Although Rose was a talented songwriter, he's probably best known today for popularizing two songs he didn't write. "Hey Joe" was written by Billy Roberts, and in 1966 bands like the Leaves, the Byrds, and Love recorded fast-paced versions of the song. But also in 1966, Rose released a slow and angry version as a single. It wasn't a hit, but Jimi Hendrix heard it and closely copied the arrangement, giving Hendrix his first hit later that year.
"Morning Dew" was written by folk singer Bonnie Dobson and was done in a simple folk style. When Rose included it on his 1967 debut album, simply called "Tim Rose," he gave it a harder, rock feel. The Grateful Dead copied his arrangement and also put it on their 1967 self-titled debut album. It went on to become a rock standard.
Rose's solo career started with a lot of promise. He signed a multi-album record deal, and played on bills with lots of big names. Most of the sessions here were done for John Peel's BBC show, indicating he was considered cool at the time. But it's fitting that this album deals with the years 1967 to 1970, because his career petered out in the early 1970s - it seems drinking alcohol was a recurring problem for him. He eventually left the music industry altogether. He became a construction worker, then returned to college, got a history degree, and worked as a stockbroker and a teacher.
In the 1990s, Rose's music began to be appreciated again, and he resumed playing concerts. He was supported by Nick Cave, who was influenced by Rose and covered his songs. His albums were re-released, and he began to play increasingly large concerts, including performing with Robert Plant, who also was influenced by him. But his revival was short-lived due to a heart attack that killed him in 2002 at the age of 62.
Here's his Wikipedia page, if you want to know more:
All the performances here are officially unreleased. All but the last three are from John Peel's show, "Top Gear." Those last three are from a 1970 session hosted by DJ Bob Harris. For one session in 1968, Rose was backed by the band the Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation. Two of the three songs done there, "Cobwebs" and "It Serves Me Right to Suffer," appeared on one of that band's albums instead of one of Rose's.
The sound quality here is variable. I decided not to include a couple of songs due to poor sound quality. A couple others weren't included because they were repeats of songs. Four songs have "[Edit]" because John Peel spoke over parts of the song, something he didn't do that often. As I usually do, I used the UVR5 audio editing program to wipe out the talking while keeping the underlying music.
This album is 55 minutes long.
01 Hey Joe (Tim Rose)
02 Come Away Melinda [Edit] (Tim Rose)
03 You're Slipping Away from Me [Edit] (Tim Rose)
04 Morning Dew [Edit] (Tim Rose)
05 Fare Thee Well [Edit] (Tim Rose)
06 Cobwebs (Tim Rose & the Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation)
07 It Serves Me Right to Suffer (Tim Rose & the Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation)
08 Long Time Man (Tim Rose & the Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation)
09 Roanoke (Tim Rose)
10 Foggy Mountain Breakdown on Rye with Mustard [Instrumental] (Tim Rose)
11 I Guess It's Over (Tim Rose)
12 Long Haired Boy (Tim Rose)
13 When I Was a Young Man (Tim Rose)
14 Angela (Tim Rose)
15 Kangaroo (Tim Rose)
16 I've Gotta Get a Message to You (Tim Rose)
17 You Can't Stop Yourself (Tim Rose)
18 Georgia by Morning (Tim Rose)
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I didn't find many good color photos of Tim Rose when he was young. So I resorted to using the photo of the cover of his second album, "Through Rose Colored Glasses," from 1969. However, there was a twist. That one was only of his head. I found a black and white version of the exact photo that also showed some of his upper torso. So I combined them, allowing me to show a little more than what was on the album cover. I also used the Krea AI program to clean things up and improve the detail.
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