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  • Vidéos

    28 juin 2021

    Aux yeux du grand public, la carrière musicale de Robert Palmer reste étroitement associée à la notoriété de ses clips vidéo. Looking For Clues figure ainsi parmi les premiers clips diffusés par la toute nouvelle chaîne de télévision américaine MTV, le...

  • The Power Station: 40 Ans

    09 janvier 2025

    Le 16 février 1985, l'actrice Pamela Sue Martin, connue alors pour son rôle récurrent dans la série TV Dynastie, est l'invité principale de l'émission de divertissement américaine Saturday Night Live, diffusée chaque semaine sur le réseau NBC. Pour la...

  • Chris Frantz And Tina Weymouth Remember Years At Compass Point

    16 octobre 2024

    As Tom Tom Club, the husband-and-wife team of Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth have had a wild career, from being the center of the downtown New York scene in the early '80s - the crucible where punk, new wave, and hip-hop melted together - to playing in...

  • Brian Cooke: My Adventures In Rock 'n' Roll

    16 décembre 2024

    Photomontage of Vinegar Joe in Windsor Great Park, UK, by Brian Cooke (1971) Few musicians transcend generational boundaries but Jimi Hendrix, hailed as the greatest guitarist of all time, is right up there with the best of them. So when Brian Cooke mentioned...

  • Bowie And Hutch

    26 septembre 2023

    Titre : Bowie And Hutch Auteur : John "Hutch" Hutchinson Date de publication : 2014 Editeur : Lulu.com Type : Essai John "Hutch" Hutchinson (1944-2021) fut le collaborateur musical, le musicien accompagnateur et l'ami de David Bowie. Leur relation intermittente...

  • Biographie

    04 janvier 2006 ( #robert-palmer )

    Robert (Allen) Palmer est né le 19 janvier 1949 à Batley, Yorkshire, Angleterre. Il passe la majeure partie de son enfance sur l'île de Malte où est basé son père, officier de la marine royale. De cette époque, il conserve notamment le souvenir des chansons...

  • The Islander: My Life In Music And Beyond

    08 novembre 2021

    Titre : The Islander: My Life In Music And Beyond Auteur : Chris Blackwell (with Paul Morley) Date de publication : 7 Juin 2022 (US) / 9 Juin 2022 (UK) Editeur : Gallery Books (US) / Nine Eight Books (UK) Type : Essai Chris Blackwell in Jamaica on the...

  • Wally Badarou 2009 Interview (part I)

    22 novembre 2023

    Wally Badarou (1982) Wally, how did you initially end up working at Compass Point? Record producer and friend Daniel Vangarde (father of Thomas Bangalter, Daft Punk) knew Chris Blackwell as Island Records used to distribute The Gibson Brothers, one of...

  • Finer Things: A Vinegar Joe Story By Malcom Dome (part III)

    21 novembre 2024

    The band's second album was recorded very fast, as Gage recollects. "We did it all in two weeks. That's all John Sherry would let us off the road for. Vic Smith then stayed on at The Manor for another two and a half weeks to mix it." Part of the album...

  • Finer Things: A Vinegar Joe Story By Malcom Dome (part V)

    27 novembre 2024

    "We were always trying out interesting and innovative approaches for the album. On the track Black Smoke Rising From The Calumet we wanted to create a cavernous sound for the backing vocals. Now, we were using the orchestral room at the studio, which...

  • Coke & Wet: The Power Station Versus Arcadia (part I)

    03 août 2023

    35 years on, Simon Price revisits the undeclared war between Arcadia, who made "the most pretentious album ever", and The Power Station, who made "the most cocainey album ever"; and asks, who, if anyone, is the winner. "Arcadia and The Power Station",...

  • The Mandrakes

    22 février 2012 ( #robert-palmer )

    The Mandrakes est né en 1964 de la réunion d'élèves du collège pour garçons de Scarborough (Angleterre). Durant l'été, le groupe travaille, d'abord dans la crypte d'une église, puis dans un ancien poulailler! Allen (Robert) Palmer les rejoint après avoir...

  • Wally Badarou 2009 Interview (part II)

    24 novembre 2023

    Wally Badarou (1982) What was the first record you played on at Compass Point and what do you remember of the session? Grace Jones Warm Leatherette, officially; with Nightclubbing starters in reality. It all started unpretentiously, with the title song...

