Deep Purple "Smoke On The Water" White Matte RIAA Gold 45 Award presented to Ritchie Blackmore - RARE Andy Taylor The backing paper has been

The backing paper has been replaced but all internal components appear original

Detailed Item Description: This is an official RIAA serial number hologram 11x Multi-Platinum Limited Commemorative Edition award made in 1998

Has original Fitzgerald Hartley sticker on rear

Famously named after Don Henley's 1980 proclamation that the group would get back together "when Hell freezes over

Record Label Platinum LP award for George Harrison's Cloud 9 with auto-pen George Harrison autograph

Deep Purple "Smoke On The Water" White Matte RIAA Gold 45 Award presented to Ritchie Blackmore - RARE Andy Taylor The backing paper has beenRIAA Gold 45 "white matte" award for the Deep Purple single "Smoke On The Water" presented to Deep Purple guitarist and songwriter Ritchie Blackmore. The single was released in May 1973 off their 1972 Machine Head album and certified Gold by the RIAA on August 28, 1973 for 500,000 copies sold. This truly iconic track, with its signature guitar lick, went to #4 on the Billboard Hot 100, #2 in Canada, #21 in the UK and charted in numerous other