Honor Music Awards : Collecting Gold And Platinum Records — Page 8

Creative Glassics, The 2nd RIAA Awards Manufacturer – Beginning With “Floaters” in 1975

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Over two decades thousands of RIAA and In-House record awards, that hung on walls around the United States, came from Creative Glassics in New Jersey. Dan Chusid worked there for two years and shares with us his memories, pictures, and a Bruce Springsteen In-House award he made. Thanks Dan, for this unique insight. Creative Glassics […]

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Nineteen Ten (1910) Fruit Gum Company “1 , 2, 3 Red Light” 1968 RIAA Gold 45 White Matte Record Award

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Welcome to Honor Music Awards. Compare formats and detailed photos of awards in the Gallery. Share your knowledge and stories by commenting. Submit pictures and stories of your awards for spotlighting. Join us on Facebook. Subscribe to receive collector news and award stories by Email. _________________________ A classic piece of 60’s bubble-gum pop “1, 2, […]

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Andrea Bocelli “Songo” 1999 Canadian CRIA Platinum CD Award

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Welcome to Honor Music Awards. Compare formats and detailed photos of awards in the Gallery. Share your knowledge and stories by commenting. Submit pictures and stories of your awards for spotlighting. Join us on Facebook. Subscribe to receive collector news and award stories by Email. ______________________________ Andrea Bocelli “Songo” was released in 1998 and certified […]

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Cream “Sunshine Of Your Love” 1968 Gold 45 RIAA White Matte Record Award

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Gold and platinum awards have become vivid symbols of music’s success. Honor Music is about the hobby of collecting them. __________________ So Cream said … “It’s getting near dawn, When lights close their tired eyes. I’ll soon be with you my love, To give you my dawn surprise. I’ll be with you darling soon, I’ll […]

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Prince “Sign O’ The Times” Gold RIAJ 1988 Japanese LP Record Award

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ゴールドRIAJ日本のLPレコード大賞プリンス”時代のサイン” This Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) award celebrates the success of Prince’s “Sign O’ The Times” album, which was released on March 31, 1987. CAT (Catherine Vernice Glover) traveled with Prince as a backing vocalist and dancer on the Sign O’ The Times Tour.

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Beach Boys “Shut Down Volume 2” Gold RIAA LP White Matte Record Award, Certified 1966 (Mfr. 1969)

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Gold and platinum awards have become vivid symbols of music’s success. Honor Music is about the hobby of collecting them. ___________________________ The Beach Boys, released “Shut Down Volume 2” in March 1964 and it was certified gold by the RIAA on 12/21/66, reaching a peak chart position of #13. RIAA White Matte awards come in […]

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Animals “The Best Of The Animals” 1966 Gold RIAA LP White Matte Record Award

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Gold and platinum awards have become vivid symbols of music’s success. Honor Music is about the hobby of collecting them. ____________________________ The Animals were a 60s English group known for their gritty, bluesy sound and deep-voiced front-man Eric Burdon. Their sound was exemplified by their signature hit song “The House of the Rising Sun” as […]

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New Seekers “I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing” 1972 Gold 45 Disc Award Ltd., In House Record Award

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Gold and platinum awards have become vivid symbols of music’s success. Honor Music is about the hobby of collecting them. ______________________ The Coke jingle that became a #1 record. I’d like to teach the world to sing (video) Towards the end of 1971, the New Seekers recorded an adaptation of the Coca-Cola jingle, “I’d Like […]

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Foo Fighters “Learn To Fly” 2002 Billboard Number One Ad and Chart Award

Gold and platinum awards have become vivid symbols of music’s success, worldwide. Honor Music is about celebrating their history and presentation, for those who have received and collect them. _______________________ OK, technically this is not a record award (doesn’t contain 45, LP, CD or presentation plate). But it is pretty cool, and ties into other […]

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Blind Melon “Blind Melon” 1993 Platinum and 2X Platinum R Hologram RIAA Album, Cassette and CD Awards

