Sex, Drugs and Rock n' Roll Package

Three certificate Package of Sex, Drugs and Rock n' Roll by Scripophily.com. The certificates include one from Playboy Enterprises, Chas. Pfizer & Co.( Now Pfizer and makers of Viagra ) and Electric & Musical Industries Limited Company (EMI Records).



1. Beautifully engraved certificate from the Playboy Enterprises, Inc. . This historic document was printed by the American Banknote Company and has an ornate border around it with a vignette of an allegorical woman holding a globe infront of major buildings and landmarks from around the world including the World Trade Center Twin Towers. It also has a vignette of the Playboy Bunny on the bottom certer. This item has the printed signatures of the Company’s Editor-In-Chief, Hugh Hefner and Chairman of the Board and Cheif Executive Officer, Christie Hefner.



Playboy Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE: PLA, PLA.A) is a brand-driven, international multimedia entertainment company that publishes editions of Playboy magazine around the world; operates Playboy and Spice television networks and distributes programming via home video and DVD globally; licenses the Playboy and Spice trademarks internationally for a range of consumer products; and operates Playboy.com, a leading men's lifestyle and entertainment Web destination. The company's four business groups are Publishing, Entertainment, Licensing and Playboy Online.

Publishing

Playboy is the world's best-selling men's magazine. Almost 10 million American adults read Playboy every month, and the magazine's U.S. total paid circulation of 3.15 million is larger than that of Esquire, GQ and Rolling Stone combined. Additionally, an estimated 5 million adults read the 18 international editions of the magazine, bringing Playboy's global readership to almost 15 million.

Capitalizing on Playboy's global recognition and reputation, the company more than 25 years ago began expanding its publishing franchise overseas. Locally produced editions of Playboy are published in 18 countries: Brazil, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Taiwan.

Entertainment

Playboy TV and the company's Spice-branded portfolio of movie channels are available in more than 113 million U.S. cable and direct-to-home satellite household units. The company also operates more than 50 Playboy and Spice networks with partners in more than 50 countries throughout Europe, Latin America and Asia. Its television programming, DVDs and home videos are available in 200 countries and territories. Playboy videos are consistently amoung the top labels on Billboard's "Top Video Sales" annual rankings.

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2. Beautifully engraved certificate from the Chas. Pfizer & Co., Inc. issued in 1949 - 1950. This historic document was printed by the Columbian Banknote Company and has an ornate border around it with a vignette of a Pfizer building between two allegorical men. This item has the printed signatures of the Company’s President ( John L. Smith ) and Treasurer and is over 53 years old.



Pfizer Inc is a research-based, global pharmaceutical company. We discover and develop innovative, value-added products that improve the quality of life of people around the world and help them enjoy longer, healthier, and more productive lives. The company has three business segments: health care, animal health and consumer health care. Their products are available in more than 150 countries

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3. Beautifully engraved Historic Stock Certificate in excellent condition from the Electric & Musical Industries Limited Company (EMI Records) for American Shares of Capital Stock. The cancelled certificate was dated in 1969 which makes this item 29 years old. The vignette shows a nicely built allegorical woman sitting next to a harp, globe and fountain.



The History of EMI is as follows: In 1897 the Gramophone Company began trading in London, intending to establish a European market for the gramophone and its flat disc records which Emile Berliner had invented and patented in the USA some ten years earlier. Initially the Company's catalogue consisted mainly of songs by music hall artists, brass band recordings and other popular material, but in 1902 a rising young opera star, Enrico Caruso, recorded ten arias in a hotel room in Milan, and thereby helped to establish the gramophone as a serious medium for classical music. The Gramophone Company flourished, selling both classical and popular recordings throughout the whole of Europe as well as Australia, India and other parts of the old British Empire.

Meanwhile, the Columbia Graphophone Company was also establishing itself in Europe, initially selling the cylinder records and phonographs invented by Thomas Edison, but quickly switching to flat discs. Columbia was soon the main competitor of the Gramophone Company, which had become known as HMV because of its use of the "His Master's Voice" painting as its main trademark. By 1929 record sales were booming as never before, with dance band recordings selling literally millions of copies, but then the Great Depression hit, and sales slumped dramatically. To avoid bankruptcy, the Gramophone Company and its arch-rival the Columbia Graphophone Company merged in April 1931 to form Electric and Musical Industries (EMI).

In November 1931 EMI opened the world's first purpose-built recording studio complex in North London at 3 Abbey Road, which remains to this day the centre of EMI's recording and post-production work. Throughout the 1930s the record business gradually picked up, with classical artists like violinist Yehudi Menuhin and tenor Beniamino Gigli giving significant support to EMI's recovery. After a further major setback caused by the Second World War, the Company revived its classical catalogue with major new stars like Herbert von Karajan and Maria Callas, and hired a number of talented producers, including George Martin, to strengthen the pop recording programme.

The 1950s saw the arrival of rock 'n' roll and the beginning of the pop culture that resulted in a massive sales explosion, aided by the arrival of the 45 rpm single and the 33 1/3 rpm long-playing record. In 1955, to replace the loss of its long-established licensing arrangements with RCA-Victor and CBS, EMI entered the important American market by acquiring Capitol Records, whose artists included Frank Sinatra, Nat "King" Cole and, later, The Beach Boys. EMI was in the forefront of the development of the British pop scene that reached its initial peak with The Beatles in the early 1960s, and subsequently produced many successful groups such as Pink Floyd, Queen, Deep Purple and Iron Maiden.

In recent years EMI has further strengthened its position in the world record market by acquiring a number of other important record companies, including Chrysalis and Virgin, as well as developing its own roster of outstanding acts. Today EMI is unrivalled both for the richness of its past heritage and for the strength of its current catalogue featuring many of the world's most successful pop and classical artists