The RIAA certified format from 1975-1981 was the “Floater”. Called that because the disc and presentation plate seemed to “float” off the black matte. It was also the first format to recognize platinum sales and saw the addition of a second award manufacturer Creative Glassics (in addition to New York Frame & Picture Co.). England Dan & John Ford Coley received their only RIAA certified gold record for I’d Really Like To See You Tonight (YouTube video). Released in May of 1976 and certified gold on 10/12/76, it reached a peak chart position of #2 and is celebrated here with a gold 45 Floater…
Big Tree Records, a subsidiary of Atlantic records, had one of the beautiful and colorful labels of the period…