Virgin Records
02/1972 AD founded
In 1972, using money earned from his record store, Branson launched the record label Virgin Records with Nik Powell. The name "Virgin" was suggested by one of Branson's early employees because they were all new at business.
Branson bought a country estate north of Oxford in which he installed a residential recording studio, The Manor Studio.
He leased studio time to fledgling artists, including multi-instrumentalist Mike Oldfield, whose debut album Tubular Bells (1973) was the first release for Virgin Records and became a chart-topping best-seller.
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Richard Branson British billionaire entr...
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Virgin Group British multinational br...
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