Select Magazine May 1997 John Squire The Seahorses Reef Robbie Williams SKU 1494

Original Select Magazine – May 1997, Issue No. 82, a strong late-1990s British music magazine featuring John Squire as the main cover subject and extensive coverage of The Seahorses, alongside a wide range of Britpop, indie, dance and alternative acts from the period.

The striking cover is dominated by John Squire, formerly of The Stone Roses, with the headline “John Squire presents The Seahorses!” and a prominent “Stone Roses? Who?!” teaser. The cover also promotes a large 22-page Millennium countdown special, making this a particularly distinctive snapshot of British music culture approaching the end of the 1990s.

Other names clearly promoted on the cover include:

• Reef
• Supergrass
• The Chemical Brothers
• The Charlatans
• Robbie Williams
• Ant & Dec
• The Aloof

The cover additionally teases a tongue-in-cheek millennium feature involving Kula Shaker, Cast, Ice-T, Satan, Jesus and others.

John Squire / The Seahorses Feature

The principal feature begins on page 78 and is devoted to The Seahorses.

The contents describe it as a world exclusive, covering the band recording in Los Angeles with Tony Visconti, with John Squire and his new band discussing their music and the launch of their post-Stone Roses career.

For collectors of The Stone Roses, John Squire or The Seahorses, this is one of the major attractions of the issue, capturing Squire during the very early Seahorses period rather than through a later retrospective.

Major Features & Articles

The photographed contents page gives an unusually good overview of what is inside. Highlights include:

• Fact! – contemporary music and pop-culture miscellany
• Faction – humour and satirical material
• Louder – coverage including Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci, Soft Dolls and The Aloof
• Robbie Williams – page 24
  Feature on Robbie as he moved into his solo career after Take That
• First Bass – page 30
  Includes Carl Cox, Acid Brass and other contemporary artists
• Reef – page 36
  The band celebrating their number-one success while touring
• Ker-Ching! – page 43
• Can – page 44
  Looking at the influential German group
• Millennium Special – page 48
  A major feature imagining and counting down toward the year 2000
• The Seahorses – page 78
  Major John Squire feature and world exclusive
• Reviews – page 89
• Singles – page 110
• Cultural Vacuum – page 112
• Personal Ads – page 122
• Listings – page 131
• Think Tank – page 133
• Readers’ Lives – page 135
• House Beautiful – page 136
• Quantick’s World – page 138

Album & Music Coverage

The review section advertised inside includes a particularly strong selection of late-1990s releases and artists, including:

• Supergrass
• The Chemical Brothers
• The Charlatans
• Cast
• Kenickie
• Bentley Rhythm Ace
• and numerous additional contemporary releases

There is also coverage connected with Carl Cox, dance music, Britpop, alternative rock and the wider UK music scene.

Millennium Special

One of the defining features of this issue is its substantial Millennium Special, promoted on the front cover as a 22-page countdown.

The contents describe the section as looking ahead toward the year 2000 with contributions and predictions from musicians, comedians and other cultural figures. It gives the magazine particularly strong period character and makes it an interesting original document of how British pop culture viewed the approaching millennium in 1997.

Magazine Details

• Publication: Select
• Issue: No. 82
• Full Date: May 1997
• Original Price: £2.30
• Main Cover Subject: John Squire
• Main Band Feature: The Seahorses
• Other Featured Artists: Reef, Robbie Williams, Supergrass, Chemical Brothers, Charlatans, Carl Cox, The Aloof, Can and others
• Genre: Britpop / Indie / Alternative / Dance / Rock
• Language: English
• Format: Original printed music magazine
• SKU: 1494

Condition

Pre-owned vintage magazine with visible age and handling wear. Please examine all photographs carefully, as they form an important part of the condition description.

From the supplied images, visible points include:

• General light surface and handling wear to the front cover
• Some small marks and rubbing consistent with age
• Noticeable but relatively light wear along the spine
• Edge wear around the outer perimeter
• Small corner bends/creasing, particularly around the upper-right area
• Minor curling and waviness to the cover and page edges
• Bottom corners show light rubbing and softening
• The cover remains bright and highly presentable overall
• Interior contents page remains clear, colourful and readable
• Internal pages shown appear securely bound
• No major tears are obvious in the photographed interior pages
• No obvious handwriting or heavy staining is visible in the supplied photographs

Overall, this appears to be a good used vintage copy for a 1997 music magazine, with normal storage and reading wear rather than collector-grade mint condition.

Collector Appeal

A particularly interesting issue for collectors of:

John Squire, The Seahorses, The Stone Roses, Reef, Robbie Williams, Supergrass, Chemical Brothers, The Charlatans, Britpop, 1990s indie music and Select Magazine.

The combination of the early Seahorses world-exclusive feature, Robbie Williams coverage and the extensive Millennium Special gives this issue plenty of period-specific content beyond the cover alone.

The reviews, photographs, adverts, artist interviews, cultural commentary and listings collectively provide an excellent snapshot of the UK music scene in May 1997.

Postage & Packaging

The magazine will be carefully protected for dispatch. Depending on the size and weight of the finished parcel, packaging may include stiff cardboard, protective bubble wrap and/or a cardboard box to help minimise bending, crushing and additional edge or corner wear during transit.

SKU 1494