This flick through the Brit awards mag of 25 years ago is a glimpse into another world
Depending on your age this is one helluva nostalgia trip or it’s like science fiction, but in reverse.
Over on Twitter, Peter Robinson found a Brit awards magazine from 1993 and he tweeted out the highlights – such as they are – ahead of tonight’s ceremony.
Lovely stuff.
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A few weeks ago I found a battered old Brits magazine in a water-damaged box and today feels like a good day to talk about what’s in the mag. pic.twitter.com/FZJsCDjtar
— Peter Robinson (@Popjustice) February 21, 2018
2.
First off here’s the BPI chairman hoping for an end to youth unemployment so that labels can flog more records. (Wish two — people are still wishing for that. Wish three — “more of the same please!!!”) pic.twitter.com/lh6Uz2ChfH
— Peter Robinson (@Popjustice) February 21, 2018
3.
Bear in mind this was 25 years ago, when MTV could still call itself “the launch pad to the stars”. pic.twitter.com/6yGJofGQFd
— Peter Robinson (@Popjustice) February 21, 2018
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(And when the Mercury Music Prize was still sponsored by Mercury.) pic.twitter.com/KwydwMSfmS
— Peter Robinson (@Popjustice) February 21, 2018
5.
The mag’s an amazing time capsule of how (and where) people used to buy music. pic.twitter.com/rdvT5Kebm3
— Peter Robinson (@Popjustice) February 21, 2018
6.
Having said that this Our Price ad makes absolutely no sense to me, does anyone know what it’s going on about? pic.twitter.com/MVoxgAsDId
— Peter Robinson (@Popjustice) February 21, 2018
7.
Obviously CDs were still a thing at that point. I really like this WEA ad. pic.twitter.com/antCb4RO1I
— Peter Robinson (@Popjustice) February 21, 2018
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Also, vinyl was still a thing, before it stopped being a thing then became a thing again. Who wouldn’t want this amazing record bag? pic.twitter.com/Nu2s7A0Jbc
— Peter Robinson (@Popjustice) February 21, 2018
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Also, this being 1993, 1.5m people were still buying 15m albums a year BY POST. Here’s Britannia Music Club’s MD talking about their great new technology. pic.twitter.com/8EGYnyEgM2
— Peter Robinson (@Popjustice) February 21, 2018
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But there was a new music format about to take pop by storm. THE MINIDISC! pic.twitter.com/n0BAszqidX
— Peter Robinson (@Popjustice) February 21, 2018
