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Hello

I am normally very skeptical about buying autographed memorabillia from Ebay. I know most are fakes.
However I came across an autographed record of AC/DC's Flick Of The Switch. The Record is genuine and the cover was ripped. It was an older seller who from looking at his shop sels old tupperware and vases etc. He has sold a few old records too I noticed of Rolling Stones and these were unsigned. This made me think that the seller simply had no idea of how much AC/DC signed record would be. As it was I won the item for only £8.
I checked up the autographs with a lot of others to see if they matched and sure enough they did. The absence of Malcolm Young is also a good thing as someone forging surely wud have included him.
The signatures are Angus, drummer Simon Wright ( who did indeed play on that album ), Brian Johnson and Cliff Williams.

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Do you think this is genuine?

Thanks Bill

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Hi Steven,

Thank you for your question.
From the image, I would say that the autographs on this album cover are in fact genuine. (Although Simon Wright did not play on that album, he did do the tour for it, so would have been the one to be signing autographs if it were from a tour from 1983 to 1989).

Best Regards,
Bill

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I am an AC/DC history, discography and collectibles expert, and can answer any question about the band, it's members past and present, as well as questions related to bands that members were in previous to being in AC/DC. I am well versed in the bands history, album and single releases (vinyl, CD), and worldwide discography and collectibles/memorabilia, past and present AC/DC news, album sales, tour dates and tour history, and anything else about the band. I am also an AC/DC (Especially Bon Scott) autograph expert.

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I have been a fan and collector of AC/DC for 30+ years and have written published articles about the band for Goldmine magazine, as well as several publications. I have interviewed past members of the band, and attended the bands Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction as a press guest. I possess one of the world's largest AC/DC collections, and plan to have my own publication about the band in the future. I was hired in 2008 by a marketing firm to help promote and market AC/DC's "BLACK ICE" release and the AC/DC "Rock Band" game in New York City. I also have participated in several other marketing and promotional campaigns for AC/DC. Most recently, I have contributed to a new book by Phil Sutcliffe "AC/DC: The Ultimate Illustrated History" as well as penning an AC/DC Collectibles article for Record Collector magazine (UK).

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I run the AC/DC fan & collector's site "Highway to Hell" and am the webmaster and designer. I am the official Sony/Columbia records AC/DC forum moderator for their record companies website, and content manager for acdc.com

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GOLDMINE (Krause Publications)(USA) Daily Dirt (Germany) Record Collector (UK) Contributed to "AC/DC: The Ultimate Illustrated History", by Phil Sutcliffe (Voyageur Press, Oct. 15, 2010, Hardcover, 224 pages, 300+ illustrations)

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I have interviewed: Mark Evans (AC/DC Bassist 1975-77), Simon Wright (AC/DC Drummer 1983-1989), Dave Evans (AC/DC singer 1974), Noel Taylor (AC/DC Drummer 1974), Neil Smith (AC/DC Bassist 1974), Larry Van Kreidt (AC/DC bassist 1973-4), John Bissett (Fraternity (w/Bon Scott) keyboardist), Vincent Lovegrove (Valentines (w/Bon Scott) singer & former AC/DC manager), Bob Defrin (AC/DC Logo designer & album cover designer for Atlantic records), Mike Fraser (AC/DC Mixing engineer), Joshua Levy (AC/DC Black Ice album cover designer) and many others

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