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On March 16, 2019 a RIAA single award for Queen's classic "Bohemian Rhapsody" brought in the tidy sum of $20,000 in an auction held by Heritage Auctions of Dallas, Texas. Normally, "white matte" 1964-74 awards bring the highest prices, but this was a 1974-81 "floater" style piece. Floaters have been steadily gaining in value for the right titles. And certainly, "Bohemian Rhapsody" is the right title right now. The award's value was no doubt helped by the namesake film that has won Oscars and other awards and which has brought new fans to Queen's music. The award had the additional...

Every music fan has heard of it. Every year many of us lament artists snubbed, we often celebrate those inducted, but what is the Rock Hall exactly? Is it a building or concept?  It's both really. Launched in 1983 by a group led by late Atlantic Records boss Ahmet Ertegun, the hall started inducting artists in 1986 before it even had a physical home. By 1993, the Hall had a physical home in a glass pyramid structure designed by noted architect I.M. Pei located in Cleveland. The city had lobbied hard to get the hall located there and put up...

The RIAA announced today that the Beatles infamous White Album has been certified 24x Multi-Platinum™ moving it into fourth spot on its all-time sales list past Billy Joel's Greatest Hits Volume I & Volume II, no slouch itself at 23 million copies sold.  The White Album is also the top multi-disc set of all time and is actually the Beatles best-selling album by a fairly good measure, with their second highest tally being attained by their The Beatles 1967-70 album holding down 18th spot with 17 million copies sold. Of course the Beatles had already achieved one of the most amazing feats by being...

Listen to Noel Gallagher of Oasis on all his guitar tracks (acoustic and rhythm electric parts) on their classic hit "Wonderwall". Great parts that add up to make a great track underneath Liam's vocal. And just for extra fun (and because many non-Oasis fans think Liam sings all their songs!), here is Noel's great vocal track from "Don't Look Back In Anger" isolated as well. These videos work in the U.S. but note that they may not work in other countries. For more content like this, updates on our latest arrivals plus a discount code, subscribe to our MusicGoldmine bi-weekly...

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