Robert Palmer
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Robert Palmer: Some People Like What I Do
Interview by Vivien Goldman, Sounds, 6 November 1976
BRIGHT LIGHTS, big city...it's a reception in honour of the Staple Singers and the Meters at a club down in Greenwich Village, prior to their ...
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Interview by Andy Gill, Rock's Backpages audio, 27 June 1994
The blue-eyed-soul man from Batley talks about the musicians who've crossed his path: working with Miles Davis producer Teo Macero; his first pro gig with the Alan Bown Set, followed by Dada and Vinegar Joe; his first solo album Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley, featuring the Meters and Little Feat; his Gary Numan connection, and the many other people he's worked with, from James Jamerson to The Band's Rick Danko and Garth Hudson.
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Robert Palmer: Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley
Review by Charles Shaar Murray, New Musical Express, 31 August 1974
I ALWAYS felt more than a little sorry for Robert Palmer when he was in Vinegar Joe. ...
Robert Palmer: Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley (Island ILPS 9294)
Review by Sam Sutherland, Phonograph Record, July 1975
ENGLISH REVERENCE for rhythm & blues hasn't stopped with urban and country models of past decades, and as increasing numbers of Britons emulate contemporary R&B ...
Review by Bruce Malamut, Crawdaddy!, February 1976
the last record review ...
Review by Bud Scoppa, Rolling Stone, 12 February 1976
BRITISHER Robert Palmer is another marcher in the growing column of white folks who prefer playing it greasy and getting down (notable recent examples: Bowie, ...
Robert Palmer, Gallagher and Lyle: Bottom Line, New York NY
Live Review by Chris Charlesworth, Melody Maker, 1 May 1976
NEW YORK: Looking rather like a male model in a smart grey suit, white shirt and stylishly cropped hair, Robert Palmer brought his brand of ...
Robert Palmer: How To Get Rid Of The Nude In Your Bedroom
Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 27 November 1976
ROBERT PALMER, who's Big In America, finds his musical progress rather cluttered with scantily clad femininity. TONY STEWART murmurs disapprovingly. ...
Robert Palmer: Some People Can Do What They Like (Island)
Review by Radio Pete, Rocky Mountain Musical Express, December 1976
ROBERT PALMER'S latest release, like his first two solo L.P.'s Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley and Pressure Drop is based on rhythm. And that's good. ...
Robert Palmer: Some People Can Do What They Like (Island)
Review by Susin Shapiro, The Village Voice, 13 December 1976
LETTER TO PALMER ...
Live Review by Paul Nelson, The Village Voice, 20 December 1976
Graham Parker Pours It All Out ...
Robert Palmer Is Blue-Eyed Soul
Profile and Interview by Michael Gross, Playgirl, 1977
"CLEAN IS BACK IN," Kaye Ballard intoned, and her predominantly blue-haired audience at The Mike Douglas Show taping nodded in silent agreement as they gazed ...
Profile by John Tobler, Blank Space, 1978
HANDS UP those who think Robert Palmer’s an American – it’s by no means a complete misapprehension if all you have to go on are ...
Robert Palmer's Breakthrough Year
Profile and Interview by Chris Charlesworth, Circus, 11 May 1978
His Gentlemanly Double Fun Has a Sultry Roll ...
Robert Palmer: Hammersmith Odeon, London
Live Review by Pete Makowski, Sounds, 1 December 1979
A BIT trendy-poo's, y'know? ...
Robert Palmer: Hammersmith Odeon, London
Live Review by Danny Baker, New Musical Express, 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 ...
Review by Nick Kent, New Musical Express, 6 September 1980
WHY 'CLUES'? I mean to say, Robert old chap, it's not as if there's some burning question to all this despite the wacky covershot of ...
Robert Palmer: The Deb's Delight Takes FRIGHT!
Report and Interview by Ian Penman, New Musical Express, 8 November 1980
THREE TIMES I got out of my warm bath to answer the telephone. The first call was a few seconds of silence and down. The ...
Robert Palmer: Dominion Theatre, London
Live Review by Mick Brown, The Guardian, 10 November 1980
YORKSHIRE BORN Robert Palmer first achieved recognition partnering Elkie Brooks in the group Vinegar Joe in the early Seventies, but it took a move to ...
Interview by Chas de Whalley, International Musician & Recording World, December 1981
STEVE SMITH is one of those comparatively rare creatures: a quiet American. No more, and quite possibly less than average height, he doesn't favour the ...
