The Ampex Golden Reel Award was an international music award for studio albums and singles that were recorded and mixed entirely on Ampex audio tape, and which subsequently sold enough units to achieve gold record status in its country of origin.
[2][3] When an album or single won the award, one Golden Reel commemorative plaque was given to the musical group/artist, and another to the recording studio.
[1] When the 1977 film soundtrack Saturday Night Fever won the Bee Gees their third Golden Reel Award, the band chose to give the money to the Bertha Abbess Children's Center.
[1] Some other award recipients from the United States were Madonna, Jon Bon Jovi, ZZ Top, Stevie Wonder, Donna Summer, Kiss, Alabama, Crystal Gayle, Atlanta Rhythm Section, Evelyn "Champagne" King, Roberta Flack, Maze, Con Funk Shun, Instant Funk, The Isley Brothers, Kansas, Grover Washington Jr., Midnight Star and others.
[4][7][8][9][10][11] A few of the recipients from other countries were ABBA in Sweden, Duran Duran and Phil Collins in the UK, Mylène Farmer in France, AC/DC in Australia, Crvena Jabuka in Yugoslavia, Alla Pugacheva in USSR, Charles D. Lewis in Barbados, Mango Groove in South Africa, Pink Lady in Japan and others.