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13 Aug 2009
Queen Vinyls - Fake & Original
Queen - Fake & Original
It has been some time now that I wanted to write down this manual to help collectors to distinguish original LPs from the fake ones.
Same fakes are obvious, but some fakes are almost exact copies and it is very difficult to notice the fraud.
Let’s start with the most famous and expensive ones.
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I Want It All – Japanese Promo
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First, let’s check out the vinyl itself: if a label is white, or if the vinyl is coloured then it’s a fake, because no other
releases were done for this promo. If a vinyl is black and label is normal, then we have to pay particular attention to the sleeve: if there is a dot that
crosses the line, then it’s a fake.
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Fake Sleeve
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Fake Detail
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Hammer To Fall – 7” Live sleeve
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| As per the previous one, also this vinyl shall not be coloured (see below picture of fake blue and red). If vinyl is black, then pay attention to the sleeve, especially to the font of the word QUEEN: if it is in Times New Roman (the letter N has got longer serifs) then it’s a fake. If the font is the same as on the upper foto, then you’ve got a real masterpiece!
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| Fake blue and red |
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| Fake 7" |
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JAZZ – Picture disc
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| This time we are lucky, ‘cause it is very easy to distinguish original from a fake. There are only two original versions of the French PDK: with white border (there are no fakes of this one), and with black border. The original black border PDK has got a die-cut sleeve (to display the LP), so pay attention to those without it. The word JAZZ on the original LP is of light pink colour. It tends to become violet on the fake ones.
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Greatest Hits – Picture disc
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| Some say that even the original of this LP is a fake! But its value is very high anyway, so there are fakes of the fake! Original image is much broader than the fake one; in fact one can see John’s head and Brian’s left hand. These are missing on the faked picture disc.
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The Show Must Go On – Italian Red Single Vinyl
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| Also here a fake can be distinguished easily: original LP has got a red transparent colour. If the colour is opaque and label is in white or any other colour, then it’s a fake.
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I Can Hear Music - Larry Lurex
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| Also here a fake can be distinguished easily: fake vinyl has got only a little hole (like LP). Look the picture below for the original one.
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Other Picture Disc Released
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| Pirate Sheer Heart Attack |
Pirate A Night at the Opera |
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| Pirate News Of The World |
It's A Hard Life - UK 12" EMI 12QUEENP3 |
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| FPirate A Kind of Magic |
A Kind of Magic - UK 12" EMI 12QUEENP7B |
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| Pirate Who Wants To Live forever |
Friends Will Be Friends - UK 7" EMI QUEENP8 |
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| Breakthru - UK Shaped 7" Parlophone QUEENPD11 |
Innuendo (explosive version) - UK 12" Parlophone 12QUEENPD16 |
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| Headlong - UK 12" Parlophone QUEENPD18 |
I'm Going Slightly Mad - UK Shaped 7" Parlophone QUEENPD17 |
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| Queen At The BBC - USA Promo LP Hollywood ED-62005 |
Let Me Live - UK 7" Parlophone QUEENPD24 |
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| No-One But You - UK 7" UK Parlophone QUEENPD27 |
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| No-One But You - UK 7" UK Parlophone QUEENPD28 |
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