RIAA Gold Album award for Bob Dylan album Hard Rain, which was released on Sept. 13, 1976. It was certified Gold by the RIAA on Sept. 22. 1976 for 500,000 copies sold.

A live album from Dylan's Rolling Thunder Review tour, it included tracks such as "I Threw It All Away," "Stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again," "Oh, Sister," and "Lay, Lady, Lay", which were recorded in May 1976 in Fort Worth, Texas. The former track peaked at #17 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and #3 on the UK chart. Both hit tracks are still instantly recognizable today since they are constantly played at sports events around the world.

Item Highlights:

• RIAA "R hologram" Gold album award
• In Excellent condition
• Award from sometime 1990-97
• Presented to Columbia
• All original but rebacked
• Award measures approx. 13" x 17"
• Known as a "R hologram" award, they were made from 1990-1997
• Great collectors item for any Bob Dylan fan

Detailed Item Description: This is a first presentation RIAA Gold album award that would have been manufactured in 1990-97, making it around 25-30 years old. It is presented to Columbia, Dylan's label at the time.

This award is all original and in Excellent condition but has been rebacked.

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.