RIAA Gold Album Award for Lou Reed album New York. Released on Jan. 10, 1989, the album was certified Gold by the RIAA on Sept. 9, 1997 for 500,000 copies sold. Remember Lou Reed (1942-2013) with this award.
Reed's fifteenth solo studio album produced the hit single "Dirty Blvd.", which topped the newly created Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. Drummer Moe Tucker from Reed's alma mater group Velvet Underground appears on a pair of tracks playing percussion. Also, Dion DiMucci provided backing vocals on "Dirty Blvd". The album reached #40 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart and #14 on the UK Albums chart and also charted in Australia, New Zealand, and most of Europe.
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Item Highlights:
- RIAA Gold Album award
- In Excellent condition
- Award from 1998
- Presented to record label executive
- All original
- Award measures approx. 17" x 21"
- Known as a "RIAA serial number hologram" award, they were made from 1998 to present
- Great collectors item for any Lou Reed fan
- FREE insured shipping to continental U.S.
- International shipping available
Detailed Item Description: This RIAA Gold Album award was manufactured in 1998, making it approx. 28 years old. It is presented to Howie Klein, who founded 415 records, was a VP at Sire Records, and president of Reprise/Warner Bros. Records.
This award is in Excellent condition. It is all original with Milestone Awards & Marketing manufacturer sticker.
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*RIAA sales data source: RIAA.com
