Robert Palmer: Hammersmith Odeon, London
Danny Baker, NME, 8 December 1979
THAT THE Odeon was full for two nights running leads me to think that Robert Palmer's followers form some kind of secret society. I don't know anyone who could reliably name half a dozen tracks that the mellow fellow has recorded in the last few years; his albums come out, disappear and then turn up in the bargain shops.
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