It is all original with unopened backing paper, Ill-Eagle Enterprises manufacturer's sticker and all correct components. Item buyer will receive a non-obscured copy of the letter. Provenance letter can be seen in images with executive's name obscured for privacy. This award was given to an industry executive and his signed and notarized letter of provenance will provided with purchase. FREE insured shipping to continental U.S.ĭetailed Item Description: This RIAA Multi-Platinum award is a first presentation award that would have been manufactured sometime around 2000 making this award approximately 19 years old.Known as a "RIAA bar hologram" award with a serial number hologram, they were made from 1998 to present.Unopened back with manufacturer's sticker indicating a completely original award.First presentation award from sometime in the 2000 time frame.In Excellent condition with only a very minor mar or two on the frame.RIAA Multi-Platinum award with all proper components for the era.Mouse Over to Zoom/Click to Enlarge Photos We take select RIAA awards to auctions a few times a year. *Avoid paying auction fees/buyer's premiums by buying our RIAA awards here on our site before they go to auction. Rothchild, perhaps best known for producing the first five albums of The Doors, who called working with Joplin "a producer's dream." The album was certified 4x Multi-Platinum™ by the RIAA on Jfor four million copies sold, which this award celebrates. The album featured classics "Me and Bobby McGee" and "Mercedes Benz". Released on Janushortly after the singer's untimely death at age 27, the release went to #1 on both the Billboard Top 200 Albums and several other territory charts. This was topped by the free show in the US - over 1 million people turned up in front of the Philadelphia Museum Of Art to watch Bon Jovi, Linkin Park, Kayne West and - unexpectedly - Kaiser Chiefs.RIAA 4x Multi-Platinum Award for the Janis Joplin's Pearl album. In 2005, they did it all again to raise money for the poorer nations, with an estimated 200,000 turning up at London's Hyde Park. The 1985 Live Aid shows were historical events and made a lot of money for famine relief in Africa. Attracting somewhere between 600,000 and 700,000 people to an island with a population of 100,000 to see some of the world’s biggest bands proved to be a logistical nightmare and the festival was the last of its kind for over 30 years. Along with Jimi Hendrix and The Who, the likes of The Doors, Joni Mitchell, Free, Miles Davis and a shed load more all performed over the weekend. Henri Bureau/Sygma/Corbis/VCG via Getty Imagesġ970’s Isle Of Wight Festival was, can you believe it, bigger than Woodstock. The Rolling Stones would play the field again 44 years later.Ī view of the Isle of Wight Festival in August 1970. No one really knows how many people were present at The Stones In The Park on 5 July 1969 (it being a free gig and all), but it’s estimated that somewhere between 250,000 and 500,000 fans turned up to pay tribute to the band's fallen comrade Brian Jones, who had died two days earlier. Sunday Mirror/Mirrorpix/Mirrorpix via Getty Images The Rolling Stones on stage at their free concert in London's Hyde Park on 5 July 1969. The Rolling Stones in Hyde Park, 1969: 500,000.There have been several reincarnations of the festival over the years, but none captured the same magic. Some of history’s greatest artists were present ( Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, The Band, The Who, Crosby Stills Nash and Young and many more). The most famous festival of all time, Woodstock was attended by some 400,000 people. The huge crowd at Woodstock Festival in August 1969. An estimated 200,000 people rocked up to watch Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon do their thing. On 18 September 1976, Queen capped off an incredible twelve months which had seen the success of Bohemian Rhapsody and the album A Night At The Opera with this huge, free concert in the centre of London. Queen - Hyde Park '76 (All Best Available Takes/Sources)
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