An original 1977 RSO Records Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track LP (pressing no. RS-2-4001), signed in gold marker on the front cover by John Travolta, Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb and Maurice Gibb – the film’s star and all three Bee Gees, who wrote the original music for the movie.
- Album
- Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track
- Label
- RSO Records, pressing no. RS-2-4001
- Released
- 1977 (US), from the film starring John Travolta
- Signed
- Front cover, four signatures in gold felt-tip or fiber-tip pen
- Authentication
- GFA certificate plus four individual reports, GFAA-21381, examined 9/29/21
John Travolta
- Born
- Feb 18, 1954
- Age at 1977 release
- 23
- Today
- Age 72 today
- Signed
- bottom right of the cover, beside his pictured dance pose
GFA noted the form of the J and T and the severe rightward slant as consistent with his exemplars.
Barry Gibb
- Born
- Sep 1, 1946
- Age at 1977 release
- 31
- Today
- Age 80 today
- Signed
- top right of the cover
GFA noted the oversized, overlapping B as consistent with his exemplars.
Robin Gibb
- Born
- Dec 22, 1949
- Age at 1977 release
- 27
- Died
- Died May 20, 2012, age 62
- Signed
- middle left of the cover
GFA noted the oversized R and B as consistent with his exemplars.
Maurice Gibb
- Born
- Dec 22, 1949
- Age at 1977 release
- 27
- Died
- Died Jan 12, 2003, age 53
- Signed
- middle right of the cover
GFA noted the form of the M and G as consistent with his exemplars.
Per the GFA documentation, Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track is the soundtrack album from the 1977 film starring John Travolta. In the United States it was certified 15× Platinum for shipments of at least 15 million units, stayed atop the album charts for 24 straight weeks from January to July 1978, and stayed on Billboard’s album charts for 120 weeks until March 1980. In the UK it spent 18 consecutive weeks at No. 1. The album has been added to the National Recording Registry in the Library of Congress for being culturally significant.
| GFA Certification No. | GFAA-21381 |
| Examined | 9/29/21, four signatures on one cover |
| Signature result | For each signer, GFA found normal characteristics consistent with known exemplars and with three authenticated exemplars, and is confident the signature is genuine and authentic |
| Ink | Gold felt-tip or fiber-tip pen, available at the time of the 1977 pressing |
| Item | RS-2-4001 LP cover, GFA found it would have been available to sign |
Each signer’s GFA Examination Report is typed out below so every measurement and finding is easy to read, followed by that signer’s examined-item and signature comparison pages. Full-size scans of every GFA page are also in the listing photos.
| Characteristic | GFA finding | Match |
| Style | Cursive | Similar to E1, E2, E3 |
| Line quality | Fluid | Similar to E1, E2, E3 |
| Slant | 21.00° +/- | Similar to E1, E2, E3 |
| Size | 21.00 mm +/- | Similar to E1, E2, E3 |
| Proportion | 13.51% +/- | Similar to E1, E2, E3 |
| Spacing | Normal spacing, one break | Similar to E1, E2, E3 |
| Base alignment | Descending | Similar to E1, E2, E3 |
| Initial strokes | Fluid and oversized | Similar to E1, E2, E3 |
| Terminal strokes | Fluid and fan out | Similar to E1, E2, E3 |
| Connecting strokes | Arcade | Similar to E1, E2, E3 |
| I-dot formation | N/A | Similar to E1, E2, E3 |
| T-bar crossing | Looped stem, no cross | — |
| Character formation | Character combinations and upper and middle zones are consistent to examples | Similar to E1, E2, E3 |
| Idiosyncratic characteristics | Form on J and T and severe rightward slant is consistent to examples | Similar to E1, E2, E3 |
| Medium or surface | The Original Movie Sound Track Saturday Night Fever LP cover, pressing number RS-2-4001 | Consistent |
| Medium information | Released US 1977 | Consistent |
| Ink | Signed in gold felt-tip or fiber-tip pen | Consistent |
