RIAA Gold Album Award for fOURPLAY's debut album, which was released on Sept. 17, 1991. It was certified Gold by the RIAA on July 15, 1992 for 500,000 copies sold.

The group, composed of jazz masters Bob James, Lee Ritenour, Nathan East, and
Harvey Mason topped the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Albums chart with this, their debut album. They also reached #16 on the Top R&B/Hip Hop chart. The track "After the Dance" featured singer El DeBarge.

Item Highlights:

• RIAA Gold Album award
• In VG to Excellent condition
• First presentation award from 1992
• Presented to artist manager
• All original with manufacturer sticker
• Known as a "R hologram" award, they were made from 1990-1997
• Award measures approx. 13" x 17"
• Beautiful collectors item for any Fourplay fan

Detailed Item Description: This is a first presentation RIAA Gold award that would have been manufactured in 1992, making it approx. 32 years old. It is presented to Art Robbins, who managed Tears For Fears, Billy Squier and other high profile artists. This award was acquired directly from family of the recipient.

This award is all original and in VG to Excellent condition with only minor mars on the frame. It has its original backing paper with Fitzgerald Hartley manufacturer sticker.

Notes on the condition of all vintage RIAA awards: Please do not buy this item if you want a brand new piece of memorabilia. These are historical artifacts from the year they were produced. As a result they may show signs of wear. Frankly, if you see a 20 to 50-year-old award purported to be in 100% perfect condition, it might be too good to be true. After all, an antique should have "good' wear. If not, you might want to question the piece.

As to where they came from, they could have been displayed in record label offices, recording studios, artist manager's offices, radio stations, private collector's homes and yes, of course, possibly the artist's or songwriter's home. Typically, we don't know all the places they may have been over the years other than what we've stated in the description.