 In 1964 he began working in A&R at MGM Records, which also owned the Verve label, and convinced the label to sign Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention in 1965.He also worked as the manager of Van Dyke Parks, and helped the Beach Boys establish their own label, Brother Records.Anderle was the first to allege, in print, that the remark "don't fuck with the formula" was spoken by Beach Boy Mike Love.