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Gold and platinum awards have become vivid symbols of music’s success, worldwide. Honor Music is about celebrating their history and presentation, for those who have received and collect them. ____________________________ Blind Melon enjoyed critical and commercial success in the early 1990s and is best remembered for their 1993 single “No Rain”. The 1995 death of […]

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Jethro Tull “Aqualung” 1971 Gold RIAA LP White Matte Record Award

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Gold and platinum awards have become vivid symbols of music’s success, honoring achievement and people, worldwide. Honor Music is about honoring their history and impact, for those who have received and collect them. ________________________________ A zebra shitting tennis balls, and a wild eyed, long haired man standing on one foot, playing the flute. Such were […]

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“How Artists Make Big Money Without A Gold Album These Days”

Steve Meyer, a veteran and visionary in the music business, writes a weekly email with insightful ideas and articles on the state of music. Well worth reading. Last Friday the headline “How Artists Make Big Money Without A Gold Album These Days” got my attention. In part, Steve said, “I’ve mentioned many times in […]

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Linda Ronstadt “Long Long Time” 1970 Silver In-House 45 Record Award

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The hit before international stardom. “Long Long Time” (video) Linda Ronstadt’s second solo album, Silk Purse, was released in March 1970. It provided her with her first solo hit, “Long Long Time“, and earned her her first Grammy nomination (for Best Contemporary Vocal Performance/Female). Neither the album or single were certified by the RIAA, and […]

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Mountain “Climbing!” Gold RIAA LP White Matte Record Award

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Mountain Climbing! reached number 17 on the Billboard albums chart and featured the band’s best-known song “Mississippi Queen”(video). The album was certified gold by the RIAA on August 28, 1970, and its first presentation format was what you see here—a white matte. Mountain was formed shortly after Leslie West, recorded a solo album titled Mountain […]

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Roger Daltrey “Ride A Rock Horse” 1976 In-House LP Award

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Roger Daltrey, founder and lead singer of the Who, has had a successful solo career. Daltrey’s second album, Ride a Rock Horse, was released in 1975 and celebrated here in 1976 with a BPI look-a-like award. It is actually an in-house as there’s no BPI logo, although it was made by Century Displays who would’ve made the BPI […]

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Johnnie Taylor “Who’s Making Love” Gold RIAA 45 White Matte Record Award

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“Who’s Making Love” was recorded by singer Johnnie Taylor and released on the Stax label in October of 1968. The RIAA certified it gold on 11/15/68. The single was a breakthrough for Taylor, reaching #1 on the Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart and #5 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song featured Stax in-house band […]

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Doors “Morrison Hotel” 1970 RIAA LP White Matte Record Award w/Henry Diltz

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Our spotlight award today comes from from the collection of Tony Fornaro. Tony has collected awards for years and his want list includes adding another Led Zeppelin white matte (unopened). Contact him if you have any ideas. “Morrison Hotel/Hard Rock Cafe”, was The Doors fifth album. Released in February 1970, certified gold the same month […]

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Supertramp “Crime of the Century” Gold RIAA LP Floater Record Award

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Supertramp, a name inspired by The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp by William Henry Davies, released “Crime Of The Century” in October of 1974. Certified gold in the United States on August 22, 1977, it became their first RIAA gold record and reached a peak chart position of #38. Two years later the album “Breakfast In […]

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Certified German Record Awards (BVMI) – A Guest Post By Collector Tim Klingenberg

There are gold and platinum record awards certified and manufactured around the world, and knowledgeable collectors who have wonderful collections. Today I thank German collector Tim Klingenberg for sharing some of his photos and information on German Awards. So without further ado, may I introduce you to Tim… ______________________________ Thanks to Jim for spotlighting this, […]

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Cat Stevens “Mona Bone Jakon” 1973 Gold LP “Disc Award Ltd.” Record Award

