RIAA

Prince “1999” 1983 Gold RIAA LP Strip-Plate Record Award

Prince “1999“ Released: 11/82 Certified Gold: 1/11/83 Peak Chart Position: 9 “1999” the title track from this album was a defining moment for Prince. When the song was released it was a good party song.  As 1999 and 2000 approached it became an anthem of change, and increased in significance as the century and millennium […]

Read the full article →

Ojays “Love Train” Gold RIAA 45 White Matte

 The O’Jays vocal and choreographic act consistently provided some of the most memorable R&B records of the early 70’s. “Love Train” was their first–and only–number 1 single. The O’Jays “Love Train” Released:1/73 Certified Gold: 2/9/73 Peak Chart Position: #1 CBS Sales …. had offices around the country in a successful effort to sell the music […]

Read the full article →

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers “Long After Dark” Gold RIAA LP Strip-Plate

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers “Long After Dark” Released: 11/82 Certified Gold: 1/4/83 Peak Chart Position: # 9 Born in Florida and influenced by the British Invasion, Southern Rock and Classic Rock and Roll, Tom Petty put together the Heartbreakers in the mid 70’s. Hit after hit followed.  “Long After Dark” contains the hit song […]

Read the full article →

Sly And The Family Stone “There’s A Riot Goin On” 1971 Gold RIAA LP White Matte Record Award

Sly And The Family Stone “There’s a Riot Goin On” Released: 10/71 Certified Gold: 11/8/71 Peak Chart Position: #1 Sylvester Stewart, known as Sly Stone, exploded from the San Francisco music scene in the late 60’s. “He fused black rhythm and blues and psychedelic sensibilities into a new pop/soul/rock hybrid that drew both white and […]

Read the full article →

Alice Cooper “Love It To Death” 1972 Gold RIAA LP White Matte Record Award

Alice Cooper  “Love It to Death” Released: 3/71 Certified Gold: 11/6/72 Peak Chart Position: # 35 This is the first of Alice Cooper’s eight gold LP’s. It was their first teamed up with now-legendary producer Bob Ezrin, and contained the hit single “I’m Eighteen” Their shows garnered enough notoriety for the group to become a […]

Read the full article →

Prince “When Doves Cry” Platinum 45 RIAA Strip-Plate Record Award

Prince “When Doves Cry” was released: 5/84, certified gold 7/24/84 & platinum: 8/21/84. It’s peak chart position was #1. Prince is an amazingly multi-talented artist. A wunderkind who produced his first album for Warner Bros. at 19. “He was the youngest person to ever produce an album for the label” – The Encyclopedia of Pop, […]

Read the full article →

Photo – Judy Garland “Live at Carnegie Hall” – 1961 Gold LP – RIAA “Walnut Plaque” Record Award

Here’s Judy Garland with the first type of RIAA gold record, a “Walnut Plaque”. “Judy at Carnegie Hall“, was a huge best seller which charted for 73 weeks, including 13 weeks at number one. It was a two-record live recording of an April 23, 1961 concert at Carnegie Hall, released in June of 1961, and […]

Read the full article →

Ice T – “Body Count” 1992 Gold RIAA R Hologram CD Award

  Body Count “Body Count” Released: March 31, 1992 Chart Peak: #26 The album and specifically the song “Cop Killer” coupled with its release on major label, Sire/Warner Bros., created a controversy that echoed all the way to the White House and the halls of Congress. Ice-T founded the group and wrote most of the […]

Read the full article →

Cream “Disraeli Gears” – 1968 #4 Album – RIAA White Matte – Gold Record Award

Thumbnail image for Cream “Disraeli Gears” – 1968 #4 Album – RIAA White Matte – Gold Record Award

Cream “Disraeli Gears” Released: 12/67 Certified Gold: 5/22/68 Peak Chart Position: #4 Cream was Clapton, Baker and Bruce. A super group of premier side-men, superior musicians and instrumental brilliance. Atlantic signed them as soon as they became a group. “Disraeli Gears” produced their only gold 45 “Sunshine Of Your Love” in September of 1968. The […]

Read the full article →

Bill Withers “Ain’t No Sunshine” Gold 45 White Matte

Bill Withers “Ain’t No Sunshine” Released: 6/71 Certified Gold: 9/21/71 Peak Chart Position: #3 Bill Withers came to LA in the mid 60’s working “day jobs” to support his quest in the music business. An introduction to Booker T. Jones (leader of  the famous Booker T & The MGs) encouraged him and led to Booker […]

Read the full article →

Uriah Heep “Demons And Wizards” 1972 Gold RIAA LP White Matte Record Award

Uriah Heep “Demons and Wizards” Released: 5/72 … Certified Gold: 10/27/72 … Chart Peak: 23 Uriah Heap came out of England in the early 1970’s. It’s name came from a fictional character created by Charles Dickens in his novel David Copperfield. The band had three gold albums on Mercury Records and a fourth with their […]

Read the full article →

Johnny Rivers “Greatest Hits” Gold LP RIAA White Matte

Johnny Rivers “Greatest Hits” Released: 9/66 Certified: 3/6/75 (one of the last white mattes) Chart Peak: 29 Johnny Rivers was rarely absent from the hit lists during the middle 60’s. As a singer, guitarist, songwriter, record producer, and music company executive. Marilyn Mark contributed her skills to United Artists and Liberty Records and was Married […]

Read the full article →

Next Entries →