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Virgin Records is to celebrate its 40th anniversary with a plethora of events and highlights this autumn.
An exhibition, book, documentary and a compilation CD - all benefiting the charity War Child - will mark the occasion.
Virgin boss Richard Branson, who established Virgin Records when he was 22 years old in 1973, said: "Virgin Records is where it all started for Virgin and 40 years later it's great to see we are still being innovative.
"This exciting series of events is the perfect way to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Virgin Records and the artists, from Mike Oldfield to Emeli SandΓ©, who continue to disrupt the status quo."
The exhibition will be held in Mornington Crescent, London, and will feature both seen and unseen photographs, seminal videos and memorabilia that epitomise some of Virgin's music collaborations.
An art book, edited by music journalist Adrian Thrills, a TV documentary about Virgin Records from a team who have created television for BBC One and BBC Four, and a compilation CD will all be released.
The 2-CD set will feature one disc with current Virgin artists, and another with original classics from the label. There will also be a series of Virgin 40 compilation CDs spanning the four decades.
I'll be all over the book.
Now, where do I pre-order?
Nice info Erin
I'll be all over the book.
Now, where do I pre-order?
Nice info Erin
more info to be relaesed in the next few weeks
I might manage a visit to my sisters around then and we can pop into London to have a peek at the goings-on.
As I have always lived in Central Scotland, you can count me as one of those who won't remember!
I assume HMV and Harlequin had the biggest stake in W1 at that time.
Recall as a kid buying a copy of the Virgin sampler LP Cash Cows which featured most of the (then) current artists on the label β or at least those that had an album on the market around the autumn of 1980.
Albums for me were very much luxury items that I only received for Christmas/Birthday or very occasionally as a special treat. I regularly traded albums with school friends as a source of hearing new/different music β so when the above record was released at merely the price of a 7β single it was a must buy!