  • Robert Palmer And The Duran Duran Twins Refuel At The Power Station (part I)

    11 février 2025

    Robert Palmer, the British singer known for his playboy image and steamy R&B/rock stylings, is not the slightest bit bashful about expressing his disdain for Duran Duran. The fact that he recently joined a group founded by two of the members of Duran...

  • Power Station Soars!

    20 janvier 2025

    Is there life beyond Duran? We talk to lots of rock stahhhhs here at Creem, right? Hell, we'll humor anyone with a record, whether they can talk or not. So really, you ought to believe it when I tell you that singer Robert Palmer and Duran Duran bassist...

  • Vinegar Joe Supported By Queen For Newcastle Gig!

    02 décembre 2024

    On August 3, 1973, British R&B band Vinegar Joe were booked to appear at the Mayfair Ballroom in Newcastle with a then little-known support act. Advert for the Newcastle gig at the Mayfair and Queen's 1973-74 tour programme Situated on Newgate Street,...

  • Sue Palmer

    02 mai 2024

    Robert and Sue Palmer in the early 1970s Née en 1947, Sue Thatcher Palmer est l'épouse de Robert Palmer (jusqu'à leur divorce au début des années 1990) et la mère de leurs deux enfants, Jim (né en 1978) et Jane (1979). Elle a poursuivi avec succès une...

  • Finer Things: A Vinegar Joe Story By Malcom Dome (part VI)

    28 novembre 2024

    In 1974, a new drummer came into the line-up of the band, with Alan Powell replacing Pete Gavin. "I think Pete was sick - maybe with pneumonia," says Gage. "He didn't take much care of himself." But by the spring of that year, the band had split up. "Robert...

  • Video Girls (1985-1989)

    27 septembre 2024 ( #robert-palmer )

    Entre 1985 et 1989, le photographe de mode Terence Donovan a dirigé Robert Palmer dans quatre clips vidéo et une publicité / Between 1985 and 1989, fashion photographer Terence Donovan directed Robert Palmer in four music videos and a commercial. Riptide...

  • Coke & Wet: The Power Station Versus Arcadia (part II)

    03 août 2023

    Nick Rhodes, meanwhile, had been living up to his image as the flamboyant, arty member of Duran. His super-glam wedding to Julie Anne Friedman at the Savoy on 18 August 1984 featured real flamingoes, and was photographed by royal – and Roxy – photographer...

  • Long-Time Robert Palmer Band Member Alan Mansfield Dies

    18 octobre 2024

    Alan Mansfield and Sharon O'Neill with Robert Palmer in Lugano, Switzerland American renowned musician Alan Mansfield died in Sydney, Australia, on October 16th, 2024. He was 72. Mansfield passed away peacefully with his partner, New-Zealand singer Sharon...

  • The Power Station

    08 juin 2006 ( #robert-palmer )

    En 1984, Robert Palmer est contacté par John Taylor et Andy Taylor, respectivement bassiste et guitariste de Duran Duran, alors embarqués avec le batteur Tony Thompson et le producteur Bernard Edwards dans un projet musical parallèle qui ambitionne de...

  • Vinegar Joe

    17 février 2012

    Les membres fondateurs de Vinegar Joe sont tous issus de Dada, une formation Jazz / Rock de 12 musiciens emmenée par la chanteuse Elkie Brooks et par le guitariste Pete Gage. Robert Palmer rejoint Dada en 1970, juste après l'enregistrement de leur premier...

  • Finer Things: A Vinegar Joe Story By Malcom Dome (part I)

    15 novembre 2024

    Malcom Dome (1955-2021) was a celebrated English music journalist and author of many books. He worked for Record Mirror magazine in the late 1970s and Metal Fury in the early '80s before joining Kerrang! at its launch in 1981, Raw music magazine in 1988...

  • Rock And Roll Stories

    17 novembre 2023

    Titre : Rock And Roll Stories Auteur : Lynn Goldsmith Date de publication : 2013 Editeur : Abrams Type : Livre de photos Robert Palmer by Lynn Goldsmith (1982) The story of rock lives in Lynn Goldsmith’s photographs. After coming of age in the Midwest...

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