1973 Vintage Lite Beer Promo T-Shirt

file under: iconic

rare and original Lite Beer promotional t-shirt
year: 1973
tag: too faded to read
material: 50/50 cotton-polyester 
condition: distressed
value: $300
*note: there was a time back in the 70's when all major beer labels produced promotional t-shirts like this with the iconic flower motif. this piece dates back to the original launch of Lite Beer by Miller in 1973. Most likely handed out at bars for a very limited time. a rare t-shirt for sure.

popular Lite Beer TV ad screen capture

Vintage 1970's Primo Beer Hawaii T-Shirt

file under: favorite era

ultra rare and original Primo Beer Hawaii t-shirt
year: circa 1974
tag: Hanes
material: 100% cotton
condition: faded and distressed
value: $400
note: acquired earlier this year from the original owner who was going to throw it out when she found it in her storage that hadn't seen the light of day for over 30 years. thankfully it's now a part of my collection until the day it's passed onto the next collector. Aloha!

   

Ellis Applebaum's graphics. 

Pipeline North Shore 1976

Vintage 1985 WASP Tour T-Shirt

file under: in the beginning

rare original WASP The Last Command Tour t-shirt
year: 1985
tag: touch of gold (barely legible)
material: 50/50 cotton-polyester
condition: excellent (except for pit stains)
value: $300
note: acquired at this years Inspiration show in Long Beach, CA for a nice price.
Their 1989 gig at the Celebrity Theater in Anaheim California was one of the gnarliest shows I've ever seen. the Celebrity was a small venue so of course we were right down in front. It was loud as f*ck! My ears were still ringing the next day as we nursed our hang-overs. Ahh...the good ol' days. *sigh*

Ticket stub from '89 Show

1984 Capitol Records Promo

Song still kicks ass almost 30 years later 

Vintage 1974 Little Feat Tour T-Shirt

file under: 70's L.A. boogie

uber rare & original Little Feat Tour t-shirt
year: 1974
tag: too faded to read
material: 50/50 cotton-polyester
condition: perfectly distressed vintage 
value: $500
note: acquired several years ago at a second-hand clothing store for a couple bucks. another case of store staff not knowing what they had. this tee is ridiculously rare and almost 40 years old. Little Feat were a Los Angeles based blues-boogie band formed out of several myths revolving around Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention. Whatever the truth is about how the band started their musical legacy is significant although somewhat underrated. besides that it's just a really cool 70's vintage rock tee which are becoming more difficult to find with each passing year.

the band in 1974

back print - supporting act on the tour Fuller/Kaz Band

1974 Little Feat - Feats Don't Fail Me Now album cover

Vintage 70's Hawaiian Tourist Vacation Souvenir T-Shirt

file under: endless summer

rare and original Hawaiian tourist souvenir tee
year: mid-70's
tag: Ched Quality Knits
material: 100% cotton
condition: excellent vintage
value: $150
note: beautiful iconic 70's graphics and screen printing on this vacation souvenir t-shirt. condition is amazing. probably washed once when the original owner returned home from their Hawaiian vacation and then placed in the back of a dresser drawer where it sat neatly folded for over 30 years. summer's coming!

quality graphics & screen printing back in the day. 

you'd be hard pressed to find this quality in 2012 as most everything today is mass produced, disposable crap.

Vintage 1987 Randy Rhoads Tribute Album Promo T-Shirt

file under: tribute to a great

extremely rare Randy Rhoads Tribute album promo tee
year: 1987
tag: too faded to read
material: 50/50 cotton-polyester
condition: perfect vintage
value: $250
note: another favorite from my collection. definitely the rarest of the Randy Rhoads tribute album t-shirts. this is the original, printed and produced to be handed out as a give-away when you purchased the album that was released five years after Rhoads' sudden and tragic death in a plane crash while on tour in Florida in 1982. The back print is Ozzy's hand written note about his departed friend and his feelings on the release of the tribute album.

   

Randy in Kansas City 1982

     

Ozzy and Randy onstage

Judas Priest 82-83 World Vengeance Tour T-Shirt

file under: you had to be there

rare & original Judas Priest World Vengeance Tour t-shirt
year: 1982-83
tag: mens deluxe
material: 100% cotton
condition: excellent vintage
value: $300
note: extremely difficult to find this particular '82-'83 world tour t-shirt in plain black short sleeves as most of Priest's early 80's tour shirts were printed on raglan jerseys. the art for the album and subsequent tour is one of the most recognizable and iconic images of this classic metal era.

back print

Doug Johnson's iconic 1982 Screaming for Vengeance album artwork

the band early 80's