Even though tour sponsorships were not rare by 2001, this was probably the first time I really started questioning the whole thing. I feel that they can work well if truly integrated and are well matched. To my mind, Dodge and Aerosmith wasn’t the...

A promotional sticker for the Ken Russell Tommy soundtrack. Being 1975, it’s a big...

Meeting the man who was responsible for Virgin’s initial success. This was at the Quatre Saisons restaurant near Oxford. The event was a playback for Tubular Bells 2. Sadly, the awful ponytail on the right belonged to yours...

One of the 1000’s of shelf talkers – “barkers” in the UK – that filled Virgin’s racks in the...

Double sided full page ad from the Record Mirror, June 10 1978. Available on 12″ single in shades of black and...