RIAA Platinum Album Award for Eddie Money album Can't Hold Back. Released on Aug. 8, 1986, the album was certified Platinum by the RIAA on Aug. 11, 1987 for one million copies sold.* Remember Eddie Money (1949-2019) with this award.
Money's sixth album featured "Take Me Home Tonight", a duet with Ronnie Spector with her famous "Be My Little Baby" line. It reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and also garnered a Grammy nomination for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance. "I Wanna Go Back" and "Endless Nights" also did well on rock and pop radio. The album itself peaked at #20 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart and it also charted in Canada.
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Item Highlights:
- RIAA Platinum Album award
- In VG condition
- Award made in 1987
- Presented to radio industry executive
- All original internals, reproduction frame
- Award measures approx. 17" x 21"
- Known as a RIAA "flower hologram" award, they were made from 1986-89
- Awesome collector's item for any Eddie Money fan
- FREE insured shipping to continental U.S.
- International shipping available
Detailed Item Description: This is a RIAA Platinum Album award that would have been manufactured in 1987, making it approx. 38 years old. It is presented to radio industry executive Ron Fell, who was managing editor of radio tip sheet Gavin Report.
The award is in VG condition with mars on the plexiglass. It has a reproduction frame which closely matches the appearance of the original and a Fitzgerald Hartley backing board with manufacturer label has been re-attached. This was done prior to us acquiring.
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Notes on the condition of all vintage RIAA awards: 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