RIAA Platinum Album award for Pink Floyd album Dark Side Of The Moon. Released on April 17, 1973, the album was certified Platinum by the RIAA on Feb. 16, 1990 for one million copies sold. Pink Floyd awards are hard to find. Remember Pink Floyd keyboardist/vocalist Richard Wright (1943-2008) with this award.
The legendary album included two singles, "Money" and "Us and Them", although most have enjoyed the album in its' thematic entirety. The album went to #1 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart and many other charts, including those in Austria, Canada, France, and Italy. It reached #2 on the UK Albums chart and charted in the top 10 in many other global markets. The album has sold over 45 million copies worldwide, was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999, and was certified 15x Multi-Platinum by the RIAA for fifteen million copies sold by 1998, making it a rare RIAA Diamond Award winner.*
Includes MusicGoldmine.com Letter Of Authenticity
Item Highlights:
- RIAA Platinum Album Award
- In VG to Excellent condition
- Award from 1990
- Presented to record promotions executive
- Letter of provenance included
- All original
- Award measures approx. 13" x 17"
- RIAA "R hologram" awards were made from 1990-97
- Great collectors item for any Pink Floyd fan
- FREE insured shipping to continental U.S.
- International shipping available
Detailed Item Description: This is a RIAA Platinum award that was manufactured in 1990, making it approx. 36 years old. It is presented to Kent Rippey, who was a promotion executive with record retailer The Musicland Group (Sam Goody and Musicland) and later a VP of Marketing at Atlantic Records. A provenance letter signed by Rippey is included with the item (see image).
This award is all original and in VG to Excellent condition with only very minor mars on the frame and plexiglass. It is all original with only the hanger replaced and while the manufacturer sticker has fallen off the backing board, the award's construction and the size, shape and location of sticker adhesive residue indicate it was made by Creative Glassics.
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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