| Other | Signed bottom right on LP cover | — |
| Characteristic | GFA finding | Match |
| Style | Cursive and overlapping | Similar to E1, E2, E3 |
| Line quality | Fluid | Similar to E1, E2, E3 |
| Slant | 49.80° +/- | Similar to E1, E2, E3 |
| Size | 19.33 mm +/- | Similar to E1, E2, E3 |
| Proportion | 61.11% +/- | Similar to E1, E2, E3 |
| Spacing | Normal spacing, one break | Similar to E1, E2, E3 |
| Base alignment | Descending | Similar to E1, E2, E3 |
| Initial strokes | Fluid and oversized | Similar to E1, E2, E3 |
| Terminal strokes | Fluid, blunt and fan out | Similar to E1, E2, E3 |
| Connecting strokes | Garland | Similar to E1, E2, E3 |
| I-dot formation | N/A | Similar to E1, E2, E3 |
| T-bar crossing | N/A | — |
| Character formation | Character combinations and upper, middle and lower zones are consistent to examples | Similar to E1, E2, E3 |
| Idiosyncratic characteristics | Oversized and overlapping B is consistent to examples | Similar to E1, E2, E3 |
| Medium or surface | The Original Movie Sound Track Saturday Night Fever LP cover, pressing number RS-2-4001 | Consistent |
| Medium information | Released US 1977 | Consistent |
| Ink | Signed in gold felt-tip or fiber-tip pen | Consistent |
| Other | Signed top right on LP cover | — |
| Characteristic | GFA finding | Match |
| Style | Cursive | Similar to E1, E2, E3 |
| Line quality | Fluid | Similar to E1, E2, E3 |
| Slant | 31.25° +/- | Similar to E1, E2, E3 |
| Size | 30.80 mm +/- | Similar to E1, E2, E3 |
| Proportion | 16.67% +/- | Similar to E1, E2, E3 |
| Spacing | Normal spacing, two breaks | Similar to E1, E2, E3 |
| Base alignment | Ascending | Similar to E1, E2, E3 |
| Initial strokes | Fluid and oversized | Similar to E1, E2, E3 |
| Terminal strokes | Fluid and fan out | Similar to E1, E2, E3 |
| Connecting strokes | Garland | Similar to E1, E2, E3 |
| I-dot formation | Upstroke stem, dot above stem | Similar to E1, E2, E3 |
| T-bar crossing | N/A | — |
| Character formation | Character combinations and upper and middle zones are consistent to examples | Similar to E1, E2, E3 |
| Idiosyncratic characteristics | Oversized R and B is consistent to examples | Similar to E1, E2, E3 |
| Medium or surface | The Original Movie Sound Track Saturday Night Fever LP cover, pressing number RS-2-4001 | Consistent |
| Medium information | Released US 1977 | Consistent |
| Ink | Signed in gold felt-tip or fiber-tip pen | Consistent |
| Other | Signed middle left on LP cover | — |
| Characteristic | GFA finding | Match |
| Style | Cursive | Similar to E1, E2, E3 |
| Line quality | Fluid | Similar to E1, E2, E3 |
| Slant | 51.00° +/- | Similar to E1, E2, E3 |
| Size | 20.80 mm +/- | Similar to E1, E2, E3 |
| Proportion | 10.64% +/- | Similar to E1, E2, E3 |
| Spacing | Normal spacing, one break | Similar to E1, E2, E3 |
| Base alignment | Ascending | Similar to E1, E2, E3 |
| Initial strokes | Fluid and oversized | Similar to E1, E2, E3 |
| Terminal strokes | Fluid and blunt | Similar to E1, E2, E3 |
| Connecting strokes | Garland | Similar to E1, E2, E3 |
| I-dot formation | No form, no dot | Similar to E1, E2, E3 |
| T-bar crossing | N/A | — |
| Character formation | Character combinations and upper and middle zones are consistent to examples | Similar to E1, E2, E3 |
| Idiosyncratic characteristics | Form on M and G is consistent to examples | Similar to E1, E2, E3 |
| Medium or surface | The Original Movie Sound Track Saturday Night Fever LP cover, pressing number RS-2-4001 | Consistent |
| Medium information | Released US 1977 | Consistent |
| Ink | Signed in gold felt-tip or fiber-tip pen | Consistent |
| Other | Signed middle right | — |
- The signed Saturday Night Fever soundtrack LP shown in the photos
- GFA Certificate of Authenticity, certification no. GFAA-21381
- The four GFA examination and ink analysis reports shown above
- GFA certification sticker applied to the item
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