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Comment: Draper has limited notability in his own right. Unless, of course, you can find more material about him Fiddle Faddle 08:14, 6 August 2020 (UTC)
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Simon Draper is a British and South African businessman and co-founder of Virgin Records along with his cousin Richard Branson. He was the buyer for Virgin's stores before becoming chairman of Virgin Records,[1] a label he owned 15% of.[2][3][4][5] He is credited for the avant-garde musical and creative direction of the record label,[6] and for signing and promoting hit music artists including Human League, Can, Mike Oldfiled, Phill Collins, Culture Club and the Sex Pistols.[7][8]
Following the sale of Virgin Records to EMI in 1992 for $1 billion,[9] he founded the publishing house Palawan Press, for exclusive and limited edition books costing from £75 to £2000, inspired by his collection of contemporary art and rare Aston Martins, including the DB3S, DBR1, DB4GT Zagato, and DP214 prototype.[1]
Early life
Draper was born in South Africa, and completed an undergraduate degree in English and Politics from Natal University, in Durban.[10] He used to collect records and hosted his a radio show in Durban. In 1971 as a twenty years old, he arrived in London to continue his studies and looking for a job, at his second cousin Richard Branson's fledging mail order company Virgin.[7]
Despite them being cousins, Branson had not met Darper prior to his arrival in London. Draper at a meeting in Greek Cafe in Paddington, had hoped to find some part-time work from Branson. However, Branson himself not being as musically inclined, and realizing Draper's talent for music offered him the job of establishing Virgin Records.[7]
"We were the market, ourselves. Not Richard, because he wasn’t really interested in music – he had the long hair but that was about it. But everyone else who worked at Virgin was passionate about it. More often than not after work we'd all go straight out to listen to live music. And smoke a lot of dope!"
References
- ^ a b "Simon Draper". Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
- ^ "Virgin: The Early Years - an In-Depth Feature". 31 December 2012.
- ^ Hammonds, Keith H. (1984-06-03). "Head of Britain's Virgin Group: Richard Branson; a Music Master Takes Flight". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
- ^ "Forty years of Virgin: How Richard Branson's eccentric record label". 23 May 2013.
- ^ "A Brief History of Virgin Records". 18 December 2015.
- ^ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 2001-06-23.
- ^ a b c "Shaping the '70s: Simon Draper and the Story of Virgin Records". daily.redbullmusicacademy.com. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
- ^ Hammonds, Keith H. (1984-06-03). "Head of Britain's Virgin Group: Richard Branson; a Music Master Takes Flight". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
- ^ "Branson recalls tears, $1 billion check in Virgin Records sale". Reuters. 2013-10-24. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
- ^ Piekut, Benjamin (2019-09-27). Henry Cow: The World Is a Problem. Duke University Press. ISBN 978-1-4780-0551-3.
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