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Robert Palmer Takes Tour Of Music Video Hits
This collection, originally compiled and released in 1992 finds singer Robert Palmer taking fans on a walk through his career in muisc videos. Palmer himself provides commentary and offers trivia and other interesting tidbits regarding the recording of many of the songs and/or making of the videos. Most of the singer's more popular videos are included such as "Addicted To Love", "Simply Irresistible", and "I Didn't Mean To Turn You On" as well the Power Station hits "Some Like It Hot" and "Get It On (Bang A Gong)". Fans will enjoy some of the early videos from the beginning of the MTV era for minor hits such as "Pride", "You Are In My System", and the UK hit "Some Guys Have All The Luck". There is rare footage from Palmer's early career in the mid to late 70's including a 1976 concert performance of his remake of "Man Smart, Woman Smarter" as well as 1979 UK TV appearance to promote "Bad Case Of Loving You". An Isalnd Records complilation, there are no videos for EMI Records hit singles like "Early In The Morning", "You're Amazing", or "Mercy, Mercy Me/I Want You" even though they were on the charts prior to this collection's release. Overall a solid collection featuring most of the singer's biggest hits. ... Read more

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A Western a la cucina di Sophia Loren
Sophia and Anthony cook up a great western tale in this story of a troupe of actors, conning their way across the wild west. Up against Ramon Novarro as the bad guy. Novarro was the 'other' latin lover of the silent silver screen (Valentino's rival) Having acted with women like Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Greta Garbo,Jeannette McDonald, Myrna Loy, he gives a great performance with Sophia Loren in this, his last role in a big movie. Cukor the director is another great from the silver screen making one of his last movies also. ... Read more

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Super Nova Chronicles Palmer's Heavy Nova Videos
1989's Super Nova video release from EMI Records is an hour long collection of muisc videos for the songs featured on Robert Palmer's 1988 Heavy Nova album (hence the video title). The album itself was a major sales success in both the US and UK for Palmer, propelled by the very popular video and single "Simply Irresistible" in the US and the smash hit ballad "She Makes My Day" in the UK. Videos for both songs are inluded here, along with videos for virtually every other song on the Heavy Nova album. There is also live concert footage from Palmer's massive 1988-89 world tour (taken from a stadium performance in Birmingham England). Palmer himself acts as host, introducing the videos and giving history on their filming or on the songs themselves. Palmer, usually more enigmatic than charismatic, does a nice job of hosting what is essentially an hour long special on his Heavy Nova album. The videos themselves are entertaining but nothing unusual in terms of visuals or production quality. "Early In The Morning" was widely played on MTV in 1988-89 as it was a US hit single for Palmer. If you are looking for rare music videos not often shown on TV this collection is a good choice, but limited as it focusses only on the Heavy Nova album tracklist, essentially representing just one year of the singer's long career. If you are a fan of Palmer's work you'll likely enjoy this collection very much, as will most 80's rock fans. "Simply Irresistible" was one of the most requested and played clips on MTV that year, a trademark video in Palmer's career. ... Read more

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A Western a la cucina di Sophia Loren
Sophia and Anthony cook up a great western tale in this story of a troupe of actors, conning their way across the wild west. Up against Ramon Novarro as the bad guy. Novarro was the 'other' latin lover of the silent silver screen (Valentino's rival) Having acted with women like Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Greta Garbo,Jeannette McDonald, Myrna Loy, he gives a great performance with Sophia Loren in this, his last role in a big movie. Cukor the director is another great from the silver screen making one of his last movies also. ... Read more

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Palmer Promotes Crooner Side In 1992 Video
This 1992 video release finds the singer performing classic pre rock era standards alongside similairly themed self penned songs in a concert hall type format. Palmer acts (though sparingly) as nightclub owner who performs but there is little dialogue and side story, mostly just the singer singing his songs. No hard rock stuff but solid renditions of chestnuts such as "Goody Goody" and "Witchcraft". There are few lighthearted moments with actors playing characters in the nightclub but the video clearly centers around Palmer performing which isn't really bad. Die hard fans or music lovers who appreciate jazz era standards will enjoy but casual Palmer fans will be disapointed with no Top 20 hit singles or catchy rock dance material. ... Read more