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Kevin Shirley just posted a picture of the USA Platinum award for Joe's RAH release. Well Done!
Rick
Congrats +1
Wait till Yukon Cornelius hears there's a third precious metal! (Sorry, it's Christmas specials season.)
Congrats to Jo and everyone else involved !
It was all just a matter of time! Such a magical night at Royal Albert Hall! I know it will forever be my most favorite Joe show! It was and still is in my opinion Joe's greatest night!
:win C.O.N.G.R.A.T.U.L.A.T.I.O.N.S. 
J.O.E. & CO !
:ch :ch :ch :ch :ch JOE ROCKS! 
pattyluvsjoe
I was one of the lucky ones who was in the original (along with pattyluvsjoe and a few others here) so when will our platinum disc show up?
So glad for everyone involved, it's about time this happened. This makes twice in a couple of weeks you know what has frozen over.
Sandy
Many congrats!
Going platinum in my mind is bigger than the grammy nomination.
ALL is well in JB camp!
CONGRATS!
although I must admit I am not 100% sure I know what it means. I just checked Wikipedia (BTW please $upport them if you use the site) so I am thinking this means
one MEEEEllion copies of the CD set sold?
wiki says something about 100000 sold for a music video, I don't know what that means cause I think if it means the dvd that should have already gone platinum?anyway very cool. as I said before it was an almost perfect thing! amazing and its such a feel good thing to watch
I think it was the DVD release and it was for US sales. By your post that would be 100K US sales. A huge number for an independent label by any measure. I remember that Joe said they hocked everything but the kitchen sink and were all in on the production so that was a risk well rewarded. The suits at Sony must be grinding their teeth.
Congrats +1
Wait till Yukon Cornelius hears there's a third precious metal! (Sorry, it's Christmas specials season.)
That's my Great White North Uncle Yuk Yuk! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpn_hofHQuc (You can't knock a prospector who considers guitar strings essential supplies! 
) He was certainly already aware, since he discovered all of ours here; silver, gold, platinum, titanium, Bonametal, and just recently this year he hit the first vein of Bonamegametal, just in time for our Trading Posts! 
Joking aside, another jewel for the Joe King Crown!
Sandy, that is 3 times in a week for some helluva freezing fun!!! 
So
Congratulations Joe, Roy, & Kevin.
Rock ON & Keep the Faith,
Rocket
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Wow, 3 huge recognitions for Joe and company all coming in at the end of what IMO was already a stellar year filled with amazing accomplishments! Congratulations to Joe and everyone involved! The train is slow no longer, it is barreling down those tracks! Hold on tight! Here we gooooo!
Thanks Rocket for the "family" movie link.
With a quick look, I didnt't see the photo Rick refered to on the Caveman website. Prob my mistake.
A search on RIAA shows the RAH dvd was awarded G&P on the same day in Feb '13.
I think for album awards...double slab units count as two...so 500K RAH cds would be Platinum. (??)
I would bet more than that have been sold. I know Im in for 7 so far.
Congrats on Platinum to the Joe and the entire J & R team!
RAH rocks!!
Congrats!
yes! That's so awesome and well deserved! Congrats Joe!!
CONGRATS!
although I must admit I am not 100% sure I know what it means. I just checked Wikipedia (BTW please $upport them if you use the site) so I am thinking this means
one MEEEEllion copies of the CD set sold?
wiki says something about 100000 sold for a music video, I don't know what that means cause I think if it means the dvd that should have already gone platinum?anyway very cool. as I said before it was an almost perfect thing! amazing and its such a feel good thing to watch
I'm pretty sure the Platinum sales award is for the DVD. 100K is a huge number for a music DVD. So far no Gold or Platinum CD sales 500,000 or 1,000,000 copies for any artist is a daunting feat especially for an Indy label. Those kind of sales would chart in Billboard hot 100. That is getting harder and harder to do now that CD sales overall have plummeted.
RAH had already gone Gold or Platinum in Germany but the unit sales for each country is different. Just seem to remember a year or so ago that award given.
Jane H. wrote:CONGRATS!
although I must admit I am not 100% sure I know what it means. I just checked Wikipedia (BTW please $upport them if you use the site) so I am thinking this means
one MEEEEllion copies of the CD set sold?
wiki says something about 100000 sold for a music video, I don't know what that means cause I think if it means the dvd that should have already gone platinum?anyway very cool. as I said before it was an almost perfect thing! amazing and its such a feel good thing to watch
I'm pretty sure the Platinum sales award is for the DVD. 100K is a huge number for a music DVD. So far no Gold or Platinum CD sales 500,000 or 1,000,000 copies for any artist is a daunting feat especially for an Indy label. Those kind of sales would chart in Billboard hot 100. That is getting harder and harder to do now that CD sales overall have plummeted.
RAH had already gone Gold or Platinum in Germany but the unit sales for each country is different. Just seem to remember a year or so ago that award given.
Yes, 100,000 units, especially in the US of A, is an incredible number of live musical performance DVD units sold! I think some don't ever break even.
This brings smiles. Joe Bonamassa at The Royal Albert Hall is Joe's gold standard performance. Platinum sales, do some math. Average over 50 sales a day over 4 years...
Joe's Beacon and Vienna show DVD's should be doing fairly well also.
Rock ON & Keep the Faith,
Rocket
ps-didn't even mention Tour De Force, with 4 different at less than a year since performance a bit premature to review (?), not past Christmas yet! Of course that applies for ALL Joe everything, too.
"Now on to the next level.Bonametal !!
Jane H. wrote:CONGRATS!
although I must admit I am not 100% sure I know what it means. I just checked Wikipedia (BTW please $upport them if you use the site) so I am thinking this means
one MEEEEllion copies of the CD set sold?
wiki says something about 100000 sold for a music video, I don't know what that means cause I think if it means the dvd that should have already gone platinum?anyway very cool. as I said before it was an almost perfect thing! amazing and its such a feel good thing to watch
I'm pretty sure the Platinum sales award is for the DVD. 100K is a huge number for a music DVD. So far no Gold or Platinum CD sales 500,000 or 1,000,000 copies for any artist is a daunting feat especially for an Indy label. Those kind of sales would chart in Billboard hot 100. That is getting harder and harder to do now that CD sales overall have plummeted.
RAH had already gone Gold or Platinum in Germany but the unit sales for each country is different. Just seem to remember a year or so ago that award given.
Yes, that`s correct: Joe received the Gold Record for the RAH DVD backstage in the Grugahalle in Essen (he himself always posted Guggenhall) on March 10th, 2012.
Now on to the next level.Bonametal !!
You know that all good things will come in their good time. Titanium first...THEN put that Bonametal coated ball peen hammer right through that door!
Rock ON & Keep the Zeal Deal Door Busters' Faith,
Rocket
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