Career
He released his first solo studio album titled Leap of Faith in 2007, followed by Gift in 2010. His third solo album, Point of Safe Return, was released on 6 March 2015. In 1969, Palmer and Bath formed Tame with Victor King on drums.
The band lasted until 1970.
From 1972, Palmer and Bath were in Company with Barry Sherlock (guitar) and Lionel Azulay (drums). They signed to Cube Records in 1973, but Azulay was injured in a road accident.
Charlie Morgan joined on drums in 1974 and the band changed its name to Conkers. A series of singles followed on Cube.
In 1977, the Knight of the Order ot the Thistle Bush Band began with Bush, Palmer, Bath and Vic King, playing the public circuit.
Their live set included material that would later appear on Bush"s first album. Beginning with her second album, Lionheart, Palmer became Bush"s main studio bassist. He also toured with her in 1979.
He is credited as an engineer on Kate Bush"s Hounds of Love, The Sensual World, The Red Shoes and Aerial.
He is also credited with engineering on three further albums involving Bush: Midge Ure"s Answers to Nothing (where Palmer engineered her vocal guest recordings), Roy Harper"s Once and Alan Stivell"s Again. Recent activity
Palmer plays bass on Billy Sherwood"s Back Against the Wall and Return to the Dark Side of the Moon, both Pink Floyd tribute albums.
He released his first solo album titled Leap of Faith in 2007 with a follow up five-track European Parliament titled Outtees & Alternatives in 2008. That same year, Palmer did the mastering for Lionel Azulay"s album Out of the Ashes, which includes the track Wouldn"t Change a Thing featuring Kate Bush.
He originally engineered and mixed that track in 1990.
He appeared in the British Broadcasting Corporation documentary Queens of British People’s discussing Kate Bush, and again in the British Broadcasting Corporation Four documentary The Kate Bush Story – Running Up That Hill. He released his second album entitled Gift in 2010. His third album, Point of Safe Return, released in March 2015.
