The Power Station

The Power Station.  In terms of one-off (alleged super-)groups, I remain skeptical.  I do get confused:  The Power Station, The Firm - who can tell?  Comprised of singer Robert Palmer (who I saw live down at ISU in the fall of 1979), bassist John Taylor, guitarist Andy Taylor of Duran Duran, and former Chic drummer Tony Thompson.  My all-time favorite bass player Bernard Edwards (also of Chic) was in the studio as record producer.  Wiki told me that he also functioned as Power Station's manager.  Formed in New York City in late 1984 during a break in Duran Duran's relentless touring schedule, the band got its name from The Power Station, a recording studio where their album was conceived and recorded.  They cover "Get It On (Bang A Gong)" here, but not to my taste.  In March 1985, the band issued this album Power Station, produced by Bernard Edwards with some informal assistance from Nile Rodgers. Photo about is, I admit, a poor job of me using Photoshop's photomerge feature.  I've spliced together photos of the front and back covers (not a gate fold) so you can see what the entire album designer was going for.