Chris goes to Liverpool University to study architecture. During 1981 ‑1982 he spends a year gaining practical experience in a London architectural practice, designing a staircase in an industrial development in Milton Keynes. “It’s not a remarkable staircase”, he comments when visiting it in 1988, “It’s just a functional staircase”.
Dusty Springfield records most of her vocals for ‘What Have I Done to Deserve This?’
Chris and Neil begin working on their remix/re-production of David Bowie’s ‘Hallo Spaceboy.’
They travel to Paris for a brief round of meetings with continental EMI staff, playing them tracks from their next album Fundamental.
The Pet Shop Boys’ Christmas EP is digitally released today in several countries in Europe and Asia as well as in Australia. (Its staggered release, both digitally and on CD, will continue in various other countries over the next several days.) The Boys also perform this evening in Magdeburg, Germany.
The first of four consecutive days during which the Boys work on ‘The Trial,’ a segment of their Alan Turing project.