RIAA Gold LP award for Living Colour album Time's Up. Released on August 28, 1990, the album was certified Platinum for one million copies sold on Oct 25, 1990.
The release included special guests including Queen Latifah, Little Richard, Doug E. Fresh, Maceo Parker and James Earl Jones. It reached #13 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart. It also won a Grammy award for Best Hard Rock Performance. See image above for the RIAA sales certifications of this album*.
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Item Highlights:
- RIAA Gold LP award
- In VG condition
- Original back with manufacturer sticker
- First presentation award from 1990
- Presented to music industry executive
- Known as a "R hologram" award they were made from 1990-97
- Award measures approx. 17" x 21"
- Great collectors item for any Living Colour fan
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- International shipping available
Detailed Item Description: This is an original first presentation RIAA Gold Album award from around 1990, making it about 33 years old. The award is presented to Harvey Leeds, who worked at Live Nation, among other music industry companies and in artist management.
It is in VG condition and only a few very minor mars on the frame and plexiglass. It does have some degradation on the edges of the RIAA hologram sticker (see image) and minor spotting inside the bottom of the frame. It has its' original back with Ill-Eagle Enterprises manufacturer's sticker.
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Notes on the condition of all vintage RIAA awards like this one: Please do not buy this item if you want a brand new piece of memorabilia. These are historical artifacts from the year they were produced. As a result they may show signs of wear. Frankly, if you see a 20 to 50-year-old award purported to be in 100% perfect condition, it might be too good to be true. After all, an antique should have "good' wear. If not, you might want to question the piece.
As to where they came from, they could have been displayed in record label offices, recording studios, artist manager's offices, radio stations, private collector's homes and yes, of course, possibly the artist's or songwriter's home. Typically, we don't know all the places they may have been over the years other than what we've stated in the description.
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*RIAA sales data source: RIAA.com