Select, formerly Hip-O-Select, is Universal Music Group’s renowned boutique imprint that launched April 1, 2004. Selling directly to U.S. customers through its website for nearly a decade, the label has released hundreds of projects featuring such diverse artists as Etta James, The Supremes, The Animals, Jimmy Cliff, Peggy Lee, DJ Shadow, James Brown, Suzanne Vega, Oscar Peterson and Joe Walsh.
Hip-O-Select has received numerous awards, among them:Furthermore, media from Rolling Stone to Goldmine, have consistently given the label’s releases four and five star reviews. National Public Radio’s flag station KCRW’s newsletter said: “Hip-O Select have quickly made a name for themselves as the premier reissue label.”