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This is a Cashbox Magazine award presented to The Beatles for their single " I Want To Hold Your Hand". It is the exact award given to the Beatles in February of 1964. Billboard Magazine, along with Cashbox Magazine, were the industry standard for recognizing the chart position of songs. Pictured in the center is a photo of the group receiving the award at a news conference following the awarding of their Gold Records for "Meet The Beatles" and " I Want To Hold Your Hand" at the Plaza Hotel in New York on February 10th, 1964. (Pictured Below) Photo by William "Popsie" Randolph (1920-1978). Used with the kind permission of the owner www.popsiephotos.com
45 Awards
This is an original presentation white matte gold record award for The Beatles single " I Want To Hold Your Hand". Released on December 26, 1963 this single had sold over a million copies by January 10th and was certified gold on February 3, 1964, just days before the band was to appear in New York at the start of their 1964 US tour. By March 28th Capitol Records reported sales in excess of 3.4 Million copies. This and the following two singles are the extremely rare variety with the RIAA logo attached to the presentation plaque with glue. Only awards prepared before approximately September of 1964 use this format. Beginning in late 1964 the RIAA logo was etched into the presentation plaque. The plaque reads: Presented To The Beatles To Commemorate The Sale Of More Than One Million Copies Of The Capitol Records Pop Single Record " I Want To Hold Your Hand" Photo by William "Popsie" Randolph (1920-1978). Used with the kind permission of the owner www.popsiephotos.com
This is an original presentation white matte gold record award for The Beatles single " Can't Buy Me Love". This title was released on March 16, 1964 and had sold over 1 Million copies by the following day! By March 19th sales had reached 2.1 Million copies. This award is also the rare variety with the RIAA logo affixed to the presentation plaque in the form of a "coin". The plaque reads: Presented To The Beatles To Commemorate The Sale Of More Than One Million Copies Of The Capitol Records Pop Single Record " Can't Buy Me Love"
This is an original presentation white matte gold record award for The Beatles single " A Hard Day's Night". Released on July 18th, 1964 this title was certified gold on August 25, 1964. This is the third, and final, Beatles title awarded using the "coin" type of presentation plaque. The plaque reads: Presented To The Beatles To Commemorate The Sale Of More Than One Million Copies Of The Capitol Records Pop Single Record " A Hard Day's Night"
LP Awards
This is an original presentation white matte gold record for The Beatles first LP " Meet The Beatles". This LP was released in January of 1964 and certified Gold on February 3rd. The plaque reads: Presented To The Beatles To Commemorate The Sale Of More Than One Million Dollars Worth Of The Capitol Records Long-Playing Record Album " Meet The Beatles" Photo by William "Popsie" Randolph (1920-1978). Used with the kind permission of the owner www.popsiephotos.com
This is an original presentation white matte style gold record for The Beatles second LP entitled " The Beatles Second Album". Released in April of 1964, it was certified gold on April 14th, 1964. The plaque reads: Presented To The Beatles To Commemorate The Sale Of More Than One Million Dollars Worth Of The Capitol Records Long-Playing Record Album " The Beatles Second Album"
This is an original presentation white matte style gold record for The Beatles 6th LP to be certified gold, The Beatles VI. Beatles VI was released in June of 1965 and was certified gold on July 1st, 1965. the plaque reads: Presented To The Beatles To Commemorate the Sale Of More Than One Million Dollars Worth Of The Capitol Records Long-Playing Record Album " Beatles VI "
This is an original presentation white matte style gold record for The Beatles LP " Help". Help was released in August of 1965 and was certified gold on August 23rd. Pictured on the right is a photograph of the press conference where The Beatles received their gold records. The plaque reads: Presented To The Beatles To Commemorate the Sale Of More Than One Million Dollars Worth Of The Capitol Records Long-Playing Record Album " Help " SOLD
This is a white matte style gold record award for the Beatles LP "Yesterday & Today". Released in June of 1966, it was certified gold on July 8, 1966. The plaque reads: Presented To the Beatles To Commemorate The Sale Of More Than One Million Dollars Worth Of The Capitol Records Long-Playing Album "Yesterday & Today"
This is an original presentation white matte style gold record for The Beatles LP " Revolver". Revolver was released in August of 1966 and was certified gold on August 22, 1966. The plaque reads: Presented To The Beatles To Commemorate the Sale Of More Than One Million Dollars Worth Of The Capitol Records Long-Playing Record Album " Revolver "
