Some people are fans of limited vinyl colors, hand drawn covers and any combination of minuscule changes to their favorite record that would make it different, if not one of a kind. That stuff does not do it for me. My obsession is more in line with one off , thrown on the press at the last second, weird color, friends only, does that even exist, weird and wacky shirts. This shirt fits the bill.
Demo era Ten Yard Fight shirt in a different color with different color ink. Most of the blue shirt versions of this shirt I have seen have weird ink fading issues. I’m guessing that these were hand screened?? Paging Clevo!
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Ten Yard Fight one-off demo era shirt
Billy and Ozzy.
Most of seller drob50spurs‘ auctions are for stuff like Wham! t-shirts, but there are some gems in there. Like these two:
M.O.D. wasn’t as good as S.O.D., but Aren’t You Hungry is so super moshable that it almost makes up for it (of course there is that line using a certain racial slur… oof). And no matter how sad he may be today, there’s no denying that Ozzy is a legend, especially in the era when his shirt designs and lp art were the stuff of nightmares. So either one of these shirts is a winner in my book.
Minor Threat ‘In My Eyes’.
Seller backside_kickflip says this is a original Minor Threat shirt. Now, I’m not an expert on Minor Threat merch so I can’t say for sure myself, but judging from the plethora of pics he has up of it detailing every faded stitch and burst seam (which is greatly appreciated), it certainly is old enough to be just that.
I would be remiss to not mention that he makes sure to mention that this is an original and “not a cheesy bootleg or a clever THAILAND or ASIAN warehouse replica“. Why is this notable? His location is Bangkok, Thailand. Smart move on his part; that location usually sets off alarm bells.
The Slapshot gems continue!
Here is day #2, round #2 of the great Slapshot blowout of 2010, presented by righteeo. First up on the block today is this 16 Valve Hate European tour long sleeve shirt. I can’t recall having seen this as a long sleeve before, but I’m getting up there and the old memory ain’t what it used to be.
The second shirt of the day is one that I am used to seeing as a short sleeve with the back print on the front pocket area as well, just smaller. This flips the script a little and uses the circle skull and crossbones on the pocket PLUS sleeve print.
I don’t know when it’s going to happen, but I am imagining that soon I will be presented with a Slapshot shirt that I will have no choice but to bid on. It’s not gonna be pretty, but I think it’s gonna have to be done. I will keep you posted.
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