Vintage Music Pinbacks #11

Eleventh (and last?) in a series.

Buttons, badges, pinbacks - whatever you call 'em, I've got a shoebox full. Here's a few of my vintage music pinbacks from the '70s and '80s:

1.  2" Electric Light Orchestra, Discovery, 1979
2.  1.25" Pretenders, Learning to Crawl, 1984
3.  1.25" Genesis, Duke, 1980
4.  1" Men at Work, ca. 1982
5.  1.25" Joe Jackson, I'm the Man, 1979
6.  1" Soft Cell, Non Stop Ecstatic Dancing, 1982
7.  1.25" Depeche Mode, Some Great Reward, 1984
8.  1.25" The Cure, ca. 1985

Vintage Music Pinbacks #10

Tenth in a series.

Buttons, badges, pinbacks - whatever you call 'em, I've got a shoebox full. Here's a few of my vintage music pinbacks from the '70s and '80s:

1.  1.5" Billy Idol, 1984
2.  1" Joy Division, ca. 1979
3.  1" Adam and the Ants, ca. 1981
4.  1.25" Big Country, The Crossing, 1983
5.  1.25" The Jam, The Gift, 1982
6.  1.25" Ultravox, Quartet, 1982
7.  1.25" Roxy Music, Stranded, 1973*
8.  1.25" The Noise, ca. 1979

*1973 isn't in My Favorite Decade, but I wore this pinback plenty in the early '80s for obvious reasons. I believe it was a gift from my buddy Jim.

Vintage Music Pinbacks #9

Ninth in a series.

Buttons, badges, pinbacks - whatever you call 'em, I've got a shoebox full. Here's a few of my vintage music pinbacks from the '70s and '80s:

1.  1.125" Men at Work, Cargo, 1983
2.  1.25" Duran Duran, ca. 1982
3.  1" Buzzcocks ca. 1979
4.  1.25" Foreigner, ca. 1982
5.  1" Bauhaus, "Spirit" 1982
6.  1.75" Nick Heyward, North of a Miracle, (Dr. Pepper Music Festival?), 1983-4
7.  1" David Bowie, "Ashes to Ashes" 1980

Vintage Music Pinbacks #8

Eighth in a series.

Buttons, badges, pinbacks - whatever you call 'em, I've got a shoebox full. Here's a few of my vintage music pinbacks from the '70s and '80s:

1.  1.25" Berlin, "Sex (I'm a...)" 1982
2.  1" Spandau Ballet, ca. 1980
3.  1.25" Rolling Stones "In Concert" ca. 1981
4.  1.25" Thompson Twins logo, ca. 1983
5.  1.25" The Police, Zenyatta Mondatta, 1980
6.  1" Crass, "Nagasaki Nightmare" 1981
7.  1.25" David Bowie, Let's Dance, 1983
8.  1" The Human League, ca. 1981

Vintage Music Pinbacks #7

Seventh in a series.

Buttons, badges, pinbacks - whatever you call 'em, I've got a shoebox full. Here's a few of my vintage music pinbacks from the 1980s:

1.  1.25" The Police (pinback dated 1983)
2.  1.5" (pinback dated 1982)
3.  1.25" Men at Work, Business as Usual, 1982
4.  1" Roger C. Reale Band, 1981
5.  1" Soft Cell, Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret, 1981
6.  1.25" The Pretenders (pinback dated 1984)
7.  1.25" Joe Jackson, Night and Day, 1982
8.  1.25" Haircut 100, "Nobody's Fool" 1982

Vintage Music Pinbacks #6

Sixth in a series.

Buttons, badges, pinbacks - whatever you call 'em, I've got a shoebox full. Here's a few of my vintage music pinbacks from the '70s and '80s:

1.  1" KTSA "Gold & Silver Button" 1981
2.  1.25" Police, Ghost in the Machine, 1981
3.  1.25" Rockpile, Seconds of Pleasure, 1980
4.  1" Shooting Star, ca. 1979
5.  1.75" Chuck Mangione, Feels So Good, 1977
6.  1.25" Ric Ocasek, Beatitude, 1982
7.  1" U2, War, 1983
8.  1" AC/DC, For Those About to Rock We Salute You, 1981
9.  1" Ultravox, ca. 1980
10.  1.25" Talking Heads, Stop Making Sense, 1984

Vintage Music Pinbacks #5

Fifth in a series.

