1983/1984/1985 were good years for gig-going for me and alongside enjoying the show, wherever possible and budget allowed I would visit the merch stall and come away with the customary T-shirts, badges and posters.
Having been fortunate enough to see The Cure play live on their 1984 tour to promote ‘The Top’, at Edinburgh Playhouse, I came away from that show with a fair few of the items you see in the spread above – all long since gone now apart from some of the button badges This is a page from the promo brochure of ACME merchandise that I got a few months after the gig and a subsequent update supplement.
ACME seemed to have been the name to go for quite a few big hitters of the time – I also had a few Bauhaus T-shirts too and you can see from the spreads below that they had good taste in many of the bands they represented. Not much else to add this post, this is simply just to share these brochures as a simple blast from the past of the genuine official merch of the period that was available. Oh for a time machine and sufficient funds!
ACME S84 Brochure
84/85 Update supplement
