My good chum Gary Taylor sent me a picture of a Seven Seas Of Rhys acetate the other day, asking my opinion on whether it's real or not. I had no idea who owned it, and I didn't need to know.
I offered my very best 'considered' answer, based upon my experience generally, of collecting Queen stuff since 1976, and more importantly from seeing many such acetates in Brian's collection - all of which are of course 100% real.
It's a rare and very useful position to be in, to KNOW for certain that the items you're talking about are absolutely irrefutable THE REAL THING. How often does that happen ordinarily ? Usually, you simply don't KNOW, so you have to give it your best shot.
Anyway... you can see what I said in that other thread... the one about Seven Seas Of Rhye acetate... but in the meantime, I think it fair to add - because evidently some fans here are suddenly assuming that Sikke's collection of acetates is fake - that is emphatically NOT the case. I've seen photos of Sikke's acetates and the Trident ones, for example, are clearly real. They look exactly like those which Brian has, from a similar timeframe.
It's very clear that most of Sikke's collection is exactly as it should be. I can say that with confidence, because they're the same as those I know to be right. I can't vouch for ALL of them though - nobody can.
I'm saying this only because it seems fair... in case I've inadvertently implied that because I'm not at all sure about the SSOR disc, the same applies to all the rest - that is NOT the case.
There's always people out there that love to poo-poo other peoples' collections and treasures, and shout "Fake" at the top of their voice at the first opportunity. Such people usually have little first hand experience of acetates, but they do have have first hand experience of jumping on the easy obvious band-wagon and peeing on other peoples' fire. Some people aren't happy unless they're smashing someone else's happiness.
Sikke... you have a very fine collection, and some STUNNING items. They're as real as this posting... although... there will no doubt, as always, be someone who'll suggest this isn't the real Queen Archivist... like they always do. This is the real one.
A good deal of this negativity comes from the some old place... someone somewhere's jealousy of what another fan has, and they don't have.
GB
Hangman_96 · Member since
Thanks for clarifying Greg!
rocknrolllover · Member since
I don`t understand the meaning of the topic. I expected more new details about the "Rainbow" or "ballad compilation".
brENsKi · Member since
why would you ^^^expect - in a thread titled "Sikke's Acetates" - to find stuff about the "Rainbow" and "Ballad Collection" ?
as stupid and pointless as all your other posts
anyway, thanks for clearing things up (a bit) Greg
rocknrolllover · Member since
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[b]brENsKi wrote: [/b] why would you ^^^expect - in a thread titled "Sikke's Acetates" - to find stuff about the "Rainbow" and "Ballad Collection" ? as stupid and pointless as all your other posts
anyway, thanks for clearing things up (a bit) Greg[/QUOTE]
my posts aren`t stupid. Yours yes
thomasquinn 32989 · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]rocknrolllover wrote:[/b]
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[b]brENsKi wrote: [/b] why would you ^^^expect - in a thread titled "Sikke's Acetates" - to find stuff about the "Rainbow" and "Ballad Collection" ?
as stupid and pointless as all your other posts
anyway, thanks for clearing things up (a bit) Greg[/QUOTE]
my posts aren`t stupid. Yours yes[/QUOTE]
You are evidently too stupid to understand that the title of a topic and the contents of that topic are closely related. If you come into a thread named "Sikke's Acetates" expecting to find anything other than a discussion about acetates, you are a fucking moron.
[b]brENsKi wrote: [/b] why would you ^^^expect - in a thread titled "Sikke's Acetates" - to find stuff about the "Rainbow" and "Ballad Collection" ? as stupid and pointless as all your other posts
anyway, thanks for clearing things up (a bit) Greg[/QUOTE]
my posts aren`t stupid. Yours yes[/QUOTE]
You are evidently too stupid to understand that the title of a topic and the contents of that topic are closely related. If you come into a thread named "Sikke's Acetates" expecting to find anything other than a discussion about acetates, you are a fucking moron.[/QUOTE]
I do what I like and I want and I won`t ask what right and what wrong. My life my rules
brENsKi · Member since
well then your life and rules are also stupid
but then what would you expect form someone who has a shit album title for a nickname?
rocknrolllover · Member since
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[b]brENsKi wrote: [/b] well then your life and rules are also stupid but then what would you expect form someone who has a shit album title for a nickname?[/QUOTE]
I decide what shit and what not shit. and my life is my life
brENsKi · Member since
your inability to read and comprehend is only matched by your hostility
just to recap i didn't say your life was not your life
- said you life/rules are stupid
rocknrolllover · Member since
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[b]brENsKi wrote: [/b] your inability to read and comprehend is only matched by your hostility
just to recap i didn't say your life was not your life - said you life/rules are stupid
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stop it you
princetom · Member since
*getting popcorn*
@rocknrollover:
your life, your rules. ok.
but this place is public. interactive.
who are you to think that your rules are more worth than others ?
you really don't realize why people are bitching at you, do you?
so: f.o.
rocknrolllover · Member since
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[b]princetom wrote: [/b] *getting popcorn*
@rocknrollover:
your life, your rules. ok. but this place is public. interactive. who are you to think that your rules are more worth than others ? you really don't realize why people are bitching at you, do you? so: f.o. [/QUOTE]
I don`t care why people bitching at me.
The Real Wizard · Member since
Fuck me - Greg Brooks starts a great thread and it becomes yet another flame war between intelligent people and a buffoon with an IQ of under 75 using a translator.
Someone needs to create a Queen forum that doesn't suck.
GB: Queen Archivist · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]The Real Wizard wrote:[/b]
Fuck me - Greg Brooks starts a great thread and it becomes yet another flame war between intelligent people and a buffoon with an IQ of under 75 using a translator.
Someone needs to create a Queen forum that doesn't suck.[/QUOTE]
I think you're right, Real Wizard. Most things tend to go that way here, for reasons I've never understood. That seems to be the general default. These days I spend less time pondering it and more time on other sites. Shame though!
