Not forgetting the legendary farnborough tech students union gig, Elkie wasnt impressed that we were just sitting on the floor, get up and dance you fekkers.....or words to that effect
I forgot how great this was. I remember seeing it on TOGWT back in the 1980's as part of some retrospective night. Couldn't compute that it was Elkie Brooks and Robert Palmer I was watching. Fantastic song, easily as good as anything else that came out in '72. Very Little feat and just as funky. Palmer was a serious contender for cutest boy of the year here, and Elkie is as stunning as ever. Thanks
I went to see Vinegar Joe in Watford back in the seventies. I never gave Robert Palmer a thought back then as I thought Elkie Brookes was the star attraction.
Hey!! I’m 53, always thought Ellie brooks was boring ballads. Totally converted to an amazing performer! RP was a class act Wish I had gone to a live gig with Prince, RP and Elkie B THANKS!!
OH MY GOD, Robert is soooo cute with long hair,oooooooooo! Er, ahem! The band was marvelous singing a wonderful tune at The Old Grey Whistle Test. Marvelous, bravo, wonderful. Yes, Yes,yes.
Yes I always thought the Whistle Test was live, mind you I was watching on a black and white TV set and yet all my memories of it are in colour - so I suppose my mind was filling in the blanks.
WOW!! Listened to these for a couple years & loved it. This the first time ive SEEN them. Very weird to see Bob Palmer trying so hard to be Jagger. God love him for going on to find his own (very special) way.❤
I never in a million years would have recognized Robert Palmer if not for his name being posted on here! Amazing I never saw him out of a suit and tie but I LIKE IT!!!!! A LOT!!! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Never saw this before and I loved it 🌹! Long hair , thin body way before the iconic handsome suits the persona like a cross between a young Mr. Mick Jagger and the Doors , Mr. Jim Morrison going on here. Wow?! Thanks for this totally unexpected upload on Jun 29th 2022 Wednesday night👍☕🍎 Be well and thanks again.
I never would have guessed in a million years this was Robert Palmer! I like it a lot,but he is unrecognizable without his suit and tie! LOL Thanks for sending this my way rocker53zero! ♥
Vinegar Joe were such an interesting band, sounding vibrant and hypnotic. Sure they were a blues band and had a touch of the Stones to their songs but they had so much energy in their music. The proof of the pudding was that although Palmer and Brooks had great voices, I always felt that in their solo careers their music sounded too clinical and polished (and sometimes dull). Compare that with the organic sound they have here, where you can really feel the raw talent in the band.
Great band, missed them at the time (too young) but have since groan to love them, pity they near reformed, a bite to lait now, with parsing of Robert (RIP)
Saw them in Birmingham (UK) A really excellent band. Should have been bigger. But there again they were not a 'pop' group, so were largely ignored. Tragic. I am so chuffed I saw them live.
A young Mister P looking uncannily like a young Michael Jagger 8) Cool band and brilliant song. Quite superb. Never seen this before. Thanks very much for sharing. :-)
My face explode? Well it was the frustration of being made to mime to the LP back tracks by the BBC (notice the congas in Bar 1 kiddies?) and I had nothing else to do but pull faces thinking to myself God when they see this in 40 yrs time despite all this effort we'll have never actually have broken the big time. Maybe we should all split up and go solo. So we did. cheers Pete Gage
N Sydney Soundies Lol, great stuff. I just saw this for the first time and was thinking that you didn’t look too comfortable trying to fake it. I can’t blame you - there were a lot of different guitar parts!
Palmer and Brooks kinda remind me of Marty Balin and Grace Slick during the heyday of Jefferson Airplane. Two great voices working as one. Too bad they never made it here in the US.
In Ellie’s autobiography she says RP never spike to her after VJ. She claims not to know why, and she stayed friends with his mother, it certain,y made me wonder about him. He never seemed to want to acknowledge her (on stage) even in VJ days. I think she was always shockingly ignored as an artist by the British music (make) press of the day. About time the Brits reached out, or Glastonbury legend slot.
