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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 [8] They are no longer active and were headquartered in Hollywood, California, and operated under the Capitol Music Group imprint, now also owned by UMG, since 2012.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]
- Virgin Records Ltd., 1972; 51 years ago, Virgin Records America, Inc., 1986; 37 years ago
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Feb 18, 2021 · 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.
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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.
- Daryl Easlea
Virgin opens its first record shop. 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.
Oct 12, 2017 · 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 31, 2012 · When Virgin Records was formed in 1973 Genesis were making their fifth album, Selling England By the Pound; it was the one that proved to be their commercial breakthrough. They were a big band ...
Nov 30, 2018 · Branson is forced to sell Virgin Records for a reported $1 billion shortly after signing the Rolling Stones. He needed the cash to help finance Virgin Atlantic amid legal battle with British ...
