Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band RIAA Gold LP Award - RARE

RIAA Gold LP award for the Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, which was released on June 2, 1967 and just days later on June 15 certified Gold by the RIAA for 500,000 copies sold. Amazingly, by 1975 or so when this award was made, the album remained only at the RIAA Gold level, despite certainly having sold millions of copies in the U.S. by that point. It wasn't until 1992 that the album was finally certified Platinum, and simultaneously 8x Multi-Platinum. This is because the label apparently did not submit to the RIAA the documentation required to prove those sales levels until then. One of the most famous records in history, Sgt. Pepper established many firsts, from its recording techniques and instrumentation to being the first album to include lyrics printed on its jacket. It spent 27 weeks at #1 in the UK and 15 weeks at #1 in the U.S. and also went to #1 in virtually every other major music market worldwide. It won four Grammy Awards in 1968 including Album Of The Ye