Mod to Suedehead

[Yorky]

I remember seeing some film of the Small Faces playing and Kenney Jones was wearing something similar, in bright pink, with his large tie knotted but sat inside his shirt collar rather than the conventional way. That must have been the death knell of the Small Faces as stylish lads and in no time you were seeing Marriott in a psychedelic paisley patterned one piece bell bottom jump suit.

Never seen any photos of Marriott in a one piece, but saw him in dungarees offloading his amps from the back of a transit van outside Rooftop Gardens in Wakefield in about 86. I was their with my old mod mates to see his then band, the packet of 3. We shouted over to him and he came for a chat, and in his broad Cockney accent said what are you dressed up like Mods for, you have gotta move with the times, my mate replied, cos we don't wanna look like you, you scruffy c**t. He laughed it off and we had a bit of banter, and during the concert he played a couple of old Small Faces songs that he introduced them as for all the Mods in the audience.

 

[Yorky]

Brilliant clip of the boys playing their debut at the Marque club.


Way ahead of their time, the energy inside there must have been unbelievable, the only gigs I've seen that might have come close were The Jam.

 

[Yorky]

Some nice looking shirts here

Shirts Archivi | Page 3 of 6 | Capirari

www.capirari.com

 

[Inkss]

Bought a fishtail parka for £15/$20 on ebay.

Not an original issue one or anything, but better than a lot of repro jobs. Again, another thing I'm not that keen on, but a steal at £10 + £5 postage.
Luckily it was listed without 'Mod' 'Scooter' 'Weller' 'Northern Soul' and the other usual keywords in the description that give the game away.

 

[The Saint]

Never seen any photos of Marriott in a one piece, but saw him in dungarees offloading his amps from the back of a transit van outside Rooftop Gardens in Wakefield in about 86. I was their with my old mod mates to see his then band, the packet of 3. We shouted over to him and he came for a chat, and in his broad Cockney accent said what are you dressed up like Mods for, you have gotta move with the times, my mate replied, cos we don't wanna look like you, you scruffy c**t. He laughed it off and we had a bit of banter, and during the concert he played a couple of old Small Faces songs that he introduced them as for all the Mods in the audience.

I have heard other originals , including Roger Daltrey talking about moving on , and in a way they are right and l suppose it's just that we prefer the style of the Mods to anything else since .
I met Daltrey when he was in the long hair era and my buddie asked him why he wasn't a Mod anymore , Daltrey said ' I can't be a Mod all of my life ' and then laughed . That's what was real for him and l didn't have a problem with that , in fact l'm not sure that Daltrey was ever a Mod but certainly a lot of Mods liked has music. .

As far as Stevie goes , the last time I saw him was on one of those music shows like the Tube and he was wearing those same dungarees l believe. .

 

[The Saint]

Found this original 60s covered-plackett BD for sale on ebay
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Seller wants £100+ for it.
Not for me in that condition.

Wow , in the pic , the pocket looks huge . I feel that you could get a far better , brand new shirt from somewhere like DNA for a good bit less. .

 

[The Saint]

Bought a fishtail parka for £15/$20 on ebay.
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Not an original issue one or anything, but better than a lot of repro jobs. Again, another thing I'm not that keen on, but a steal at £10 + £5 postage.
Luckily it was listed without 'Mod' 'Scooter' 'Weller' 'Northern Soul' and the other usual keywords in the description that give the game away.

. .from the pics it does look like a decent M1951 repro. .

Of course a real M-51 would go for a lot more ; even the humble M-64 seems to be like hens teeth now. .

 

[Inkss]

I've seen some pretty tatty examples of M-51s going for ridiculous prices. You used to be able to pick them up in surplus stores for next to nothing.

 

[andyf]

Brilliant clip of the boys playing their debut at the Marque club.


Way ahead of their time, the energy inside there must have been unbelievable, the only gigs I've seen that might have come close were The Jam.

Great band. And they looked the dogs too. Pity that sleazebag Arden didn’t pay em properly.

 

[The Saint]

I've seen some pretty tatty examples of M-51s going for ridiculous prices. You used to be able to pick them up in surplus stores for next to nothing.

Indeed , l remember those days when you could go into a shop and they had piles of M1951 . Who would have believed that they would now change hands for around £300 for half decent one , considering that it is going to be at least 50yrs old now. .

I bought a deadstock M64 with a real fur hood(not the usual white nylon ****) for 100 sterling . .a good example of an M64 but still not quite as good as the M51. I passed up the chance to buy a mint M48 about 8yrs ago , now l would buy it . .but

 

[Inkss]

Some nice looking shirts here

Shirts Archivi | Page 3 of 6 | Capirari

www.capirari.com

I like the collars on the 'Morgan' shirts.

 

[The Saint]

Some nice looking shirts here

Shirts Archivi | Page 3 of 6 | Capirari

www.capirari.com

There are some decent looking shirts in there but they are on the expensive side for me. .

 

[andyf]

Not really fully part of the look. But off for a family meal. Thought I’d smarten up a bit.

 

[covskin]

The big question of our time - DrMartens or Solovair?

 

[The Saint]

For me ,per personal experience, Solovair all day long. .