Flexipop

Flexipop (stylized as Flexipop!) was a British pop music magazine that ran from 1980 to 1983,^[1] which featured a flexidisc in each issue.^[2] The magazine was launched in 1980 by ex-Record Mirror journalists Barry Cain and Tim Lott.^[3] One of the most notable issues was the February 1981 disc featuring Adam and the Ants performing a version of the Village People hit "Y.M.C.A.", called "A.N.T.S.". Flexipop's last released flexidisc was "In The Mix" by Haysi Fantayzee in 1983.^[1]

The magazine has maintained a memorable reputation among music collectors because of the flexidisc and the revival of interest in 1980s pop.^{[citation needed]}

Huw Collingbourne, a contributing writer to Flexipop, gave an interview to Stylus magazine about the publication in which he said, "Other music mags may have dabbled in flexis, but Flexipop! made a career of it. We had singles by the top bands of the day—everyone from The Jam to Depeche Mode. A really good flexi would make the magazine fly off the newsstands."^[4]

References

1. Flexipop profile Discogs. Retrieved 16 June 2020
2. "Flexipop". Enfant Terrible. 13 March 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
3. Tim Lott (4 February 2010). "Flexipop!'s shameless pop legacy". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
4. Ryan Foley, "Disposable Pop: a History of the Flexi Disc Archived 2010-12-02 at the Wayback Machine, Stylus, 18 June 2007