Buttons, badges, pinbacks - whatever you call 'em, I've got a shoebox full. Here's a few of my vintage music pinbacks from the '70s and '80s:

1.  1.25" Frankie Goes To Hollywood (pinback dated 1984)
2.  1.25" Kate Bush, ca. 1978
3.  1.25" Heaven 17 (pinback dated 1983)
4.  1" The Alarm, ca. 1983
5.  1" Pretenders (pinback dated 1980)
6.  2" Deborah Harry, ca. 1979
7.  1.25" Haircut 100, Pelican West, 1982
8.  1.25" Madness, One Step Beyond..., 1979
9.  1.25" Adam and the Ants, Ants Invasion Tour, 1981

Vintage Music Pinbacks #4

Fourth in a series.

Buttons, badges, pinbacks - whatever you call 'em, I've got a shoebox full. Here's a few of my vintage music pinbacks from the '70s and '80s:

1.  1.25" The Boomtown Rats, ca. 1977
2.  1.25" Ian Dury, ca. 1981
3.  1.25" Joe Jackson, Body and Soul, 1984
4.  1.25" Eurythmics (pinback dated 1984)
5.  1" Depeche Mode, "A Question of Lust" 1986*
6.  1" Adam and The Ants, "Dirk Wears White Sox" 1979
7.  1" Thompson Twins, Into the Gap, 1984
8.  1.25" Record Breaker, Manchester CT, ca. 1980
9.  1.25" The Human League, Dare!, 1981
10.  1.25" The Police, Synchronicity, 1983
11.  1.25" Asia, Asia, 1982

*I realize that 1986 is beyond the scope of this blog, but I like the pinback so I'm bending the rules.

Vintage Music Pinbacks #3

Third in a series.

Buttons, badges, pinbacks - whatever you call 'em, I've got a shoebox full. Here's a few of my vintage music pinbacks from the late '70s and early '80s:

1.  1x2" The Atlantics, Big City Rock, 1979
2.  1.25" Bow Wow Wow, "Do You Wanna Hold Me?" 1983
3.  3 cm. MTV  (pinback dated 1984)
4.  1.25" Haircut One Hundred, ca. 1982
5.  2" Adam Ant, Friend or Foe, 1982
6.  2.25" Miles Davis, Dr Pepper Music Festival, WPLJ, 1982
7.  1" Police, ca. 1979
8.  1.25" Joe Jackson, Night and Day, 1982

Vintage Music Pinbacks #2

Second in a series.

Buttons, badges, pinbacks - whatever you call 'em, I've got a shoebox full. Here's a few of my vintage music pinbacks from the early '80s:

1.  1.75" Rolling Stones 1981 Tour
2.  1.5" The Police (pinback dated 1983)
3.  1.25" The Milkshakes, ca. 1981
4.  1" The Motels, All Four One, 1982
5.  1.25" The Kinks, State of Confusion, 1983
6.  1.25" Asia logo 1982
7.  1" Adam Ant, "Antmusic" 1980
8.  2" David Bowie, "Fashion" 1980

Vintage Music Pinbacks #1

First in a series.

Buttons, badges, pinbacks - whatever you call 'em, I've got a shoebox full, collected over the past fifty years. When I was in high school, I typically wore one or more on a shirt or my letter jacket daily (one or more safety pins were also acceptable).  I normally bought them at the record store or Spencer's Gifts.

Let's take a look at what I was wearing in the early '80s - here's a few of my vintage music pinbacks:

1.  2.25" Devo, Freedom of Choice 1980
2.  1" Thompson Twins logo
3.  1" The Human League, "Being Boiled" 1978
4.  1" Eurythmics logo, (pinback dated 1984)
5.  1.5" Joe Jackson, Night and Day 1982
6.  1.25" U2 (pinback dated 1983)
7.  1" The Comsat Angels logo 1980