John Rosenthal wrote in an article in the New York Times Magazine:

>   "When an album sells a half-million copies, the Recording Industry
>   Association of America calls it a Gold Record.  But these days,
>   the framed award that hangs on the producer's wall is a gold-tinted
>   CD, not the gold- painted LP of years past"

Well sure, the CD is smaller and cheaper.

Rick