RIAA Platinum Album award for Tears For Fears album The Seeds Of Love. Released on Sept. 19, 1989, the album was certified Platinum by the RIAA on Nov. 29, 1989 for one million copies sold.*
The album featured the singles "Sowing The Seeds Of Love" (which hit #2 on the Billboard Hot 100), "Woman in Chains", and "Advice for the Young at Heart". The very organic production included many great guest musicians and singers including Oleta Adams, Phil Collins, Nicky Holland, Manu Katché, Simon Phillips and more. The album topped the UK charts, while landing at #8 on the Billboard Top 200 Album chart in the U.S., #5 in Canada, and it also reached the top 10 or charted in many other countries around the world.
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Item Highlights:
- RIAA Platinum Album award
- In VG condition
- Award from 1990
- Presented to recording studio
- All original
- Award measures approx. 13" x 17"
- Known as a RIAA "R hologram" award, they were made from 1990-97
- Awesome collector's item for any Tears For Fears 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 1990, making it approx. 35 years old. It is presented to The Hit Factory® recording studio in New York City and its' owner, the late Ed Germano. Parts of the album were recorded at the studio.
This award is in VG condition with minor mars on the frame and on the plexiglass. It has its original backing board with Ill Eagle Enterprises manufacturer sticker. The numbered sticker on the back of the award is an inventory number from the recording studio.
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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
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