The Beatles | Gold record presented for "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"

The Beatles

Gold record presented by the RIAA for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, ca. 15 June 1967

Gold record record and plaque (overall 400 x 295 mm) with white linen mat. Framed and glazed; not examined out of frame.

The gold record for the most critically acclaimed of all Beatles' albums. Garnering immediate commercial success and critical acclaim after its release in June 1967, this concept album spent 22 weeks on the top of UK albums chart, 15 weeks at number one on the US Billboard chart, and won four Grammys in 1968, including album of the year. With the help of producer George Martin, the Beatles (McCartney in particular) stretched their creative limits to compose this intricate, unusual, and diverse masterpiece.