Tuesday 25th December 1984

Happy Christmas!

Records. "Step forward" - Portion Control (brilliant!), "La Dusseldorf" - La Dusseldorf (I haven't played it yet). "Treasure" - Cocteau Twins (brilliant). "Hatful of hollow" - The Smiths (brilliant). "Music for fans" - Eno bootleg tape (brilliant). Also Volumes 2 and 3 in "The Album Cover Album" and Volume 4 of "Guinness book of hit singles". Also piles of food. Plus piles of cash (£36!) and a clock. *

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Footnotes 

* Just the facts, ma'am.

For a more considered (and slightly factually inaccurate) assessment of the weeks leading up to Christmas and the albums mentioned, try an old Goldfish post


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