Robert Palmer: Rhythm 'N Clues
Profile and Interview by Mary Harron, Smash Hits, 25 December 1981
One across (Mary Harron) asks the questions. Six down (Robert Palmer) gives the answers ...
Robert Palmer: Maybe It's Live (Island)
Review by Richard Cook, New Musical Express, 17 April 1982
ROBERT PALMER'S roguish dilettantism will get the better of him one of these days. It might have been anticipated that the pre-set routines of a ...
Robert Palmer: Some Guys Have All The Hits
Interview by Lesley White, The Face, March 1983
It's hard to be a superstar in today's tough musical world. Caught for a long time between ever-changing trends, ROBERT PALMER finally found his blue-eyed ...
Report and Interview by Ian Birch, Smash Hits, 14 April 1983
... Robert Palmer, that is. A maker of tasteful dance records for well over ten years. Big everywhere from Guatemala to the Costa Del Sol. ...
Review by Gavin Martin, New Musical Express, 30 April 1983
WHEN HE gets up in the morning his muscles ache and his emotions are strange, far off, unrecognisable things, but the fine jets of water ...
Robert Palmer: Dominion, London
Live Review by Richard Williams, The Times, 1 June 1983
Shaken not stirred ...
Duran Duran, Robert Palmer, Prince Charles & The City Beat Band: Villa Park, Birmingham
Live Review by Paul Sexton, Record Mirror, 30 July 1983
A whisper to a scream ...
Robert Palmer's Pride & Prejudice
Interview by Laura Fissinger, Creem, December 1983
IT WAS A case for the toughest and the best. They were both out of town, so CREEM sent me instead. ...
Interview by Chas de Whalley, International Musician & Recording World, February 1986
Wally Badarou gets together with Chas de Whalley and puzzles over their possible family relationship ...
Interview by Rob Tannenbaum, Musician, April 1986
The Power Station and Palmer's Latest LP Are Both "Heavy Metal Funk". Which Came First? ...
Interview by Hank Bordowitz, International Musician & Recording World, October 1986
Every once in a while, Robert Palmer pulls another hit out of the bag, and silences those critics who accuse him of being a pop ...
Robert Palmer: How to Run the Riptide With Style
Interview by Adam Sweeting, The Guardian, 7 November 1986
Adam Sweeting on the rise of Robert Palmer ...
Interview by Adam Sweeting, Q, December 1986
THESE ARE MY favourite 10, and not in any particular order. For instance, I do think Billie Holiday was better than Peter Cox, the singer ...
Robert Palmer: Vinegar into champagne
Interview by David Sinclair, The Times, 24 June 1988
Robert Palmer, the rock singer whose 20-year career has included associations with Elkie Brooks, Gary Numan and Duran Duran, talks to David Sinclair about his ...
Robert Palmer: Any Time, Any Place, Anywhere...
Profile and Interview by Robert Sandall, Q, August 1988
He's coasted – apparently unperspiring – through 15 years of shifting fashion while somehow remaining knuckle – gnawingly modern. All it took was a shrewd ...
Interview: Island Records' Chris Blackwell (1989) [transcript]
Transcript of audio interview by John Tobler, Rock's Backpages transcripts, 1989
This is a transcript of John Tobler's 1989 audio interview. Listen to the audio of this interview. ...
Robert Palmer: Five Girls for Every Boy
Interview by Martin Aston, Details, December 1994
Robert Palmer's 'Addicted to Love' made his all-girl band into icons. Where are they now? ...
Robert Palmer Likes Being In Funk
Interview by Fred Shuster, Los Angeles Daily News, 1996
NATTILY DRESSED CROONER Robert Palmer admits his most interesting work was found on his first three albums cut in the mid-'70s with members of Stuff, ...
Might As Well Face It, He Was Fantastic: Robert Palmer, R.I.P.
Obituary by Gavin Martin, Daily Mirror, 27 September 2003
ROBERT PALMER was a multi-talented musical heavyweight who allowed his love of the high life to guide his career. ...
Obituary by Richard Williams, The Guardian, 27 September 2003
BORN IN BATLEY, Yorkshire, and raised in Malta (his father was a naval officer), Palmer had a voice that could be suave and gritty by ...
see also Power Station, The
see also Vinegar Joe
see also Dada
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