Tangerine Dream and Belinda Carlisle were licensed to MCA Records .
Columbia was unwilling to release all Virgin artists , and so many were licensed to other labels : Epic ( the sister company of Columbia ) ( Mike Oldfield ( in the 1980s ) , Culture Club , Holly and the Italians , some XTC ( 1982 ) , and Shooting Star ) , Atlantic ( Julian Lennon ) , A & M ( UB40 , Human League , Simple Minds , Breathe ) , Warner Bros. ( Sex Pistols , Scritti Politti , DEVO ) , Geffen ( XTC - 1983 on ) , and MCA Records ( Tangerine Dream , Belinda Carlisle ) .
Virgin Records