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1972. Richard purchases a residence in Oxfordshire, England and uses it to open the first Virgin Records recording studio, called The Manor. The Sex Pistols, The Rolling Stones, Janet Jackson, The Smashing Pumpkins and The Spice Girls would all eventually appear on Virgin's label. Image from the Branson family. 1973.
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The legendary UK record label. Virgin Records is where it...
- Celebrating 45 years of Virgin Records
Published on 24 May 2018. Incredible to celebrate the 45th...
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Virgin Records America. Virgin Records America, Inc. was the company's North American operations founded in 1986. [8] They are no longer active and were headquartered in Hollywood, California, and operated under the Capitol Music Group imprint, now also owned by UMG, since 2012. The US operations had also taken on the name Virgin Records. [9]
Oct 12, 2017 · Shaping the ’70s: Simon Draper and the Story of Virgin Records. Virgin Records was the most popular and avant-garde record label of the ’70s. But it wasn’t Richard Branson that signed the Human League, Can and Mike Oldfield. This is the untold story of the man who did – and changed music forever.
Dec 18, 2015 · Prog. A Brief History Of Virgin Records. By Daryl Easlea. ( Prog ) published 18 December 2015. Relive the magic of some of greatest imprints of all time in Prog’s bite-sized label guide. Outside of the traditional major labels, Virgin is probably the one record company the person in the street will be aware of.
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Feb 18, 2021 · The legendary UK record label. Virgin Records is where it all began. Richard Branson started selling records in the classified pages of Student magazine in 1970 under the name Virgin Mail Order. Soon, record sales were doing so well the team decided to transform into a bricks and mortar store on Oxford Street, London, and Virgin Records was born.
May 24, 2018 · Published on 24 May 2018. Incredible to celebrate the 45th anniversary of Virgin Records and to remember how the story of Virgin began with music. Back in 1970, my friends and I noticed a gap in the market for selling cut price records by post, so we launched Virgin Mail Order. What started out as a relatively small operation grew into ...
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May 23, 2013 · So Virgin became the name of the company Branson started in 1970 to sell discounted and import records via mail-order. The following year, a postal strike nearly put him out of business and forced ...