I found an album in a creek and I brought it home, I tried restoring it, but I just couldn’t get all the rust off of it. 😢 however, I put in my record player and it brought me to this song. Rusty red record for a rusty red armor
what a good group. I never knew of this Robert Palmer band. As for the lip synching..Im sure they all had to do it for the show at this time. Dont blame the band.
Rock and roll in its purest form, probably just how GOD intended it. One of the most amazing bands to see live. When you were there with them it almost felt like you were inside the music-Wow.
It is a pity the early Whistle Test performances were marred by the Beeb's insistence on backing tracks. You should not feel bad: (1) they even made the Who do it, (2) at least the BBC later repented and let the bands play live and (3) we, who saw your gigs, know what you could do. It was a travesty of the highest order that VJ were left off not one but four DVDs of the OGWT! And then to rub salt into the wound, thay found space for that arch wastrel John Cooper Clarke.
Agreed - definitely a Stones-influenced feel to Bobbies vocals here - none the worse for that . . . probably both influenced by the soul and the blues apparent in the emerging Southern Rock genre.
Still sound good in 2024
Wow, never seen Robert Palmer like this...he's pulling the Mick Jagger vibe.
RIP to the legend, you are missed.
Funky Stones bro
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@@rexgeorg7324 💯
Gosh, it's Mick's brother Robert Jagger!!!
In those leather trousers more like Jim Morrison from the doors.
If there was any justice in the world, Vinegar Joe would have as famous as the Stones, and never out of the charts.
Tragically underrated band.
Robert Palmer. Snake hips. Gorgeous.
Saw them live in 1973 at the Lanchester Polytechnic in Coventry, fantastic
RIP Robert, thank you for all of the great music you created and performed. What an amazing talent.
Robert Palmer was taking it to eleven on the hipness scale
YOU NAILED IT..😇👍
Omg.. I stumbled on this.. amazing young Robert and Elkie.. they sound so great.!! . lush live music... cant beat it xx
Elkie Brooks voice is amazing. !!!
Saw them 4 times live in 1972. Amazing band . Still in my system
Don't lie, liar.
@@robertcarli1969 l m 70 y.o. seen them at Reading Festival 1972, London Lyceum August 1972, Marquee club april and October 1972. I have the pics.
@Robert Carli I'm glad I'm not as cynical as you, not believing that people have done nice and cool things. Seek help
Not forgetting the legendary farnborough tech students union gig, Elkie wasnt impressed that we were just sitting on the floor, get up and dance you fekkers.....or words to that effect
I forgot how great this was. I remember seeing it on TOGWT back in the 1980's as part of some retrospective night. Couldn't compute that it was Elkie Brooks and Robert Palmer I was watching. Fantastic song, easily as good as anything else that came out in '72. Very Little feat and just as funky. Palmer was a serious contender for cutest boy of the year here, and Elkie is as stunning as ever. Thanks
Elkie still at it last month in Leeds,she was fantastic. Love her.
What a lovely voice Elkie has obviously loves what she does !
Robert Palmer at about 23(?). This is so funny, he was really hamming it up. Miss him!
How cool this is..I never saw this before...and I love Robert so much...it's nice to know more about his early career. How cute he was!
I loved this band. Like the Faces, they really loved playing live.
the legend that is Elkie Brooks
So Cool To See RP Way Back In The Day So Handsome He Is Truly Missed❤
Elkie Brooks what an amazing singer, then and now.
Simon Mac い
...and one of the sexiest women alive.
liking the leather pants Robert ;-)
I went to see Vinegar Joe in Watford back in the seventies. I never gave Robert Palmer a thought back then as I thought Elkie Brookes was the star attraction.
Exactly the same here, except I saw them at the old St Albans Civic.
The Greyhound in Fulham Palace Road was the nearest to me that they played!
Oh my! I miss him! He was ace. And everyone was a real musician. ❤
Dang I can’t get over how great these guys were. They shoulda been big! Thanks for making this available. Very cool!
There's so much talent on that stage it actually frightens me...
RIP:Robert Palmer
Saw these guys at Bristol Art School back in '71, liked it them ...love it now
Hey!! I’m 53, always thought Ellie brooks was boring ballads. Totally converted to an amazing performer! RP was a class act
Wish I had gone to a live gig with Prince, RP and Elkie B
THANKS!!
