TIM JOSEPH
Tim has been a writer and researcher most of his life, and currently (and perhaps fittingly!) works at Hull Library. He has also been a keen archivist of Hull’s popular music scene, and for many years published a well respected local music fanzine called Where.
Tim, who issued several indie records as part of a duo called England Under Snow, has always been fascinated by what he sees as the neglected and often deliberately ignored outer edges of pop music, and began researching the story of the cover albums some years ago, before deciding to concentrate on a book about the Top Of The Pops albums in particular. He plans to follow it up with a second book rounding up the many similar but less well known cover labels.
His other musical fascinations include BBC session recordings while outside music he has also been working on a history of Hull’s Garden Village, built by industry mogul James Reckitt.
Hello. I have been a Top Of The Pops collector for many years and now have 88 standard editions plus all the “Best Of Year” compilations. I am keen to buy a copy of “When Cover Girls Ruled The Charts” but have seen conflicting publication dates of November 2010 and February 2011. Could you please email the correct date to the above address?
I would be most grateful for your advice.
Thanks. Philip Shaw
Philip. The sales sheets which are on this site have yet to be updated, and some stores etc. may well be showing the original date. However because of pressure of work on Tim, we decided to reschedule for early 2011 rather than rush the publication. The most accurate date will be that posted on this site’s news page. Good luck in closing your collection by the way; we do have some spares – but not the last couple of releases which are very hard to find! Simon
I am curious what kind of info is available on these releases as far as musicians and producers involved would be?
Also, would like to hear from Tim [had contact with him years back].
thanks
Kevin, the book will have producer information for most of the recordings. It will also have quite a lot of detail on the session musicians. I will alert Tim to your posting and hopefully he will be in touch. Simon