>> my good friend, charles coughlin, he was chairman of the board of emi records for 15 years. we met by accident in queens college night school and he had just taken over the job for hal evans music. if you were a writer, i already had a record out when i was 16, you know? i was signed when i was 16. i had a record out and then it died and nothing else happened. i ran into charles. you will crack up, this story. it is hysterical how it happened. we met. i had a demo and i played it for donnie. here i am now signing all the music. brian wilson. great writers, all around. there i was, we had just signed screen gems at the time. there i was, you know. it was so simple. you wrote a song and you played it for donnie kirschner, because he was the boss and if he liked it, you got a budget to go in to bella sound -- well, not bella. i am trying to remember the names, i don't even remember, but charles, that was when they played the most. you would get three hours and play three songs in three hours. the vocals, everything. i don't even know if it was to track at that point. i think it