RIAA Platinum Album award for Bruce Hornsby & The Range album Scenes From The Southside. Released on May 3, 1988, the album was certified Platinum by the RIAA on July 6, 1988 for one million copies sold.*
The album featured the hit "The Valley Road", which became Hornsby's third Top 10 in the U.S., reaching #5 on the Billboard Hot 100. Other singles included "Look Out Any Window" and "The Show Goes On". The album peaked at #5 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart, #6 in Canada, #18 in the UK, and it also charted in several other countries.
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Item Highlights:
- RIAA Platinum Album award
- In VG condition
- Award from 1988
- Presented to mastering engineer
- All original with manufacturer sticker
- Known as a RIAA "flower hologram" award, they were made from 1986-1989
- Award measures approx. 17" x 21"
- Great collectors item for any Bruce Hornsby & The Range fan
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- International shipping available
Detailed Item Description: This is a RIAA Platinum Album award that would have been manufactured in 1988 making it approx. 37 years old. It is presented to well-known mastering engineer Bob Ludwig at Masterdisk, who mastered this album along with those from many other artists from AC/DC to Def Leppard and Grateful Dead to Toto, Rush, the Rolling Stones and more.
This award is in VG condition with only minor mars on the plexiglass and frame. The award has its original backing paper with Creative Glassics manufacturer sticker.
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*RIAA sales data source: RIAA.com