Spedding had been hired by Ramone's label, the Toronto-based Other Peoples Music, to produce the album. According to Spedding, they both enjoyed working together, and he found Ramone to be very professional, "which I didn't expect because he had a strange reputation."
Spedding was hired by Ramone's label, Other Peoples Music, based in Toronto, to produce an album. Spedding reported that both parties enjoyed working together and considered Ramone to be very professional, "an aspect of him I did not anticipate given his well-known reputation."