Virgin Bag – London 1987 Dec29

Virgin Bag – L...

Virgin bag from the London Kings Road store. Quite minimalist for the...

Motley Crue – ...

A signed copy of Motley Crue’s Dr Feelgood from the signing they did at the Oxford St...

The Beatles CD Catal...

I was involved in Virgin’s marketing campaign to promote the first ever Beatles CD releases. We had a laser in the window of the Oxford Street Megastore, which was a big thing at the time. Everytime you turned your back, the bloody thing stopped working. Slick as...

Duran Duran – ...

They popped into the office before the show. I have a slightly unpleasant memory of John Taylor being an extremely “close talker” a la Seinfeld. Every time I took a step back, he moved closer to me. I remember a couple of the women in the office asking me why it was a...

Save the Single R...

Virgin mounted a campaign to save the single as the labels were eradicating them in the wake of the mp3. This was in the time of rampant file sharing. 10/10 for effort at...

Reading Festival ...

Only a pass for a British festival would have a 10 pints a day x 3, on the back! C’mon...