Warner Bros. Records award for one million in sales of The Doobie Brothers album Toulouse Street. Released in July of 1972, the album spawned the hit tracks "Listen To The Music", "Jesus Is Just Alright", and "Rockin' Down the Highway". The album peaked at #21 on the Billboard chart and also charted in Australia, Canada and New Zealand. It was also in fact eventually certified Platinum by the RIAA in 1986* (Note: This is not a RIAA award).
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Item Highlights:
- Warner Bros. Records "platinum" award celebrating one million copies sold with "platinum" disc and silver brushed metal frame
- In VG condition with frame and plexiglass wear
- Estimated to be from 1975
- Presented to album recording engineer
- Award measures approx. 18" x 18.5"
- Great collector's item for any fan of The Doobie Brothers
- FREE insured shipping to continental U.S.
- International shipping available
Detailed Item Description: This is a Warner Bros. "platinum" award made by Art Services who made numerous record awards in the 1970s, many for Warner Bros. Records. It reads: "Presented to Donn Landee by Warner Bros. Records to commemorate the sale of more than one million copies of The Doobie Brothers album 'Toulouse Street'". Donn Landee 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 releases by artists including Little Feat, Michael McDonald, Montrose, James Taylor, Van Morrison, Neil Young, and more.
The award is a solid and quite heavy vintage piece in VG condition. The internals are in Excellent condition including the bright and shiny "platinum" disc, label and plexiglass. The brushed metal frame and plexiglass have some mars and scratches.
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*RIAA sales data source: RIAA.com
