After completing a degree in history at the Polytechnic of North London, Neil takes a job at Marvel Comics, anglicizing spellings and indicating where over-risque woman needed to be redrawn decently. While there he interviews comic fan Marc Bolan, who politely points out that his tape recorder wasn’t working. In 1977 he works at Macdonald Educational Publishing, later moving to ITV Books. In June 1982, he joins Smash Hits.
The Dutch surrender New Amsterdam to the British, who rename it New York. If it weren’t for this historical event, the Pet Shop Boys might have had to write and record the more awkward ‘New Amsterdam City Boy.’ 😉
Chris and Neil work on ‘Psychological’ at the Sarm West recording studio.
Having flown down ahead of time for their concert the following evening, the Boys enjoy a day off in Miami.
The first day of roughly three weeks of work in an L.A. studio with producer Stuart Price on the album Super.
The Pet Shop Boys perform at ‘Radio 2 in the Park’ in Preston, U.K.