early release. By the time of his release day on March 21, 1967, he had spent more than half of his 32 years in prisons and other institutions. This was mainly because he had broken federal laws. Federal sentences were, and remain, much more severe than state sentences for many of the same offenses.