THIS BEAUTIFUL RARE LA’S PIECE IS ONE OF THE EARLIEST TEES FROM THE BAND. THIS PARTICULAR ONE IS EXTRA SPECIAL BECAUSE NOT ONLY IS IT IS DEADSTOCK, BUT IT PERSONALLY BELONGED TO EX-LA’S GUITARIST PAUL HEMMINGS, SO IT IS STRAIGHT FROM HIS OWN LA’S COLLECTION.

IT WAS SOLD THROUGH A SMALL U.K. AUCTION HOUSE CALLED OMEGA & IS NOW AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY AT DEADFAMOUS VINTAGE FOR THE DISCERNING COLLECTOR. IT WILL LIKELY NEED TO BE HEMMED TO A BETTER LENGTH IF IT IS TO BE WORN BY A NEW OWNER UNLESS YOU ARE PRETTY TALL OR PREFER TO KEEP IT IN IT’S ORIGINAL FORM TO RETAIN COMPLETE AUTHENTICITY. ALTERNATIVELY IT CAN LIKELY BE SHRUNK A GOOD AMOUNT IN A HIGH HEAT WASH & DRY CYCLE SINCE IT’S NEVER BEEN WASHED. HAS A COUPLE VERY MINOR MARKS FROM YEARS OF STORAGE THAT CAN BE TREATED OR LEFT AS-IS BASED ON PREFERENCE. THIS IS A GORGEOUS PIECE FEATURING A BLACK & WHITE PORTRAIT OF THE BAND PERFORMING LIVE.

THE TEE WAS MADE TO PROMOTE THE BAND'S FIRST SINGLE, "WAY OUT", WHICH WAS MIXED WITH PRODUCER GAVIN MACKILLOP. WHEN IT WAS RELEASED IN OCTOBER 1987, IT BROKE INTO THE TOP 100 & WAS PRAISED BY THE SMITHS' FRONTMAN MORRISSEY IN THE MUSIC MAGAZINE MELODY MAKER, BUT ATTRACTED LITTLE NOTICE. PAUL HEMMINGS LEFT THE BAND AT THE END OF 1987 RIGHT BEFORE THEY FOUND MASS SUCCESS WITH THE 1988 RELEASE OF THEIR NEXT SINGLE & SMASH HIT “THERE SHE GOES” (WHICH PAUL HIMSELF WROTE ALONGSIDE BASSIST JOHN POWER & VOCALIST/RHYTHM GUITARIST LEE MAVERS).

SIZE: XL

MEASUREMENTS: 23.5 X 33

YEAR: 1987

TAG: BLUE SCREEN STARS TAG

STITCHING: SINGLE STITCH

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COLOR: WHITE