RIAA Gold Album Award for Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers album You're Gonna Get It! Released on May 2, 1978, the album was certified Gold by the RIAA on July 7, 1978 for 500,000 copies sold. Remember Tom Petty (1950-2017) with this award.
The group's second studio album produced the singles "I Need To Know" and "Listen To Her Heart", both of which charted on the Billboard Hot 100 tally. The album reached #23 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart and #34 on the UK Albums chart and also charted in Australia, Canada and New Zealand.
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Item Highlights:
- RIAA Gold Album award
- In Good to VG condition
- Award from 1978
- Presented to record label executive
- All original
- Award measures approx. 17" x 21"
- 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
- Great collectors item for any Tom Petty fan
- FREE insured shipping to continental U.S.
- International shipping available
Detailed Item Description: This RIAA Gold Album award was manufactured in 1978, making it approx. 48 years old. It is presented to Howard (Howie) Klein, who founded 415 records, was a VP at Sire Records, and president of Reprise/Warner Bros. Records.
This award is all original and in Good to VG condition with fairly heavy finish loss on the frame and fading of the matte, album miniature, and record label. It appears to have its original backing paper although the manufacturer sticker is missing. The construction of the award shows it to be a New York Frame & Picture Co. made plaque.
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*RIAA sales data source: RIAA.com
