Robert Palmer 1988-09-20 Apollo Theatre, Manchester, UK

Robert Palmer
Apollo Theatre, Manchester UK
30 Sep 1988

Audience recording, above average: very good sound overall, however very treble-y.

Lineage: Aiwa CM20 condenser Mic> Sony WM-D6> Maxell XLII> Technics RS-T22 (azimuth adjusted)>
Audacity> CoolEditII (balancing)> WaveLab (Tracksplits)> TLH (Flac/SBE fix)

Fix applied - SBE, as SBE's still seen on track 01 and 02, which had been split into intro then
Some Like it Hot in the form I received it.

01 - Intro
02 - Some Like It Hot
03 - Hyperactive
04 - Discipline Of Love
05 - Tell Me I'm Not Dreaming
06 - Every Kinda People
07 - Didn't Mean To Turn You On
08 - Communication
09 - Looking For Clues
10 - Dreams To Remember
11 - Change His Ways
12 - Pride
13 - Woke Up Laughing-inc band Intros (tape Flip)
14 - Johnny & Mary
15 - It Could Happen To You
16 - Sneaking Sally Through The Alley
17 - Shoot The Moon
18 - Riptide
19 - She Makes My Day
20 - Between Us
21 - Walk Beside Me
22 - Early In the Morning
23 - Flesh Wound
24 - Now More Than Ever (tape change)
25 - Bad Case Of Loving You
26 - Simply Irresistable
27 - Casting A Spell
28 - Addicted to Love/Yellow Submarine

Robert is fine voice, is usual here.

As noted, this has very good sound overall, however it is very treble-y. The original notes state "Recorded from
the front of the stalls and on the right, about 15 feet from the PA, thois runs a little toppy, and the bass is
a touch out of control too". This was sent to me by David ORorey in order to share as a torrent, and while the
original text file (included in the torrent) suggests this has been shared online somewhere before, this has
not been shared online widely before, I certainly had not seen it before a week or so ago myself.

Looking for Clues is at a faster pace than usual here, Pride is a little re-arranged too. Dreams to Remember,
while not as clear as on the Super Nova video, is a joy to hear before Robert added the guitar overload to this
Otis Redding cover later, on Don't Explain.

The instrumentation on Woke up Laughing is considerably different here. On the one hand, rhythmically, to the
untrained ear it sounds a bit of a mess - like the remake on the Addictions cd, but on the other there is some
fine bell-like instrument(s) used on it.

Johnny and Mary is given different treatment too - the bass sound suffers here with the recording equipment and/or
the sound of the venue, but it's an interesting arrangement, and subtly different to other live versions across
Robert's tours over the years.

Robert sometimes would ad-lib or throw in lyrics of other songs in performance....while he was not alone in doing
that, here he takes it to extremes by singing "Yellow Submarine" for half of the final song, his huge hit "Addicted
to Love"!

An eq'd version, with reduced treble - I found the original version I am sharing here a bit painful to my ears despite
the overall fidelity - is being placed online shortly elsewhere.

If this version is for you, enjoy.

Robert Palmer shows still 'out there' which have not turned up on torrent sites, to my knowledge -

Live Holland - Various dates (around 1979 or so) - FM
Nijmegen Holland 18 Nov 1979
Le Palace, Paris 10 June 1983 - Soundboard

Please share these or any other rare Robert Palmer recordings you have!

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