Robert Palmer | Live at The Ritz, New York City, NY - 1983 (Full Recording)

Robert Palmer live at The Ritz in New York City, New York on June 25, 1983 (’Pride’ Tour 1983). I restored the audio by adding compression, EQ, and soft reverb to add to the concert atmosphere. This brilliant live recording by the late British singer Robert Palmer is a classic example of why his live shows were so captivating. A musical adventurer, Palmer could cohesively blend a wide swatch of styles ranging from rock, blues, reggae, world beat, soul/R&B, and heavy metal into a single live performance, never losing perspective along the way. Recorded at the sonically near-perfect Ritz in New York City in 1983, this live show was originally aired on the King Biscuit Flower Hour. Palmer was out promoting his Pride album, which was helping to further break his career from critics’ darling to bona fide commercially successful superstar. This show was recorded while Palmer was going through a musical transformation, moving a little away from the hard-core reggae pop and funk of the earlier solo
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