RIAA Platinum LP award for British new wave band The Fixx for their album Reach The Beach. Released as their second studio album on May 5, 1983, it was certified Platinum by the RIAA on Jan. 5, 1984 for one million copies sold.
Both "One Thing Leads To Another" and "Saved By Zero" became hits for the band. The album rose to #8 on the Billboard Top 200 Album chart and "One Thing Leads To Another" peaked a #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. See image above for RIAA sales certifications of this album*.
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Item Highlights:
- RIAA Platinum LP award with "platinum" frame, disc and info plate
- First presentation award from 1984
- Presented to radio station executive
- In VG to Excellent condition
- Had been rebacked
- Known as a "strip plate" RIAA award, which were produced 1981-85
- Award measures approx. 17" x 21"
- Great collectors item for fan of The Fixx
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Detailed Item Description: This is a first presentation RIAA Platinum "strip plate" award that would have been manufactured sometime around 1984. That makes it approx. 39 years old. The award is presented to J. (Jahni) Kaye of radio station KFI.
This award is in VG to Excellent condition, with only a very few minor mars on the frame and plexiglass, and very little fading for this age of award. It has been re-backed but has tears (taped to help prevent dust intrusion). The presentation plate design would indicate it is a Creative Glassics-made award.
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*RIAA sales data source: RIAA.com