> When asked by O’Brien if this was common for all gold record plaques, Ad-Rock replied, “I don’t know about anybody else...” while Mike D speculated that major stars like Barbra Streisand or Donna Summer probably received plaques with their actual records.

This is what I'm most interested in. Is this a one-off or does it happen to other artists? Is there some master record they use and nobody gets their own gold album? If so, how'd they pick the track list? There's gotta be an interesting history here. If Beastie Boys were somehow treated as lesser, they ought to fight for their right to parity.