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COMMERCIAL AWARDS |
The commercial Awards have nothing to do with
real Awards that are presented to someone in recognition of record sales. Since real
Awards are always limited and were never made available to the public, the commercial
Awards are just some kind of nice displays. Anyone can make them for no particular reason.
The company "California Gold" is known to have released several commercial
Awards. These Awards are not as collectible and valuable as any of the real Awards.
Here are some commercial Awards:
In 1995 Kiss made some RIAA Awards publicly available. They sold Kiss Alive RIAA Gold
Awards and Destroyer Gold & Platinum Awards. Although these were RIAA authorized
Awards, these were commercially available. They were not presented to a specific person.
Here are some pictures from the Alive! Gold Award:
front |
back |
the label looked really bad... |
the plaques were numbered... |
In 2001 the Deluxe Edition of the Box Set incuded also a Gold "Alive" RIAA
Award, which was presented to "The Kiss Army":
R.I.A.A. Awards |
C.R.I.A. Awards |
A.R.I.A. Awards |
In House Awards |
commercial Awards |
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