How a Clever Marketing Gimmick Helped This Band Get Widespread Recognition

Was taking a £2,000 loss to make an album hit worth it for Richard Branson’s Virgin Records?

Binit Acharya

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Purple vinyl record on a table.
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Faust are a German rock band that have been playing for over 50 years, starting from 1971. They were relatively unknown in the UK when the British record label, Virgin Records, of…

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Binit Acharya

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