Editing Public Image: First Issue (section)

==="Low Life", "Attack", "Fodderstompf"===
The last three songs on the second side were recorded at [[Gooseberry Sound Studios]],<ref>''Gooseberry Sound Studios'' (19 Gerrard Street, London W1)</ref> a cheap reggae studio used because the band had run out of money, with engineer Mark Lusardi<ref>Phil Strongman: ''"Marking 25 Years of Mark Angelo – The Mark Angelo Boss Has Seen It All: Punk, Reggae, Cockroaches"'' (''[[Pro Sound News]] Europe'' website, 1 December 2004)</ref> and assistant engineer Jon Caffery.<ref>Andreas Hub: ''"Produzenten in Deutschland: Jon Caffery"'' (''Fachblatt Musikmagazin'', Germany, October 1990, pages 68–75)</ref> Lydon knew the studio from the recording of [[Sex Pistols]] demos in January 1977.

By late September 1978, the recording of the album was finished.<ref>''Recorded in England Sept. '78'' (album sleeve note)</ref> The band had briefly considered including an alternative version of "Public Image" with different lyrics on the album, a plan that was finally rejected.<ref name="Brazier">Chris Brazier: ''"The Danceable Solution"'' (''[[Melody Maker]]'', 28 October 1978)</ref>

In November or December 1978, Wobble and Levene returned to Gooseberry Sound Studios to record a 12-inch EP, ''Steel Leg V. the Electric Dread'', with guest vocalists Vince Bracken and [[Don Letts]].