ZZ Top Afterburner album Ampex Golden Reel Award presented to Dusty Hill - RARE

Ampex Golden Reel award for ZZ Top album Afterburner presented to and personally owned by Dusty Hill of ZZ Top. The album was released on Oct. 28, 1985 and by 1999 was certified 5x Multi-Platinum by the RIAA for five million copies sold. (Note: This is not a RIAA award). It became ZZ Top's second-biggest selling album in the U.S. and did well in many other markets around the world as well. Remember Dusty Hill (1949-2021) with this rare piece of ZZ Top music history. Featuring the hits "Sleeping Bag", "Roughboy", and "Velcro Fly" the album reached #4 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart, and in the top 5 in most world music markets.  Ampex Golden Reel awards were presented by the Ampex Corp. from approx. 1977 through 1989 for albums recorded entirely on Ampex recording tape which attained at least Gold sales in their country of origin. One award was given to the artist and one to the recording studio at which the project was recorded, making them rare awards. Especially so when conside