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What’s the abiding memory of being in the studio making Low-Life?

STEPHEN MORRIS: Being in the studio… waiting to go out.

PETER HOOK: We were living in London again to record. It was always a great escape to get down there.

SM: We wanted Britannia Row where we’d done Power, Corruption And Lies, but it was booked, so we ended up in the old Decca studio – Jam, it was called then, near Finsbury Park. Nice little studio.

PH: We were living in a house by Hyde Park, next to Princess Margaret’s. A bit run down, a bit shitty. Suited us perfectly.

Thing was, there were

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