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Cat Stevens first A&M Records album “Mona Bone Jakon” was released in July of 1970. This Disc Award Ltd. gold LP was presented in 1973, well before the album was finally certified RIAA gold in 1976. Disc Award Ltd. was the preeminent “in-house” award manufacturer of the period (the RIAA format when it was authorized […]

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Beach Boys “Kokomo” RIAA Flower Hologram Platinum 45 & Cassette Record Award

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“Kokomo” was the Beach Boys third and final (so far) gold single. Released in June of 1988 to coincide with the release of the Tom Cruise movie “Cocktail”, it went both gold and platinum on January 10, 1989. Written by Mike Love, Terry Melcher, John Phillips and Scott Mackenzie, and produced by Melcher. The only […]

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Strokes “Is This It” 2002 Gold RIAA LP Bar Hologram Record Award

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There is only so much wall space. Many successful music people are serially successful, and this award comes from someone who received many. Some of which were a bit faded from display. But this one never got to the wall, and remained pristine in it’s original wrapping from award manufacture Ill-Eagle Enterprises. The Strokes album […]

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Elton John “Honky Chateau” Gold RIAA LP White Matte Record Award

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If you’ve received or collect awards (or simply love and celebrate music), enjoy the Awards Gallery on the right, and please sign up for regular free Award Stories by Email. __________________________________ By the mid 70’s Elton John had turned out a series of superb albums and singles that established him as a giant in music. […]

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Grateful Dead “Workingman’s Dead” Gold RIAA LP White Matte Record Award

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With “Workingman’s Dead”, the Grateful Dead moved from acid jams to concise pop tunes, but the ethos remained Dead. The Grateful Dead’s second RIAA gold album was released in May of 1970, and certified gold on 7/11/74 along with “American Beauty” (which was released in October of 1970). It reached a peak Billboard pop chart […]

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Doors “1st” – 1967 #2 Album – RIAA White Matte – Gold Record Award

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1967 was a special year in music … The Beatles released “Sgt. Pepper” … and there had never been anything like it. Jimmy Hendrix released “Are you Experienced” … and the sound of a guitar has never been the same. And when The Doors released their self titled debut LP … the youth had a […]

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Lit “A Place In The Sun” Platinum RIAA Bar Hologram Record Award

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Lit shot to stardom with A Place in the Sun, released in 1999. It yielded the hit single, “My Own Worst Enemy” which held the number one position on the Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart for three months, and received a Billboard Music Award for the biggest modern rock song of 1999. The Bar […]

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Isley Brothers “Showdown” Gold RIAA LP Floater Record Award

The Isley Brothers were a long-running influential group consisting of different line-ups of six brothers, and a brother-in-law. In 1969 the Isley Brothers “It’s Your Thing” rose to #2 on Billboard’s Top 100 and became the first of many hits and gold records. In April of 1978 they released the album “Showdown” which went gold […]

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John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John “Two Of A Kind” Soundtrack RIAA Platinum LP Record Award

John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John were huge in music, movies and celebrity… Their star power generated this platinum Strip-Plate for the soundtrack “Two Of A Kind”. Released in November of 1983, it went gold and platinum on January 16, 1984, and reached a peak pop chart position of #26. The Strip-Plate is the correct format […]

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Chuck Mangione “Feels So Good” Gold RIAA LP Floater Record Award

Chuck Mangione released his second A&M album “Feels So Good” in October 1977. It became his best selling, achieving a peak pop chart position of #2 and being certified gold by the RIAA on March 23, 1978. Here it is celebrated with an RIAA Floater style award, the correct format for RIAA awards from 1975 […]

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Bobby Vinton “I Love How You Love Me” Gold 45 In-House Record Award (Non – RIAA)

Welcome to 1968 and a snapshot of Bobby Vinton, via a Gold In-House Single Award… Slow dancing anyone? “I Love How You Love Me” was Bobby Vinton’s second of three RIAA certified singles (as an RIAA award it would be a White Matte). Released in October, 1968 and certified gold on December 19.1968 it achieved […]

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