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Post by The Real Wizard on Apr 18, 2020 19:00:18 GMT
And to cap off this haul of photos from the internet deep dive, here's a pic of Brian in 1990 flipping the bird to the paparazzi.  Atta boy, Bri.
Thanks for posting all these fabulous shots - especially the 70s ones.
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Post by The Real Wizard on Apr 18, 2020 19:02:43 GMT
This one might be from one of the New York shows, or St. Louis (April 18th, 1974) not sure exactly when it was taken yet. Brian has his white suit going on which only occurred during those two shows, that we know of.  Great shot. But you're right, it could be from pretty well any date on the tour.
This one from St Louis is a rare shot of Brian's spare Strat lurking in the background awaiting battle.
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Post by Mooghead on Apr 18, 2020 19:30:20 GMT
Who is the guy behind John pretending to be a ghost?
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Post by queenfanatic on Apr 18, 2020 19:39:30 GMT
It looks like a mannequin under that blanket, but it’s probably spare drum equipment or something.
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Post by The Real Wizard on Apr 18, 2020 21:20:14 GMT
It looks like a mannequin under that blanket, but it’s probably spare drum equipment or something. From that angle, it looks like something meant to block Mott's bass drum skin.
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Post by queenfanatic on Apr 18, 2020 21:34:30 GMT
Could very well be.
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Post by jon_innuendo on Apr 19, 2020 1:50:02 GMT
Japan 1976. Specific date unknown.  Oh, thank you!!! I never seen that photo. 💜 |
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Post by jon_innuendo on Apr 19, 2020 1:51:51 GMT
Thank you, it's a great account with very rare photos 💜 |
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Post by HelloDelilah on Apr 21, 2020 9:45:51 GMT
Really love this photo of Freddie at work. 
Love that shot. Here's another one taken by Brian on the same day - anyone got a nice hi res version of it?
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Post by The Real Wizard on Apr 21, 2020 18:49:42 GMT
I love these behind the scenes photos. Brian must have taken a lot. Where are these from? The first one was in his Queen in 3D book, and the second one has been seen in a couple documentaries and probably elsewhere too. Indeed, Brian was a keen photographer - and largely in stereo, as we see in the book. While most rock stars spent their days off hungover in the hotel room or shagging groupies, Brian was usually out scouring second hand shops for stereo cards. He has one of the finest collections of stereo cards in the world.
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Post by emrabt on Apr 21, 2020 19:18:34 GMT
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Post by The Real Wizard on Apr 21, 2020 20:27:31 GMT
I love that documentary. Obviously he's not world famous for it, but this has been a major cornerstone of his life for 50 years. He was even friends with this guy: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_NaylorNaylor was one of the world's top photograph collectors, who also invented a car thermostat in the 1970s that worked at higher temperatures (which is still used in every car to this day). This is the kind of company Brian keeps. But for every Jack Naylor there are another hundred of these guys he's friends with that aren't famous. There is so much more to Brian than the stuff he shares with the public. Most of us cannot possibly fathom how rich and colourful his life has been. And because he's famous, he's able to use that platform to popularize his various passions. He really is one in a billion.
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Post by The Real Wizard on Apr 21, 2020 20:32:55 GMT
"I want to pay a little tribute to a man who ignited a passion in many of us, many years ago. Not for music, or even astronomy, but for photographic collecting. All through those touring days with Queen, during the 70's and 80's, the first thing I would do when we landed in a new (usually American) city, Chicago, Boston, Kansas, Cleveland, would be to make contact with my friends in the photographic world. One of my greatest pleasures was to visit these people and look at images, and usually they would have a few gorgeous stereo cards to sell me. They all knew what I collected ... the earliest English and French cards, often hand-coloured, which still occupy a large part of my life. Well, one day, when Queen were in Boston, to play the fabulous Boston Garden, of course (sold out! ha ha!), I was invited by Thurman Naylor, perhaps the most celebrated photographic collector in the world, to see his collection. It was amazing - I think I was quite overcome by the extent of it ... like a huge Aladdin's cave of fabulous precious antique cameras, and vintage images. Just recently he sold off many of his treasures, at a huge dedicated auction in New York, and soon afterwards he sadly passed away. He will be sadly missed by all those whom he inspired. What I had forgotten, until I received a wonderful message from his grandson today [31 Dec], was that he had on that day taken a picture of me. Here I am, a very serious young man, staring out from this fabulous collection, in more ways than one ... I did not realise I had had the honour to become part of Jack's collection."
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Post by emrabt on Apr 21, 2020 21:28:16 GMT
I would sit through a full documentary on 3d photography hosted by him, he has so much passion in the subject that it actually makes in interesting to listen to, it draws you right in, Like mad old Patrick Moore and space.
No Queen connection, no selling books, No guitars just him telling us the history of the Stereoscope.
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Post by The Real Wizard on Apr 21, 2020 23:15:39 GMT
I would sit through a full documentary on 3d photography hosted by him, he has so much passion in the subject that it actually makes in interesting to listen to, it draws you right in, Like mad old Patrick Moore and space. No Queen connection, no selling books, No guitars just him telling us the history of the Stereoscope. You and me both.
A couple more shots from his Queen in 3D book, from Boston 1975:
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Post by Kieran on Apr 24, 2020 8:48:00 GMT
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Post by Rick on Apr 27, 2020 17:02:23 GMT
 The Innuendo group photo has always been my favourite. Couldn't find a high-res version of the original, but this one is great as well. Sharp-dressed men. They look stunning as a group (quite serious, but seeing the circumstances, not that odd...) |
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Post by The Real Wizard on Apr 30, 2020 6:02:30 GMT
Early 80s. Never seen this one before. Where and when was this taken?
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Post by Ryan Newton on Apr 30, 2020 6:37:19 GMT
Early 80s. Never seen this one before. Where and when was this taken?
Although I'm not sure, I found a much higher resolution version.  Brian seems to be wearing some sort of tour jacket. Perhaps this could help get a rough date? It's definitely sometime from mid 81 to late 82 just judging by John's hair. |
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Post by Ryan Newton on May 2, 2020 6:58:28 GMT
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Post by Ryan Newton on May 2, 2020 17:58:23 GMT
Queen performing live in Truro at the Tregye Country Club on August 21st, 1971. Sorry for the bad quality. Note: You can see that Brian has a Stratocaster in this picture. .jpg) That's not Queen. That's Graphite, another band that attended that festival. |
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Post by queenfanatic on May 2, 2020 19:03:08 GMT
My apologies, they look almost completely similar to Queen. Could be just the horrid quality messing my perception up.
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Post by The Real Wizard on May 3, 2020 0:50:08 GMT
Dortmund, January 21st 1979. Unknown photographer. At last, unwatermarked photos from Dortmund ! Thanks a lot. |
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Post by Ryan Newton on May 4, 2020 6:33:32 GMT
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Post by Ryan Newton on May 4, 2020 6:35:48 GMT
Seattle, December 12th, 1978. Picture taken by Roland Morgan.  |
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Post by Ryan Newton on May 4, 2020 6:36:53 GMT
Portland, March 12th 1977. Pictures taken by Joseph Labansky   |
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Post by Ryan Newton on May 4, 2020 6:45:57 GMT
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Post by Ryan Newton on May 4, 2020 6:48:41 GMT
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Post by Ryan Newton on May 4, 2020 6:55:50 GMT
New York City, February 8th 1976. Picture taken by John Cornicello.  |
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Post by Ryan Newton on May 4, 2020 7:04:22 GMT
UK 1978. Which of the 5 shows this is from is unknown. Photographer is also unknown. Interesting top Freddie has on. Never seen it before.  |
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