RIAA Platinum LP award for Rush album Signals. Released on Sept. 9, 1982, the album was certified Platinum by the RIAA on Nov. 10, 1982 for one million copies sold. Remember Neil Peart (1952-2020) with this award. Rush RIAA awards are very hard to find.
The album produced a Canadian #1 hit with "New World Man," which also became the group's highest charting single in the U.S. "Subdivisions" and "Countdown" were also charting singles. The album topped the Canadian album chart, and peaked at #3 in the UK and #10 on the Billboard Top 200 Album chart.
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Item Highlights:
- RIAA Platinum Album award
- In VG condition
- Award from 1982
- Presented to mastering engineer
- All original
- Known as a RIAA "strip plate" award, they were produced from 1982-85
- Award measures approx. 17" x 21"
- Great collectors item for any Rush 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 1982, making it approx. 43 years old. It is presented to well-known mastering engineer Bob Ludwig, who mastered many Rush albums along with those from many other artists from AC/DC to Def Leppard to Dire Straits to Toto to the Rolling Stones and many, many others.
The award is in VG condition with typical frame wear and mars on the plexiglass. While the manufacturer sticker has fallen off, the backing paper appears original. The construction details of the award indicate that it was made by Creative Glassics.
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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.