RIAA Gold Album award for the soundtrack to the film The Commitments. Released on Aug. 13, 1991, it was certified Gold on Nov. 16, 1991 for 500,000 copies sold.
The soundtrack album featured a load of classics from "Mustang Sally", "Take Me To The River", and "Chain Of Fools", to "I Can't Stand The Rain", "In The Midnight Hour", "Do Right Woman, Do Right Man", and more. It topped the charts in Australia and New Zealand and spent 76 weeks on the Billboard 200, peaking at #8. By 1995 the album was certified 2x Multi-Platinum for two million copies sold.*
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Item Highlights:
- RIAA Gold Album award
- In VG condition
- Award from 1991
- Presented to recording studio
- All original
- Award measures approx. 13" x 17"
- RIAA "R hologram" awards were made from 1990-97
- Great collectors item for any soundtrack fan
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- International shipping available
Detailed Item Description: This is a RIAA Gold Album award that was manufactured in 1991, making it approx. 34 years old. It is presented to a The Hit Factory® London, the studio facility where parts of the album was compiled.
This award is in VG condition with minor frame and plexiglass wear. It is all original although the manufacturer label has fallen off. The numbered sticker on the back of the award is an inventory number from the recording studio.
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*RIAA sales data source: RIAA.com
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