Revolver was followed up by The Beatles seminal album " Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band". Released in June of 1967 it was certified gold on June 15, 1967. Although arguably one of the most available Beatles gold records it has by far the greatest demand and desirability. The plaque reads: Presented To The Beatles To Commemorate the Sale Of More Than One Million Dollars Worth Of The Capitol Records Long-Playing Record Album " Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band "
This is an original presentation white matte style gold record for The Beatles LP " Magical Mystery Tour". Released in November of 1967, this album was certified gold on December 15, 1967. The plaque reads: Presented To The Beatles To Commemorate the Sale Of More Than One Million Dollars Worth Of The Capitol Records Long-Playing Record Album " Magical Mystery Tour"
The Beatles first release on the new Apple Records label was titled " The Beatles" but is commonly known as " The White Album". Released in November 0f 1968, it was certified gold on December 6, 1968. The plaque reads: Presented To The Beatles To Commemorate the Sale Of More Than One Million Dollars Worth Of The Apple Records Long-Playing Record Album " The Beatles"
This is an original presentation white matte style gold record for The Beatles LP " Abbey Road". The Beatles third release on Apple Records was released in October of 1968 and was certified gold on Octobe4r 27, 1968. The plaque reads: Presented To The Beatles To Commemorate the Sale Of More Than One Million Dollars Worth Of The Apple Records Long-Playing Record Album " Abbey Road" SOLD
This is an original presentation white matte style gold record for The Beatles LP " Let It Be". The Beatles last album before the break up, Let It Be was released in May of 1970 and was certified gold on May 26, 1970. The plaque reads: Presented To The Beatles To Commemorate the Sale Of More Than One Million Dollars Worth Of The Apple Records Long-Playing Record Album " Let It Be" SOLD
In April of 1973 Capitol Records released two separate compilation albums titled The Beatles 1962-1966 and The Beatles 1967-1970. Commonly known as the "Red" album and the "Blue" album. Pictured on the right is the 1962-1966 and on the left is the 1967-1970. Both awards are presented to The Beatles with the same plaques as previous awards.
This is an original presentation gold record in the Floater style for the Beatles LP "Rock 'N' Roll Music. Released in June of 1976 it was certified gold on June 16, 1976. The plaque on this award reads: Presented To John Ono Lennon To Commemorate The Sale Of More Than 500,000 Copies Of The Capitol Records Long-Playing Record Album "Rock 'N' Roll Music"
This is an original presentation gold record in the Floater style for the Beatles LP "The Beatles At The Hollywood Bowl". Released in May of 1977 it was certified gold on May 5th 1977. The plaque reads: Presented To John Ono Lennon To Commemorate The Sale Of More Than 500,000 Copies Of The Capitol Records Long-Playing Record Album "The Beatles At The Hollywood Bowl"
JOHN ONO LENNON AWARDS
This is an original presentation white matte style gold record for the John Lennon solo LP " Live Peace In Toronto". This was John's first solo effort to be certified gold after the break up of The Beatles. Released in January of 1970, it was certified gold on March 17, 1970. On April 22, 1969 John legally changed his middle name from Winston to Ono and later required that all of his gold awards bear the correct legal name, John Ono Lennon, on them. The plaque reads: Presented To John Ono Lennon To Commemorate The Sale Of More Than On Million Dollars Worth Of The Apple Records Long-Playing Record Album " Plastic Ono Band - Live Peace In Toronto" SOLD
John's second solo LP to be certified gold was John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band. Released in December of 1970 it was certified gold on January 28, 1971. The plaque reads: Presented To John Ono Lennon To Commemorate The Sale Of More Than One Million Dollars Worth Of The Apple Records Long-Playing Record Album " Plastic Ono Band"
John's third solo album to go gold was "Imagine", released in September of 1971 and certified gold on October 1, 1971. The plaque reads: Presented To John Ono Lennon To Commemorate The Sale Of More Than One Million Dollars Worth Of The Apple Records Long-Playing Record Album " Imagine"
John's fourth solo album to go gold was " Mind Games ", released in November of 1973 and certified gold on November 30th of that year. The plaque reads: Presented To John Ono Lennon To Commemorate The Sale Of More Than One Million Dollars Worth Of The Apple Records Long-Playing Record Album " Mind Games "
John's last solo effort to go gold during the era of the white matte style gold record awards was " Walls and Bridges ". This album was released in September of 1974 and was certified gold on October 22nd of that year. The plaque reads: Presented To John Ono Lennon To Commemorate The Sale Of More Than One Million Dollars Worth Of The Apple Records Long-Playing Record Album " Walls And Bridges "
In all, five of John's solo albums were certified gold during his lifetime. All of them are represented here.
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