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Virgin Records
Virgin Records
is a
British
recording label[?]
founded by British entrepreneur
Sir Richard Branson
. The first release on the label was the classic
progressive rock
album
Tubular Bells[?]
by
multi-instrumentalist[?]
Mike Oldfield
in
1973
(see
1973 in music
. Virgin Records introduced bands like the
Henry Cow[?]
, the
Sex Pistols
,
Camper Van Beethoven
and
Boy George
to the world music scene, and at one point was the producer of the
Rolling Stones
. Sold by Branson in the early 1990s, it now faces competition from Branson's newer label,
V2 Records[?]
.
See also:
Caroline Records
,
List of other record labels
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