RIAA Gold Album award for The Doobie Brothers album Minute By Minute. Released on Aug. 19, 1977, the album was certified Gold by the RIAA on Dec. 27, 1978 for 500,000 copies sold.* Remember original co-drummers John Hartman and Michael Hossack with this award.
The album featured the singles "What A Fool Believes" and "You Belong To Me" (which McDonald co-wrote with Carly Simon). It reached #10 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart and #12 in Canada, also charting in Australia, New Zealand, the UK and other countries. By 1984 the album was certified 3x Multi-Platinum by the RIAA for three million copies sold.*
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Item Highlights:
- RIAA Gold Album award
- Award from 1977
- Presented to recording engineer
- All original
- In Good condition
- Known as a "floater" award because the components appear to "float" above the matte, they were made from 1975-1981. RIAA "floater" awards numbered only 25-50 plaques worldwide for any given single/album
- Award measures approx. 17" x 21"
- Great collector's item for any fan of The Doobie Brothers
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Detailed Item Description: This RIAA Gold Album award was made in 1977, making it about 49 years old. It is presented to legendary recording engineer Donn Landee, who engineered many Doobie Brothers albums. He also engineered the first eight Van Halen albums from the 1978 debut to 1988's OU812 and many other albums by artists including The Doobie Brothers, Little Feat, Michael McDonald, Montrose, James Taylor, Van Morrison, Neil Young, and more.
The award is all original and in Good condition with minor wear on the frame, mars on the plexiglass, and tarnishing of the gold record disc. It has its' original backing paper with New York Frame & Picture Co. manufacturer label, although it has been cut on three sides to perform a minor internal repair.
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*RIAA sales data source: RIAA.com
