From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #14828 Reply-To: ammf@fruvous.com Sender: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest Saturday, October 5 2024 Volume 14 : Number 14828 Today's Subjects: ----------------- 100 year old secret slashes power bills by 90% ["The Lost Generator" Subject: 100 year old secret slashes power bills by 90% 100 year old secret slashes power bills by 90% http://nitricboost.ru.com/LGJmRPHoHEEOa7EYivvep99EB2wVBcvuVw3qANglH5U_OY4 http://nitricboost.ru.com/x5iLkZZd24n0BQKWJXttTmhl4PIsYUknqjFwxKgAZxUQi0w cize their sales achievements. The first silver disc was awarded by Regal Zonophone to George Formby in December 1937 for sales of 100,000 copies of "The Window Cleaner". The first literal gold record award was presented to Glenn Miller and His Orchestra by RCA Victor (for subsidiary label Bluebird Records) on February 10, 1942, celebrating the sale of 1.2 million copies of the single, "Chattanooga Choo Choo". Further examples of company awards are the gold records awarded in 1956 by RCA Victor to Harry Belafonte for his album Calypso for being the first LP record album to sell more than one million copies and Elvis Presley for one million units sold of his RCA Victor single "Don't Be Cruel". Also in 1956, Decca's presented a gold record award to Jerry Lewis for the single "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody". At the industry level, in 1958 the Recording Industry Association of America introduced its gold record award program for records of any kind, albums or singles, which achieved one million dollars in retail sales. These sales were restricted to U.S.-based record companies and did not include exports to other countries. For albums in 1968, this would mean shipping approximately 670,000 units; for singles the number would be 1,000,000. In 1976, the RIAA introduced the platinum certification for the sale of one million units for albums and two million for singles, with the gold certification redefined for sales of 500,000 units for albums and one million for singles. No album was certified platinum prior to this year. The 1958 RCA Victor recording by Van Cliburn of the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto would eventually be awarded a platinum citation, but this did not occur until two decades after its release. In 1999, the diamond certification was introduced for sales of ten million units. In the late 1980s, the certification thresholds for singles were dropped to match that of albums. Other recording artists received special and symbolic recognitions, including Raphael with a "Uranium disc" granted by Hispavox and SGAE in 1980, and Luis Fonsi received the "Pluton ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #14828 ***********************************************