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Virgin had been releasing reggae records since BB Seaton's "Dancing Shoes" in 1974. [1] By 1975, label owner Richard Branson had begun signing roots reggae artists, and in the three years that followed, Virgin released successful albums by the likes of U-Roy, The Mighty Diamonds, Keith Hudson, Johnny Clarke, Peter Tosh, and I Roy. [1]
Virgin Records America, Inc. was the company's North American operations founded in 1986. [8] They are no longer active and were headquartered in Hollywood, California, and operated under the Capitol Music Group imprint, now also owned by UMG, since 2012. The US operations had also taken on the name Virgin Records. [9]
At this time, he left Jamaica to escape the violence on the island and established himself professionally in New York. [2] Then in 1979, he renovated his Jamaican studio and began returning there every month to supervise new productions. With Ernest, he opened a subsidiary studio in New York in the early 1980s where many DJs recorded. [3]
Right Time is the 1976 studio album debut of influential reggae band the Mighty Diamonds.The album, released by Virgin Records after they signed the Mighty Diamonds following a search for talent in Jamaica, is critically regarded as a reggae classic, a landmark in the roots reggae subgenre.
Virgin Records signed them and the group's début album, Right Time, was released in 1976, including most of their early Channel One hits. [ 3 ] [ 8 ] The album was an international success and for the follow-up, Virgin sent them to work with Allen Toussaint in New Orleans , with local musicians providing the backing.
He signed to Virgin Records' Frontline label in 1977, his first release on the label being the Isaiah First Prophet of Old album, [3] and he also appeared in the film Rockers. [1] Virgin declined the chance to release his next three albums, however, and as the 1970s came to a close, Big Youth's popularity took a dip. [ 1 ]
The success of these recordings garnered the attention of Britain-based Virgin Records, who gave the group their first major recording contract in 1976. [3] Their debut album released on Virgin was the Tony Robinson produced Trenchtown Mix Up (1976), which included revisions of many of their early hits. [ 3 ]
Whilst always somewhat limited vocally, he recorded countless tracks as a singer, and concentrated on his singing career from 1972. [1] He started further record labels such as the Mafia label. [ 2 ] His early Jamaican albums Furnace and Class and Subject featured his own distinctive rasping vocals, along with dubs and deejay versions.