ELVIS COSTELLO: Very rare ARMED FORCES promotional jacket 1979
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Aug 23, 2014 Sold Date
Aug 22, 2014 Start Date
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I have been collecting Costello memorabilia for a long time and I have only ever seen one of these jackets - THIS one. 
It is a military style GI jacket issued by Columbia Records to promote Elvis Costello & The Attractions 1979 album, Armed Forces. I got it from an ex-Columbia employee some years back. Columbia got some genuine US Army field jackets and had them printed with various details to be issued to a few individuals at the label and the band.  
It features:  

  • An embroidered name tape patch bearing the legend E.COSTELLO over the right breast pocket
  • The Columbia logo on the left sleeve
  • The album's catalog number over the left breast pocket (where the soldier's ID number would go) 
  • ARMED FORCES on the back
It is size XL (but I'd say it was a large at best) and in excellent condition for a promo item over 35 years old. 
This is a genuine Costello rarity from the height of his fame. 



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