![]() But it was a Sisyphean struggle to get the boards to really listen. EMI’s Capitol imprint was the first major to sell a download version of a single, Electric Barbarella by Duran Duran, in 1997. But the story is also about the slowness of a generational handover of power. There is an ossified narrative that record labels were too arrogant and lazy to see the digital revolution coming, and deserved their downfall. ![]() ![]() Pioneer … Napster founder Shawn Fanning arrives at court in 2001.
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