RICKY SKAGGS “Highways & Heartaches” GOLD Record Award… Any Fan Would Love Owning This Collectible. The award includes a GOLD Record, a miniature reproduction of the original album cover and an engraved commemorative metal plaque. The official EPIC Nashville label plaque is inscribed “To commemorate the sale of more than 500,000 copies of the EPIC long playing album “Highways & Heartaches The award was presented to the legendary Nashville recording studio Masterfonics, Inc. The award was made. By the late Ken Kittinger, the popular Music Row businessman and outstanding awards maker who created awards that were presented throughout the music industry for many years. The plexiglass and the back have been refurbished. Is the fifth studio album by Ricky Skaggs. It was released in 1982 via Epic Records. The album peaked at number 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. On 1982’s Highways & Heartaches, Ricky Skaggs had developed his bluegrass roots with new traditionalist sensibilities and catchy pop tunes that fuel this album, which is one of his best. Four of these tunes — “Heartbroke, ” “You’ve Got a Lover, ” “I Wouldn’t Change You if I Could, ” and “Highway 40 Blues” — were chart-toppers. The remainder of the decade found Skaggs often at the top of both the country single and album charts. You are covered if you receive an item that is not as described in the listing.