freshwater

Heuer Verona Twin from 1981

Loved Dexys early stuff.

Thought their later Don't Stand Me Down album was excellent.

Sunday Vibe with the Tribe

Nice story, memories & tunes there @Double 0 Soul

Friday night Saturday Morning is one of their best for sure. Very factual urban poetry with regards to Coventry city centre night life back then. The Larcano was a music venue/nite spot which was called Tiffanys in the late 70's, I was lucky enough to get to see them there back in the day, as well as The Selector & The Bodysnatchers. Ended up in the mentioned chip shop (was called The Parsons Nose) many many many times, and yes the pies were really nice! The taxi queue was just across the road.

As it's Friday Night I'll leave this right here.....

12 hours ago, Double 0 Soul said:

I love that Mental Cube @freshwater where in the UK do you hail from? old rave tunes sometimes give it away but not this time.

Born and reared in Coventry, which meant as an 11 year old in 1979 The Specials were the centre of my universe.

So a good excuse to drop some 2Tone, a couple from their first 2 albums, I always kind of preferred the album version of Too Much Too Young. A couple from Special AKA In The Studio and one from the legendary Rico.  Enjoy :-)

Last track from me tonight

48 minutes ago, Double 0 Soul said:

Mine too fresh, used to have it on vinyl and still play it all the time, in fact i posted the exact same link last year on pg339 of the Denimbro thread, great minds eh?

Yep great minds indeed, exactly the same link :-)  It's one of those timeless tracks that you never grow tired of, remember when I'd hear it out I'd never want it to stop.

one of my faves from my early days of raving

47's £155 at oki-ni

http://www.oki-ni.com/Mens-Jeans/Levis-Vintage-Clothing-1947-501-Jeans/invt/lev0100rig

Looking good man.... Are they the 710's I supplied?

Nah these are regular 19oz's gifted to me by a mate who'd bought too big and has too many clothes, they're a bit too big for me but work in a slightly more classic fit type of way with the 507 jacket.

The 2nd 710's you supplied are spot on

Funnily enough, I think the 44s are worth it; they match up to to Japanese ones. They've made a real effort.

If, for instance, they produced a later 50s jean, with the offset belt loop, more lemon stitching, neat detailing and the fabric up to recent quality, again they'd sell, because of the heritage and, especially in Japan, the fact they're made in the US. But just producing the same jeans for a hiked price, especially if they keep some of the errors for earlier models, is going to create a bit of a perception problem.

my thoughts exactly, you took the words right out of my mouth.

Love the current 44's, sized down 2 to 32 (measured 34 raw) and waist stretched back out after a day or so. Nice details and well finished imo

LVC 507XX

S710XX

Shofolk Andre 1

£215 @ aero, now that's a bit of a jump!

Glad i bought these raw 44's the other week,

on offer @ £95 from www.commonn.co.uk

early pics of The Specials

love this thread,

memories.....

like some earlier posts i too developed an affection for vintage denim as a teenager, namely levis, around 1985. I too remember at first being confused about the leg twist thinking it was a fault!! Spent many weekends traveling down to London, trawling through various places on the Kings Road, Camden Market, Kensington market. Always was a struggle for me to find the right size/fit with a decent leg length in those days and it would be a result to come home with one decent pair.

when i look back then i'd be wearing late 60's/early 70's levis (couldn't afford anything earlier), late 60's /early 70's type 111 jacket and a pair of white converse chucks.

Today 25 years later not much has changed, today i'm wearing lvc 44's, lvc type 111 '67 and a pair of white converse.

Still have a couple of original type 111 jackets and you can still pick up the odd good example at a reasonable price.

Like the fact that i can now buy a pair of well produced raw 44's/47's in the right size for me and get many years of personal wear without the worry of wearing them out and not being able to replace them.

Remember the excitement when i bought my first pair of raw LVC '55(555 '96) from American Classics, couldn't wait to get home to get them in the bath. Had a few pairs of Evis in the following years then back to LVC. These days i rotate between pairs of lvc 44/47 and Samurai 710/5000vx.

Will always love the true originals and recently have felt the need to go hunting again...

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LVC 1947 gets my vote,

completely timeless, well made imo, denim for all seasons.

Did really love my first pair of Evis so would have to test drive some lot 2000 Jp Evisu before i'd elope.

Retired from active duty, come out once or twice a year:

2 x Evis

Early LVC 501 1955

Lot 2001 Jp Evisu

Early Italian Evisu

Currently in daily use:

2 x LVC 501 1947

Samurai SO510XXIII

Samurai S5000VX

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