Ed Nimmervoll
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Edward Charles Nimmervoll Template:Ne Eduard Nimmervoll (21 September 1947Template:Spaced ndash10 October 2014)[1] was an Australian music journalist, author and historian. He worked on rock and pop magazines Go-Set (1966–1974) and Juke Magazine (1975–92) both as a journalist and as an editor.[2] From 2000, Nimmervoll was editor of HowlSpace, a website detailing Australian rock/pop music history, providing artist profiles, news and video interviews.[3] He was an author of books on the same subject and co-authored books with musicians including Brian Cadd (early history of Australian rock) and Renée Geyer (her autobiography).[4]
At the Music Victoria Awards of 2014, Nimmervoll was inducted into the Music Victoria Hall of Fame.[5]
Rock magazines and radio
Eduard Nimmervoll was born in Leonfelden, Austria on 21 September 1947 to Eduard Franz (1918–1981) and Ludmilla (Template:Nee Woitsch, 1921–2011) Nimmervoll, as the third of four children.[6]Template:Rp His father was an Austrian Army sergeant (during World War 2), later a savings bank director and then teacher.[6]Template:Rp Nimmervoll moved with his family to Melbourne in February 1956 via SS Arosa Kulm.[6]Template:Rp He entered university to study architecture. Go-Set was Australia's first national pop magazine and Nimmervoll started contributing while still at university in 1966.[7] He began compiling a national top 40 singles chart from 5 October 1966,[2] later he wrote record reviews and by 1973 became its editor.[7]
After Go-Set was taken over in 1974, Nimmervoll began Juke magazine, which was published weekly from 1975 until 1992.[7] He was involved in creating Take 40 Australia, a local radio version of American Top 40. He also worked on radio and TV music specials.[8]
Author, editor and songwriter
Nimmervoll authored, co-authored or edited a number of books, including Friday on my mind: a year by year account of popular music in the Australian charts in 2003.[9] It was reviewed by fellow author Chris Spencer in 2004: Template:Quote
Nimmervoll was a contributor of biographies on the website Allmusic (AMG), mainly covering Australian performers and bands as diverse as country music legend Slim Dusty[10] and post-grunge band Grinspoon.[11] He co-wrote "Red-Headed Wild Flower" with Beeb Birtles for the Little River Band album Sleeper Catcher.
Health concerns and death
Nimmervoll attended the ARIA Music Awards of 2013 on 1 December, where he "[passed] out for four minutes", raising concerns for his health.[12] He received medical attention and, by 4 December, fellow former Juke journalist, Christie Eliezer, reported that Nimmervoll "was on the mend" and "is about to launch a new project soon".[12]
Nimmervoll died of brain cancer on 10 October 2014 at the age of 67.[13]
Awards
Music Victoria Awards
The Music Victoria Awards are an annual awards night celebrating Victorian music. They commenced in 2005.
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| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result | Ref. |
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| 2014 | Ed Nimmervoll | Hall of Fame | inductee | [14][15] |
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Bibliography
Written or electronic resources credited to Nimmervoll as author, co-author or editor:[4][16]
- Cadd, Brian and Ed Nimmervoll, (1975), The emerging years: the Australian pop scene, 1965-1975, Stanmore, N.S.W.: Cassell Australia; Template:ISBN
- Geyer, Renée and Ed Nimmervoll, (2000), Confessions of a difficult woman: the Renée Geyer story, Softcover, Pymble, N.S.W.: HarperCollins; Template:ISBN
- Lawrence, Michael, (1998), Showtime: the Cold Chisel story: the first decade and beyond Ed.Nimmervoll, Belmont, Vic.: M. Lawrence; Template:ISBN
- Nimmervoll, Ed, (1999) Ready, steady, go!: rock and pop: the Australian experience 1956-1971, [essay], Softcover, Melbourne, Vic: The Arts Centre; Template:ISBN
- (Ed.) Nimmervoll, Ed (2000), Howlspace: the living history of our music, [electronic resource], Melbourne, Vic.: White Room Electronic Publishing, available here
- Nimmervoll, Ed, (2003), Friday on my mind, Noble Park, Vic: Five Mile Press; Template:ISBN
- Nimmervoll, Ed and Euan Thorburn, (1977) 1000 Beatle Facts: (and a Little Bit of Hearsay), Hardcover, Sydney, N.S.W.: J. Albert & Son; Template:ISBN (0-86913-044-7)
- Reyne, James (2001), ... and the horse you rode in on, [kit], Ed Nimmervoll; Template:ISBN
- Seymour, Mark (2005), Daytime and the dark, [kit], Ed. Nimmervoll, Malvern, Vic: Tandem Publishing; Template:ISBN
- (Ed.) Spencer, Chris, Paul McHenry, Zbig Nowara and Ed Nimmervoll, (1996), The who's who of Australian rock, [electronic resource], Melbourne, Vic.: Informit Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology; Template:ISBN
References
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External links
- HowlSpace website Template:Cbignorearchived from the original on 27 July 2012.
- [[[:Template:Allmusic]] Profile], allmusic.com; accessed 10 October 2014.