the actual performance space at hope and anchor was, at the time, a spartan and rather grubby basement space, alternately dank or overheated, and always smoky, but this in many ways suited the anarchic ideals of late-1970s live music. it was here that the stranglers recorded their album "live at the hope and anchor". the demo of the 'between you and me' track as used on the howling wind first graham parker album was recorded in the basement.