there were many nights of really harsh arguing in bars. When the smoke cleared, we made sort of a classic record, an unusual record for the time". Ginger Baker's inclusion was coincidental, given that the New Musical Express had published an April Fools joke press release in 1981 indicating that Baker was joining the band. Originally, former Captain Beefheart drummer Robert Williams was hired to play on the album after he had successfully auditioned for the band and started rehearsing with them, only to be informed a short while later that the whole band was fired and the album would be recorded with hired session musicians. Artwork and packaging The album's artwork was deliberately generic, with each release being named after its format. The original LP and 7" labels simply read "Label". The packaging concept was a pastiche of the generic brand products manufactured in the early 1980s; it was visually similar to those sold at the Ralphs supermarket chain (dark-blue lettering and light blue stripe over white ground) in the USA. In 1982, Flipper, a punk band from San Francisco, California, had released an album with the same concept and a near-identical name, Album – Generic Flipper, a pastiche of generic products manufactured for Lucky Stores supermarket chain (black lettering over yellow ground). Later in 1986, Flipper retaliated by releasing a live album entitled Public Flipper Limited Live 1980-1985. The packaging concept was used on several other releases by the band from this period. The 7" single of "Rise" was called "Single" whilst the 12" single was called "12-inch Single". The music video had the title card "Video", and a 1986 compilation of music videos by the band was titled Videos. Each release used the same basic design as the LP, CD and cassette covers, although second single "Home" was issued under its own name. A 1990 boxed set of Public Image Limited albums was called Box, and a 2010 deluxe reissue of the album included "Poster" – an art print – and a making-of book entitled "Book". The 2012 CD remaster of the album is titled Album when it should correctly, if following the original scheme, read Compact Disc. There is also a Public Image Ltd. tribute album whose cover is designed in homage to the album cover style, titled Tribute. Recording sessions The album was recorded in late 1985 in New York. Ginger Baker's and Tony Williams'