Robert Palmer 1988-09-30 Apollo Theatre, Manchester UK

 Robert Palmer
Apollo Theatre, Manchester UK
30 Sep 1988

Eq'd audience recording, above average: very good sound overall, eq'd to reduce very excessive treble.

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

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

Robert was in fine voice, as usual here.

The original of this recording had very good sound overall, however it was very treble-y. This is an eq'd version, with
reduced treble - I found the original version, which I have shared elsewhere, a bit painful to my ears despite the overall
fidelity. The original notes state "Recorded from the front of the stalls and on the right, about 15 feet from the PA, this
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"!

If this eq'd 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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