Editing Public Image: First Issue (section)

==="Public Image"===
"[[Public Image (song)|Public Image]]", the debut single, was recorded first. Recording started on a Monday in mid-July 1978 (most probably 10 or 17 July) at Advision Studios<ref>''Advision Studios'' (23 Gosfield Street, London W1)</ref> with engineer [[John Leckie]] and assistant engineer [[Ken Thomas (record producer)|Kenneth Vaughan Thomas]]. For mixing and overdubs, the band then went into [[Wessex Sound Studios|Wessex Studios]]<ref>''Wessex Sound Studios'' (106A Highbury Park, London N5)</ref> with engineer [[Bill Price (record producer)|Bill Price]] and assistant engineer Jeremy Green. 
*'''John Leckie (engineer, 2003):''' "I [...] came down Monday morning from [[The Manor Studio|The Manor]] after a few hours' sleep to Advision Studios, a studio I hadn't worked in before [...] I engineered the session [...] Keith Levene took the multi-track tape home that night and came in the next day having forgotten it and accused me of stealing it! The track was pretty much a live take with Levene's guitar double-tracked. [[John Lydon]] did his vocal through a [[Roland RE-201|Space Echo]], dub-style. I did a rough mix and went home. The next day the band never showed up and my rough mix was the record. I got no credit but [[Richard Branson]] did give me £250! It wasn't stressful, just a lot of fun!"<ref>Robert Webb: ''"The Story of the Song 'Public Image'"'' (''[[The Independent]]'', 12 December 2003)</ref>
*'''Bill Price (engineer, 2008):''' "They'd recorded it and he wasn't quite happy, so he came to me to mix and do overdubs. Johnny was nominally in charge but he would look over his shoulder and ask [[Jah Wobble|Jah]] 'Is this the right direction?'"<ref>Nick Hasted: ''"The Making Of 'Public Image' By PIL"'' (''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]'', October 2008)</ref>

On Saturday, 22 July 1978, the music press reported that the band had been in the recording studio;<ref>''"T-Zers Goes Camping"'' (''[[New Musical Express]]'', 22 July 1978, page 55)</ref> the following week, Virgin Records announced that PiL's debut single would be released on 8 September 1978.<ref>''"Rotten's Return"'' (''[[Melody Maker]]'', 29 July 1978, front page)</ref>