Virginia Plain Virginia Plain "Virginia Plain" is a song by English rock band Roxy Music, released as their debut single in August 1972. Written by Roxy frontman Bryan Ferry, the song was recorded by the band in July 1972 at London's Command Studios. Backed with "The Numberer", an instrumental composed by Andy Mackay, as a single the song became a Top 10 hit in the UK, peaking at number four. The song was not included on the band's original UK debut album, "Roxy Music", having not even been recorded when the album was released. After the success of the album in the
The Hit Pack Record/Tape Side 2 Note the three additional tracks highlighted in "italic"s. Collins Complete UK Hits Albums. Graham Betts. 2005. The Hit Pack The Hit Pack can be seen as an extension to the "Hits Compilation series". It was issued by BMG and Sony Music in December 1990 and reached #2 on the UK Top 20 Compilations Chart. The album was unique because it was released as a 21 track single-CD, while the cassette format contained 24 tracks and this fact was promoted in the album's advertising campaign. A year earlier in 1989, "Now That's What I Call Music 16" had