Both fits perfectly together. Reminds me a bit of Allmans Brothers Band and early Stones stuff.
OH MY GOD, Robert is soooo cute with long hair,oooooooooo! Er, ahem! The band
was marvelous singing a wonderful tune at The Old Grey Whistle Test. Marvelous, bravo, wonderful. Yes, Yes,yes.
No lip synching on Old Gray Whistle Test, all live performance! Not to be confused with Top of the Pops!
This was not live.
@@michaelschmidt9708 - Please go back to sleep!
Live vocals, recorded instruments.
Lots of the OGW was syncted
So wrong…
Yes I always thought the Whistle Test was live, mind you I was watching on a black and white TV set and yet all my memories of it are in colour - so I suppose my mind was filling in the blanks.
WOW!! Listened to these for a couple years & loved it.
This the first time ive SEEN them. Very weird to see Bob Palmer trying so hard to be Jagger. God love him for going on to find his own (very special) way.❤
Being a huge early Robert Palmer fan, i don't know how I missed this !
"Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley.......Oh my !!!!!!!!!
I never in a million years would have recognized Robert Palmer if not for his name being posted on here! Amazing I never saw him out of a suit and tie but I LIKE IT!!!!! A LOT!!! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Saw these at the California Ballroom Dunstable,,what a privilege
The way Robert Palmer attacks that first note !
The legends never die
Never saw this before and I loved it 🌹!
Long hair , thin body way before the iconic handsome suits the persona like a cross between a young Mr. Mick Jagger and the Doors , Mr. Jim Morrison going on here.
Wow?!
Thanks for this totally unexpected upload on Jun 29th 2022 Wednesday night👍☕🍎
Be well and thanks again.
Elkie Brooks was the star in this band.
I never would have guessed in a million years this was Robert Palmer! I like it a lot,but he is unrecognizable without his suit and tie! LOL Thanks for sending this my way rocker53zero! ♥
Vinegar Joe were such an interesting band, sounding vibrant and hypnotic. Sure they were a blues band and had a touch of the Stones to their songs but they had so much energy in their music. The proof of the pudding was that although Palmer and Brooks had great voices, I always felt that in their solo careers their music sounded too clinical and polished (and sometimes dull). Compare that with the organic sound they have here, where you can really feel the raw talent in the band.
Simply irresistible :)
Great band, missed them at the time (too young) but have since groan to love them, pity they near reformed, a bite to lait now, with parsing of Robert (RIP)
Saw them in Birmingham (UK) A really excellent band. Should have been bigger. But there again they were not a 'pop' group, so were largely ignored. Tragic. I am so chuffed I saw them live.
Bought this record for 60 cents about 1976....nice deal if you can find it...love it
SongmanC I'll give you a dollar for it right now
First thing that came to mind beside Robert doing his Jagger thing: They were like a British Delaney and Bonnie...
A young Mister P looking uncannily like a young Michael Jagger 8) Cool band and brilliant song. Quite superb. Never seen this before. Thanks very much for sharing. :-)
Smokin Band !!!!
Gran babda..exelente robert...
Two singers like that the band was never going to last. Great sound.
What do you mean?
@@Solutions3000 I think he meant they were too good. Most bands only have one great singer.
@@Poecilia1963 Thank you.
brill, loved them both
Elkie brooks so nice looking looked up power station came upon this. Greetings from new jersey
The intro(up to the vocals) is like a funky version of the snooker music on BBC.
My face explode? Well it was the frustration of being made to mime to the LP back tracks by the BBC (notice the congas in Bar 1 kiddies?) and I had nothing else to do but pull faces thinking to myself God when they see this in 40 yrs time despite all this effort we'll have never actually have broken the big time. Maybe we should all split up and go solo. So we did. cheers Pete Gage
N Sydney Soundies Lol, great stuff. I just saw this for the first time and was thinking that you didn’t look too comfortable trying to fake it. I can’t blame you - there were a lot of different guitar parts!
wow what a gem!
