ROBERT PALMER - BEST OF BOTH WORLDS : ANTHOLOGY

ROBERT PALMER - BEST OF BOTH WORLDS : ANTHOLOGY Palmer, Robert: Best Of Both Worlds: Anthology Born on January 19, 1949, in Batley, Yorkshire, Palmer spent much of his childhood living in Malta, where his father was stationed with the Navy and where Robert was mesmerized by the voices of black song stylists like Nat "King" Cole and Billie Holiday he heard on American armed-forces radio. When he was 10, his family returned to England, setting in Scarborough, Yorkshire, where the budding vocalist attended art school at Scarborough Technical College and joined his first band, a locally popular combo called the Mandrakes, in 1965. In 1969, Palmer moved to London to join R&B-leaning horn combo The Alan Bown Set (whose monicker was later shortened to The Alan Bown), replacing Jess Roden as lead vocalist. Palmer was featured on the band's 1970 album Listen, on Chris Blackwell's fledgling Island Records, a label with which Palmer would ultimately have a lengthy and fruitful association. He eventually moved on to sing and play rhythm guitar with Dada, a 12-piece jazz/soul/rock ensemble that soon scaled down its lineup to a sextet and became Vinegar Joe. Palmer's three albums with that group—Vinegar Joe and Rock ’N’ Roll Gypsies in 1972 and Six Star General the following year, all on Island—found him sharing vocals with future solo star Elkie Brooks and making substantial songwriting contributions to the band's repertoire. Palmer launched his solo career in 1974 with Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley. The album, whose stellar supporting cast included members of Little Feat and the Meters, demonstrated Palmer's affinity for American rhythm and blues. That soulful sensibility was featured in the New Orleans-style grooves of such standouts as Little Feat's "Sailin' Shoes" and the sly title track, written by Crescent City R&B legend Allen Toussaint. Elsewhere, Palmer's own "Hey Julia" and "How Much Fun" demonstrated that the artist could write songs on a par with those of his idols. Incidentally, Sneakin' Sally's memorable front cover was shot in a tunnel near London's Heathrow Airport; the woman alongside Palmer is Josephine Florent, who later married Palmer's longtime manager David Harper.

TRACK LISTING

Disc One
1.Sailin’ Shoes
2.Hey Julia
3.Sneakin’ Sall Through The Alley - remix
4.How Much Fun
5.Give Me An Inch - remix
6.Pressure Drop
7.Trouble
8.Which Of Us Is The Fool
9.Spanish Moon
10.Man Smart (Woman Smarter)
11.Some People Can Do What They Like
12.You’re Gonna Get What’s Coming - remix
13.Every Kinda People - remix
14.Best Of Both Worlds - remix
15.Bad Case Of Lovin’ You (Doctor, Doctor) - remix
16.Jealous
17.Can We Still Be Friends? - remix
18.I Dream Of Wires
19.Not A Second Time
20.Some Guys Have All The Luck
21.Pride
22.What Do You Care (live)

Disc Two
1.You Are In My System - remix
2.Some Like It Hot – The Power Station
3.Get It On (Bang A Gong) – The Power Station
4.Addicted To Love - remix
5.Hyperactive
6.I Didn’t Mean to Turn You On
7.Sweet Lies – from the movie Sweet Lies
8.She Makes My Day
9.Early In The Morning
10.Simply Irresistible
11.You’re Amazing – remix/edit
12.I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight – Robert Palmer & UB40
13.Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) / I Want You
14.Want You More
15.Know By Now
16.Stone Cold
17.Milkcow’s Calf Blues
18.Johnny & Mary (live)

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