Select_(magazine)

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Select (magazine)

UK music magazine

Select was a United Kingdom music magazine of the 1990s. It was known for covering the indie rock and Britpop genres,[2] but featured a wide array of music.[3] In 2003, The Guardian called Select "the magazine that not only coined the word Britpop, but soon came to define it."[4]

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History

The magazine was launched under United Consumer Magazines in July 1990,[5] intending to be a rival to Q magazine.[6] Its first cover star was Prince.[6][7] Its first issue sold 100,000 copies.[6] Between July and December 1990, its circulation hovered around 75,000.[8] In April 1991, Spotlight sold Select to EMAP Metro.[6][9] Under the editorship of Mark Ellen, the magazine began focusing on the baggy and Madchester scenes.[6] The magazine soon became known for its coverage of Britpop, a term coined in the magazine by Stuart Maconie in its April 1993 "Yanks Go Home" edition,[10] featuring The Auteurs, Denim, Saint Etienne, Pulp and Suede's Brett Anderson on the cover in front of a Union Flag. Several publications have called the April 1993 cover an important impetus in defining the movement's tone and opposition to American genres such as grunge.[11][12]

Later, John Harris stepped down as editor, and was replaced by former Mixmag editor Alexis Petridis.[13] Under Petridis, the magazine's image moved back towards its coverage on an eclectic array of music, aiming to reach what Petridis described as "a wide range of music fans".[3] The magazine folded in late 2000, amid competition on the internet.[14] Periditis later stated of its closure: "No matter how many features we did on Destiny's Child, people still thought we were a magazine about Oasis. We were forever associated with a music [genre] in decline."[6]

Tagline

  • Pop Babylon! (circa 1994)
  • You Love it (circa 1995/6)
  • Music and Beyond (circa 1998)
  • Music for Tomorrow (circa 2000)
  • Total Stereo[1]

Contributors

References

  1. [1]
    "Select (credits list)". Select. EMAP Metro. July 2000. p. 6.
  2. [2]
    Hodgson, Jessica (14 December 2000). "Melody Maker axed". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  3. [3]
    "Music magazine Select names editor for relaunch". Campaign Live. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  4. [4]
    Jones, Dylan (6 October 2003). "Why Dennis is a Menace to Q". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  5. [5]
    Fielder, Hugh (30 June 1990). "Select Magazine is Launched, Right on Q" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 102, no. 26. p. 75. Retrieved 3 May 2024 – via worldradiohistory.com.
  6. [6]
    Gorman, Paul (2022). Totally Wired: The Rise and Fall of the Music Press (2023 paperback ed.). UK: Thames & Hudson. pp. 306–311, 355. ISBN 978-0-500-29746-9.
  7. [7]
    "A Brief History of 90s Britpop..." Dangerous Minds. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  8. [8]
    Anon. (16 February 1991). "New glossies on target" (PDF). Music Week. p. 3. ISSN 0265-1548. Retrieved 3 May 2024 – via worldradiohistory.com.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. [9]
    Anon. (13 April 1991). "Emap scoops up Select in music titles sell-of" (PDF). Music Week. p. 3. ISSN 0265-1548. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 May 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023 – via worldradiohistory.com.
  10. [10]
    Shaw, Magnus. So It Goes. Lulu, 2014. ISBN 978-1-3260-7550-7
  11. [11]
    "Britpop: 25 years ago today Britain taught the world to play guitar". The Independent. 21 April 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  12. [12]
    Ewing, Tom (1 October 2010). "The Wardrobe". Pitchfork. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  13. [13]
    Bailey, Jemimah (3 December 1999). "Select plucks chief from mixmag". PR Weekly. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  14. [14]
    Perry, Keith (15 December 2000). "Melody Maker pensioned off". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  15. [15]
    Cardew, Ben. "Q editor Andrew Harrison steps down". The Guardian, 11 April 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2021
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