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Who is Craig Betts and how did he get all that stuff?
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04 Jan 2012 21:42
by kmart
Have you guys every been to thepolicearchive.com? I have and have watched some of his stuff on ebay, and he has the most amazing stuff from tThe Police that I have ever seen.
Does anyone know who he is or how he got that amazing collection?
He looks young, too young to have such an amazing collection of memorabilia.
For instance...He has the "Im Leevin the Groop" t-shirt...no one but Sting, Andy and Stewart have that!
I talked with him through email once, and he seems really cool....just wondering how he came across his awesome collection.
Kmart
Re: Who is Craig Betts and how did he get all that stuff?
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04 Jan 2012 23:58
by conroy
I've known him since the Ask Uncle Ian Messageboard days. He's a legend in the fan community, right up there with Dietmar as far as I'm concerned. His acquisition of a pair of Stewart's tube socks story is my favorite piece of Police memorabilia history.
Re: Who is Craig Betts and how did he get all that stuff?
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05 Jan 2012 01:25
by TheEqualizer
Check the liner notes of The Police Live.
Craig is truly a legend. He used to occasionally post here, but he has made him self quite scarce recently. I can't remember why. Just don't bring up the picture in the bathroom.
(I kid. He looks much better than I could ever dream to look like).
Re: Who is Craig Betts and how did he get all that stuff?
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05 Jan 2012 01:30
by TheEqualizer
I'm thinking he might have had his posts deleted (or at least some of them), but his last post survived by way of QUOTE
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=7261&start=45Too bad. I really wished his box set was released.
Re: Who is Craig Betts and how did he get all that stuff?
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05 Jan 2012 02:11
by DirtyMartini
[quote="kmart"]how he got that amazing collection?[/quote]
Perseverance.
Re: Who is Craig Betts and how did he get all that stuff?
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05 Jan 2012 04:17
by Divemistress of the Dark
I think the issue was something to do with possible hassle from some entertainment entity - isn't Craig writing a book?
Others will surely know...bowing out now...
Re: Who is Craig Betts and how did he get all that stuff?
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07 Jan 2012 00:04
by TheEqualizer
Divemistress of the Dark wrote:I think the issue was something to do with possible hassle from some entertainment entity - isn't Craig writing a book?
Others will surely know...bowing out now...
Craig did write a book, which by all accounts sounded like it would be great.
BUT, it was blocked by SOMEONE
Re: Who is Craig Betts and how did he get all that stuff?
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07 Jan 2012 00:13
by policefan
oh no, don't tell me Craig got stung?
Re: Who is Craig Betts and how did he get all that stuff?
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07 Jan 2012 00:47
by smax
i blame the parrot.
Re: Who is Craig Betts and how did he get all that stuff?
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07 Jan 2012 14:42
by giovanni
Craig is a great guy and a cool friend of mine.
Always very very kind with other fans, always very open to share pics with everybody, showing what he got through the years.
Unfortunately his book won't be released for various reasons.
Anyway, he is a great fan, a great collector and worked with Universal people as a consultant concerning everything related to The Police; he could get his hands on many items thanks to his precious collaborations with the record company, as well as, like most of us, perserverance (yes, you are absolutely right) and searching for stuff all around the world, even way long before e-bay was invented.
Re: Who is Craig Betts and how did he get all that stuff?
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09 Jan 2012 00:25
by xyzman
Hello again everyone and happy new year to you all.
I've been lurking for ages but not posted as I haven't had anything interesting to say! So please forgive me for radio silence!
Anyway - can I please ask a question Gio?
Craig did a load of work on a box set on rare recordings / outtakes etc as The Equalizer rightly points out - so do you have any idea of what came of that and is there any chance of it ever seeing the light of day?
Thanks a lot and thanks for all the great work on this site.
Liam.
Re: Who is Craig Betts and how did he get all that stuff?
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09 Jan 2012 15:35
by kmart
Jemma....YES!!!!!
Thanks!
Re: Who is Craig Betts and how did he get all that stuff?
Posted:
09 Jan 2012 21:52
by xyzman
Great to hear from you Craig - hope you are well and all the best for future endeavours!
Still want to know the answer to the question though !!!!
All the best.
Liam.
Re: Who is Craig Betts and how did he get all that stuff?
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10 Jan 2012 02:51
by Kim
Craig is the man. He was famous in the old Outlandos Club newsletters, along with our own Gio. I first ran into him on the AUI forum as well. I agree with Conroy - the post about his acquiring Stewart's socks after the Gateshead show was a classic, as well as Stewart's reply. Craig continues to collect anything and everything to do with the Police. I would ask him to marry me if I wasn't married already, lol.
Re: Who is Craig Betts and how did he get all that stuff?
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10 Jan 2012 06:03
by English-lion
Kim wrote:I would ask him to marry me if I wasn't married already, lol.
That saucy bird
Ahhhh The Doive tee ...LOL and duh! Craig and I had a good laugh about that tee....... lets just say it was a case of mistaken identity
Craig wrote:Just wanted to sign up to say thanks for the nice comments, your very kind.
Craig
XOXO