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01-12-03

Awards

JOHN COUGER MELLENCAMP RIAA PLATINUM ALBUM FOR SCARECROW. THIS IS A 3 MILLION AWARD, PRESENTED TO HARRY SANDLER

John Cougar Mellencamp platinum album plaque from the Lonesome Jubilee album. This piece is in excellent condition.  It is inscribed, "Presented to John Moreno to commemorate the sale of more than 1,000,000 copies of the Mercury/Polygram Records album and cassette "The Lonsome Jubilee."

This is a nice RIAA CERTIFIED award for the JOHN MELLENCAMP CD & Cassette "Mr. Happy Go Lucky".

Program handed out at the awards ceremony January 22, 1990, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. List of Performers: Paula Abdul, Anita Baker, Bobby Brown, Alice Cooper, Gloria Estefan & The Miami Sound Machine, Great White, Janet Jackson, The Judds, Richard Marx, New Kids On The Block, Rod Stewart, Tone-Loc, Randy Travis, and Warrant.  List of Presenters: Stephen Bishop, Clint Black, Michael Bolton, Charlie Daniels, Taylor Dayne, Expose, Lita Ford (misspelled FORM in the program), M.C. Hammer, Gladys Knight, Lenny Kravitz, Melissa Manchester, Martika, Milli Vanilli, Stephanie Mills, Aaron Neville, New Kids On The Block, Olivia Newton-John, O'Jays, K.T. Oslin, Michelle Shocked, Jody Whatley, Karyn White, Stevie Wonder, and Dwight Yoakam.  The Award of Merit that year was presented to Neil Diamond. The Award of Achievement was presented to Prince.  This was the year Milli Vanilli was nominated for 4 awards. Other nominees were Paula Abdul, Soul II Soul, Madonna, New Kids OTB, The Judds, Dolly Parton, Babyface, Luther Vandross, M.C. Hammer, Tone Loc, Randy Travis, Clint Black, Guns N' Roses, Motley Crue, Winger, Skid Row, Bon Jovi, John Cougar Mellencamp, Reba McEntire, George Strait, Alabama, Hank Williams Jr., Janet Jackson, Anita Baker, Stephanie Mills, Bobby Brown, Richard Marx, K.T. Oslin, Highway 101, Guy, The O'Jays, Gloria Estefan, The Traveling Wilburys, Karyn White, De La Soul, Aerosmith, Warrant, Eazy-E, Young MC, Living Colour, Cee Cee Chapman, and Skip Ewing. There are photos and short biographies for each of the nominees plus letters of congratulations from dignitaries. Front cover folds out to great photo of Prince (red jumpsuit doing the splits) and Rod Stewart (looking dignified). Great sections on Neil Diamond and Prince for their special honors. 3-fold, 4-page foldout in center is collage in b/w of presenters, nominees and performers. In Excellent Condition; very minor surface wear to covers.

This is the 96 page official program that they gave out if you attended the 2nd annual MTV video music awards show hosted by Eddie Murphy and nationally telecast live on MTV. Acts like The Eurithmics, Sting, John Cougar Mellencamp and Tears for Fears perfomed and all sorts of 80's stars wrote their own legends and patted themselves on the back while deftly kissing up to industry suits. This is chock full of photos, bios and credits, with acts like Cyndi Lauper, Culture Club and Dead or Alive in hideous 80's makeup looking quite serious. The cover shows the silvery MTV spaceman in raised relief except his face is pushed in.

ORIGINAL & Unique POLYGRAM RECORDS platinum IN-HOUSE floater style record award from 1985. The award is to commemorate platinum sales status for several of Polygram's artists including KISS, ASYLUM / JOHN MELLENCAMP, SCARECROW / BON JOVI 7800 / SCORPIONS WORLD WIDE LIVE and others as seen in photo. Consists of platinum disc, printed presentation plate and mini LP covers of all the titles

involved. Very nicely mounted in a silver w/black speckle wooden frame measuring approx. 17"x21" Presented to Justin Entertainment inc. (a one stop music distributing Co.) original paper backing still has framers Co. sticker on it. Very RARE and versatile, would look great hanging in the music or playroom. This is an actual record company award NEVER for sale to the public you have to be a music industry some-body to get one of these!