12th Dec, 2024 13:00
The Boomtown Rats: A Tonic For the Troops, 1978, Ensign, BPI certified Sales Award Gold disc, presented to Red Shadow for sales of more than £300,000 worth of the Long Playing Album, framed and glazed, 20 ¼ x 16 ¼ inches overall.
Provenance:
The Collection of the late Terry O'Neill, music publicist and promoter.
Terry O'Neill began his music career running the London record store, Rimington Van Wyck, on Cranbourn Street, Leicester Square, and was offered a job as a record promoter with EMI when they purchased the store in 1975. O'Neill was later headhunted by Atlantic Records where he managed many artists such as Jimi Hendrix, Cream, and Led Zeppelin, and joined A&M Records as a records promotional manager until he left to start up his own company, Red Shadow, which he formed in 1981.
The Boomtown Rats are an Irish rock/new wave band. Originally formed in Dublin in 1975, they gained popularity through hits such as "Like Clockwork", "Rat Trap" and "I Don't Like Mondays".
Sold for £220
The Boomtown Rats: A Tonic For the Troops, 1978, Ensign, BPI certified Sales Award Gold disc, presented to Red Shadow for sales of more than £300,000 worth of the Long Playing Album, framed and glazed, 20 ¼ x 16 ¼ inches overall.
Provenance:
The Collection of the late Terry O'Neill, music publicist and promoter.
Terry O'Neill began his music career running the London record store, Rimington Van Wyck, on Cranbourn Street, Leicester Square, and was offered a job as a record promoter with EMI when they purchased the store in 1975. O'Neill was later headhunted by Atlantic Records where he managed many artists such as Jimi Hendrix, Cream, and Led Zeppelin, and joined A&M Records as a records promotional manager until he left to start up his own company, Red Shadow, which he formed in 1981.
The Boomtown Rats are an Irish rock/new wave band. Originally formed in Dublin in 1975, they gained popularity through hits such as "Like Clockwork", "Rat Trap" and "I Don't Like Mondays".
