RIAA Gold Video Award for Def Leppard videos Historia, Live: In The Round In Your Face, and Visualize presented to guitarist Steve Clark. Certified Multi-Platinum, Multi-Platinum and Gold, respectively, by the RIAA from 1989 to 1994.* Remember late Def Leppard guitarist Steve Clark (1960-1991) with this award.
Def Leppard's Historia video contained all the band's music videos released from 1980 to 1988, many of which received very heavy play by video music channels such as the MTV, Canada's MuchMusic and others. By 1989 it was certified 2x Multi-Platinum by the RIAA for 200,000 copies sold. Live: In The Round In Your Face Live consisted of footage from the group's live shows at McNichols Sports Arena in Denver, Colorado and The Omni in Atlanta, Georgia, all from their 1987-1988 Hysteria World Tour. Visualize consists of promo videos, interviews, and concert footage.
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Item Highlights:
- RIAA Combo Video award
- In VG condition
- Award from 1994
- Presented to late Def Leppard guitarist Steve Clark
- All original
- Known as a RIAA "R hologram" award, they were made from 1990-97
- Award measures approx. 25.5" x 18"
- Great collectors item for any Def Leppard fan
- FREE insured shipping to continental U.S.
- International shipping available
Detailed Item Description: This is a RIAA Combo Video award that was manufactured in 1994, making it about 31 years old. It is presented to late Def Leppard guitarist Steve Clark, who died in 1991. The award is part of a significant collection of Steve Clark's Def Leppard awards recently discovered in Sheffield in the UK (stay tuned for more to be posted and see all our Def Leppard items here).
The award is in VG condition with only minor mars on the frame and plexiglass. The backing paper is original with Ill Eagle Enterprises manufacturer sticker.
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*RIAA sales data source: RIAA.com