RIAA Platinum Album award for Rolling Stones album Some Girls. The album was released on June 9, 1978 and was certified Platinum by the RIAA just a short while later on June 22, 1978 for one million copies sold.
The Stones fourteenth album featured the classic hits "Beast Of Burden", "Shattered", "Miss You", which went to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #3 in the UK, "Just My Imagination (Runnin' Away With Me)" and more. The album went to #1 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart and the Canada Album chart, also scoring top 10 slots around the world. It also became the only Rolling Stones album to be nominated for the Grammy Album of the Year award. By the year 2000 the release was certified 6x Multi-Platinum by the RIAA for six million copies sold. See image above for RIAA sales certifications of the album*.
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Item Highlights:
- RIAA Platinum Album award
- Made in 1978
- Presented to record label president
- In Good condition (has some restoration--see details below)
- Known as a "floater" award because the components appear to "float" above the matte, they were made from 1975-1981
- RIAA "floater" awards numbered only 25-50 plaques worldwide for any given single/album
- Award measures approx. 17" x 21"
- Great, rare collectors item for any Stones fan
- FREE insured shipping to continental U.S.
- International shipping available
Detailed Item Description: This RIAA Platinum award was made in 1978, making it 46 years old. It is presented to Doug Morris, who was then president of Atco Records, the company that distributed Rolling Stones Records releases in the early 1970s after which distribution moved to Atlantic Records. Morris would later become CEO of Universal Music Group.
The award is in Good condition with some fairly significant frame wear, significant fading and a small stain on the record label, and fading of the album miniature (see images). The original badly faded matte has been switched out with a same-era Platinum floater matte. Note that this matte also has some minor fading due to its' age. Otherwise, the award consists of all its' original components including the record disc, label, album miniature, presentation plate, frame and backing paper. The backing paper has been cut on three sides to allow access to effect the repair stated above but the paper still has original sticker residue in the typical size, location and shape of a New York Frame & Picture Co. This, along with the other details of the award, show that it was made by NYF&P Co.
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*RIAA sales data source: RIAA.com