Select Magazine January 1997 Prodigy Pulp Oasis Spice Girls Orbital Manics SKU 1494

Original Select magazine dated January 1997, Issue No. 70, packed with late-1990s British music coverage and a major retrospective looking back at 1996.

The colourful front cover uses a distinctive comic-book style design, combining illustrated bodies with photographic heads of major figures from the mid-1990s music scene. The huge “1996 – Were you there?” headline makes this particularly appealing as a snapshot of the Britpop, indie, dance and alternative music landscape at the end of 1996.

The cover and contents show a particularly broad range of artists spanning Britpop, indie rock, electronic music, dance and mainstream pop, making this a strong period piece for collectors of 1990s UK music magazines.

Main Cover / 1996 Retrospective

The main cover is built around Select’s review of 1996, with prominent figures from the era incorporated into cartoon-style artwork.

The cover also carries a “Bonehead Speaks!” feature and promotes numerous artists across the top and bottom banners, including:

• Orbital
• Manic Street Preachers
• Super Furry Animals
• Mick Hucknall
• Black Grape
• Dodgy
• Future Sound of London
• Reef
• Spice Girls
• The Stone Roses
• Tiger
• Ash
• No Way Sis

This issue captures the period when Britpop was still dominant while electronic and alternative music were increasingly sharing the mainstream spotlight.

Inside This Issue

The photographed contents page provides a very useful overview of what is included.

Notable features include:

• FACT! – music, film and television news
• Faction – news and scene coverage
• Louder – featuring Reef
• Ash
• Spice Girls
• Ker-Ching! – music-business themed feature
• Oasis Science – a feature analysing the scale and popularity of Oasis
• Orbital – interview / feature
• Manic Street Preachers
• Select Review of ’96 – a substantial retrospective of the year
• Records of the Year – Select’s choices from the previous 12 months
• Reviews covering artists including Tiger, 2Pac and Mark Owen
• Singles coverage
• Film, television and entertainment sections
• Readers’ poll
• Listings and regular magazine columns

The photographed contents page also shows images connected with several of the issue’s features, giving the magazine the busy, collage-heavy visual style associated with mid-1990s British music publishing.

1996 Music Scene

A major attraction of this particular issue is its timing. Published in January 1997, it effectively acts as a retrospective of the previous year and brings together artists from several major strands of British music.

There is strong coverage relating to:

• Britpop
• Indie and alternative rock
• Electronic and dance music
• Mainstream pop
• UK music culture
• Albums and singles released during 1996
• The wider music press and record industry of the period

For anyone collecting original material relating to the 1990s UK music scene, this is a particularly representative issue.

Magazine Details

• Publication: Select
• Issue: No. 70
• Full Date: January 1997
• Original Price: 230p
• Main Theme: 1996 music retrospective
• Genre: Music / Indie / Britpop / Alternative / Dance
• Language: English
• Format: Printed magazine
• SKU: 1494

Condition

Pre-owned vintage magazine. Please inspect all supplied photographs carefully, as they form an important part of the condition description.

Visible condition includes:

• General surface rubbing and handling marks to the front cover
• Noticeable wear and light creasing along the spine/left edge
• Small areas of edge rubbing and colour loss around the cover perimeter
• Some creasing to the lower-left corner and spine area
• Light wear along the top edge
• Minor corner wear, including the top corners
• Several small surface marks and scratches visible across the bright blue cover
• A small light brownish mark/stain is visible near the lower centre of the front cover, just above/around the barcode area
• Minor age-related discolouration and handling wear
• Interior pages shown remain readable and generally presentable
• Contents page shows normal light curvature/handling from use
• No major front-cover tear or large missing section is visible in the supplied photographs
• No obvious handwritten ownership name is visible in the photographed areas

Overall, this appears to be a used but collectible original 1997 copy, showing the normal edge, spine and surface wear expected from a magazine of this age.

Collector Appeal

A strong issue for collectors of 1990s British music memorabilia, especially those interested in Britpop, indie, electronic music and the wider 1996 music scene.

The combination of the colourful 1996 retrospective cover, extensive year-end coverage and appearances from artists including Orbital, Manic Street Preachers, Spice Girls, Oasis-related material, Ash, Reef, Super Furry Animals and The Stone Roses gives it broad appeal to collectors of original UK music journalism.

Postage & Packaging

The magazine will be carefully prepared for dispatch. Depending on parcel size, it may be protected using stiff cardboard, bubble wrap and/or a cardboard box to help reduce the risk of bending, crushing and damage to the spine, cover, edges and corners while in transit.

SKU 1494