RIAA Platinum Album award for AC/DC album For Those About To Rock (We Salute You). Released on Nov. 20, 1981, the album was certified Platinum by the RIAA quickly by Jan. 20, 1982 for one million copies sold. Rare early AC/DC award celebrating the earliest success of this iconic hard rock album.
Classic tracks on the album included the title cut (introducing a cannon to every concert…) and "Let’s Get It Up". The album peaked at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart, also selling well all around the world. By 2001 the album was certified 4x Multi-Platinum by the RIAA for four million copies sold*.
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Item Highlights:
- RIAA Platinum Album award
- Award from 1982
- Presented to mastering engineer
- In VG condition
- Award measures approx. 17" x 21"
- Known as a RIAA "strip plate" award, they were made from 1982-85
- Great collectors item for any AC/DC fan
- FREE insured shipping to continental U.S.
- International shipping available
Detailed Item Description: This is a first presentation RIAA Platinum Album award from 1982, making it approx. 43 years old. It is presented to well-known mastering engineer Bob Ludwig, who mastered this album along with those from numerous other artists from Rush to Def Leppard to Dire Straits to Toto to the Rolling Stones and more.
This award is in VG condition with minor mars on the frame and plexiglass, and minor fading of the album miniature. The backing paper is original with cuts and tears and while the manufacturer sticker is missing, there is adhesive residue in the shape and typical location of a New York Frame & Picture Co. label.
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*RIAA sales data source: RIAA.com