Select (magazine)

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Select
Cover of Select magazine for July 2000.jpg
July 2000 issue
Editor Alexis Petridis [1]
CategoriesMusic tabloid
FrequencyMonthly
First issueJuly 1990;33 years ago (1990-07)
Final issueJanuary 2001;23 years ago (2001-01)
Company EMAP Metro
CountryUnited Kingdom
Based inLondon
LanguageEnglish
ISSN 0959-8367

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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Select (credits list)". Select. EMAP Metro. July 2000. p. 6.
  2. ↑ Hodgson, Jessica (14 December 2000). "Melody Maker axed". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Music magazine Select names editor for relaunch". Campaign Live. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  4. ↑ Jones, Dylan (6 October 2003). "Why Dennis is a Menace to Q". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  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. 1 2 3 4 5 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. ↑ "A Brief History of 90s Britpop..." Dangerous Minds. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  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. ↑ 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. ↑ Shaw, Magnus. So It Goes. Lulu, 2014. ISBN   978-1-3260-7550-7
  11. ↑ "Britpop: 25 years ago today Britain taught the world to play guitar". The Independent. 21 April 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  12. ↑ Ewing, Tom (1 October 2010). "The Wardrobe". Pitchfork. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  13. ↑ Bailey, Jemimah (3 December 1999). "Select plucks chief from mixmag". PR Weekly. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  14. ↑ Perry, Keith (15 December 2000). "Melody Maker pensioned off". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  15. ↑ Cardew, Ben. "Q editor Andrew Harrison steps down". The Guardian , 11 April 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2021
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