RARE PLATINUM VINYL RECORD ALBUM PRESENTED TO PETE FARNDON 1982 THE PRETENDERS
  $   399

 


$ 399 Sold For
Oct 13, 2014 Sold Date
Oct 8, 2014 Start Date
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PLATINUM RECORD AWARD PRESENTED TO ENGLISH BASSIST AND FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE CLASSIC ROCK BAND ( THE PRETENDERS ).  THIS AWARD WAS PRESENTED BY THE AUSTRALIAN RECORD INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION TO PETE FARNDON IN 1982 FOR OVER 50,000 RECORDS SOLD.  TRAGICALLY PETE FARNDON DIED LESS THAN A YEAR LATER ON APRIL 14TH 1983. 
BEFORE FOUNDING THE GROUP ( THE PRETENDERS ) PETE PLAYED WITH ( COLD RIVER LADY ) UNTIL THE SUMMER OF 1976. THEN TOURED WITH  AUSTRALIAN FOLK ROCK BAND ( THE BUSHWACKERS ) BEFORE JOINING ( THE PRETENDERS ) IN 1978. BECAUSE THIS AWARD WAS PERSONALLY  PRESENTED TO ONE SPECIFIC BAND MEMBER OF (THE PRETENDERS ) AND THE HISTORICAL FACT THAT PETE FARNDON DIED SHORTLY AFTER THIS  PLATINUM RECORD PRESENTATION ......MAKES THIS HIGHLY RARE AND COLLECTIBLE.
IN ADDITION TO PLAYING BASS FOR THE GROUP PETE SANG BACKUP VOCALS AND CO-WROTE ( SPACE INVADER & THE WAIT ). PETE FARNDON IS  BURIED AT ST. PETER'S CHURCH IN WITHINGTON, HEREFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND..... 
MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 15.25" X 20.25"........
CONDITION: THIS PIECE HAS SCRATCHES, MARKS ON THE PLEXIGLASS AND FRAME AND SOME WAVES IN THE RECORD LABEL. PLEASE SEE ALL  PICTURES FOR CONDITION. IF YOU WOULD WANT TO REPLACE THE PLEXIGLASS THIS PIECE WOULD LOOK ALMOST AS NEW AS THE DAY IT WAS PRESENTED.
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WHAT AN AWESOME PIECE OF ROCK AND ROLL HISTORIC MEMORABILIA TO ADD TO YOUR COLLECTION. 
HAPPY BIDDING.....!


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