Thats the kinda blues I like
LOve the tune and the band!!!
Rob Zombie on guitar! :) And Robert Palmer channeling Jagger...
Of Course The Bassist,Steve York, Is the driving wheel make the song strong !!
Great piece of seventies music.....
Palmer and Brooks kinda remind me of Marty Balin and Grace Slick during the heyday of Jefferson Airplane. Two great voices working as one. Too bad they never made it here in the US.
What a band .. 2 great singers & Pete Gage on guitar ... f me
Thanks Phil. I was wondering who was playing such tasty guitar.
So glad I stumbled onto this.
Great band & song!
This is Good! Reminds me of the Black crowes (long before they ever existed!)hey, is that Chris Elliott on guitar in disguise? Lol
Wow LOVE this.
In Ellie’s autobiography she says RP never spike to her after VJ. She claims not to know why, and she stayed friends with his mother, it certain,y made me wonder about him. He never seemed to want to acknowledge her (on stage) even in VJ days. I think she was always shockingly ignored as an artist by the British music (make) press of the day. About time the Brits reached out, or Glastonbury legend slot.
Love it.
damn this is good
Elkie the bollocks seriously great
Look at them aahhh m8t it sends a tingle up my spine.let’s go around again.Holsey67 🇬🇧
I found an album in a creek and I brought it home, I tried restoring it, but I just couldn’t get all the rust off of it. 😢 however, I put in my record player and it brought me to this song. Rusty red record for a rusty red armor
robert was so cool, even back then!
Bass line almost sounded like Sneakin' Sally in the beginning
what a good group. I never knew of this Robert Palmer band. As for the lip synching..Im sure they all had to do it for the show at this time. Dont blame the band.
Amazing 😘😘💗
@Polly6761 Elkie was the powerful voice and stage persona in this band.
Wow Screaming Bob Harris... brilliant
Remember seeing this clip on VH1's Before They Were Rock Stars
great`palmer`.....
Amazing Brooks
Not one of their best, but back in the day there was nobody anywhere in the same league as Elkie,or since come to think of it
Rock and roll in its purest form, probably just how GOD intended it. One of the most amazing bands to see live. When you were there with them it almost felt like you were inside the music-Wow.
It is a pity the early Whistle Test performances were marred by the Beeb's insistence on backing tracks. You should not feel bad: (1) they even made the Who do it, (2) at least the BBC later repented and let the bands play live and (3) we, who saw your gigs, know what you could do. It was a travesty of the highest order that VJ were left off not one but four DVDs of the OGWT! And then to rub salt into the wound, thay found space for that arch wastrel John Cooper Clarke.
1 they have a great fun.
now that s what I m taking . about ??
A Palmer-penned song and performance obviously influenced by Little Feat, not Mick Jagger.
No surprise, considering Lowell George played on Robert's first solo LP
Nicolas Martin Think almost every singer back then was subconsciously “moving like Jagger”.
but he looks like in this song, more like Mick Jagger
There is some Feat feel, but I also can hear a little Leon Russell in Robert's vocal styling.
@bandbase2 You are so right! I have since found that not to be true, but thanks for setting me straight.
holy hell robert. You were a honey pot always, you sexy flirty thing!!
I hope I run into you in Heaven.
Super fun song, full of sass.
Do you understand why Lowell worked with him on his first 3 solo projects.
Awesome
My god they were good.😎
the best song of their ffirst (and best) album>
A little bit of Jagger inflection. Still sooo smooth.
This is not a live performance! Only the vocals are live. The rest is a backing track from the first VJ
album.
Agreed - definitely a Stones-influenced feel to Bobbies vocals here - none the worse for that . . . probably both influenced by the soul and the blues apparent in the emerging Southern Rock genre.
Great Pete Gage on guitar !!!
Nice intro chord on addicted to love
Oh my! Robert grooving big time. Love this early work.
Elkie Brooks was the band.
You wouldn't be sayin' that if you'd ever seen this lot play live. 'Nuff said.
Went to see Wishbone Ash in Chicago ‘73…then there was Barnstormer (Joe Walsh post James Gang) there was this…phenomenal…