The sweatshirt is the honest tell. Nobody puts one on to go out — you put it on because you are staying in, the lamp is low, and there is a side to get through. SIDE A — ALL THE WAY THROUGH — NO SKIPPING. It is not a rule anybody imposed. It is the one you keep, on a Tuesday, for nobody's benefit but the record's.
The art is typeset the way a 1970s sleeve credit block was: a heavy condensed slab header in bone cream, a grooved platter and tonearm beneath it, and a sunburst of amber and burnt-rust rays opening out behind. Every mark is original — no band, no label, no borrowed cover art, and a centre label deliberately left blank.
Printed on the Gildan 18000 heavy-blend crewneck: thick, warm, and built to be lived in, with ribbed cuffs and waistband that hold their shape. Direct-to-garment printed in three flat retro inks, so the design sits in the fabric rather than on top of it. Offered in eight dark shades — navy, black, forest, chocolate, maroon, indigo and more — every one chosen because cream, amber and rust read warm against it.
It also solves the one real problem with buying for a record collector: this cannot be a duplicate.
Made to order and printed in about 3–7 business days before it ships. Wash cold, tumble dry low, and skip ironing directly on the print.
Side one, start to finish. That was always the deal.
