Northern Soul 2008 - The Official Trailer

It's ready. The album is ready. "Northern Soul 2008" is ready. This is the absolute first time premiere of the trailer for "Northern Soul 2008", which I am exclusively unveiling here on YouTube, the all new exciting trailer for the next forthcoming album, "Northern Soul 2008", which will be released on June 30th, 2008. Northern Soul has endured for forty years now, but the sound was in danger of becoming mired in pure nostalgia and becoming stale and repetitive So to recapture that freshness, Centre City Records was launched in 2007 (along with launching this Youtube channel which by now has achieved a stunning 2,500,000 views!). Last September, "Northern Soul 2007" was the first album to be released. The album opened ears, inspired jaded palettes and brought a whole new crowd to the sound, people that were not even born when the first and even second wave hit the shores. And now, nearly a year later, comes this sequel album, which amazingly has grown up and out from the first step, into a whole new level of excellence. The two albums complement each other perfectly, like a pair of gloves, or like Yin and Yang. Using a combination of seasoned professionals like The Flirtations, Jimmy Thomas and Jimmy James and The Vagabonds, and adding in new and exciting vocal talents like Tahira Jumah, Winston Ward, Jennifer Dee, Verna Francis, Fay Jones, Angelo Starr and Pamela Ivonne Cole, these albums and DVDs have created future classic and secret underground sounds for a scene that keeps its cards closely to its chest, and holds its secrets until they are ready to let them go. Northern Soul 2008 is everything northern soul is was and should be - accessible, yet mysterious and unexplainable with its own set of strange laws and contradictory rules. Here it is for your delight, with 24 brand new, exciting tracks, and once again - as has become Centre City's trademark - with a free DVD (with 4 bonus tracks!) where you can watch all the artists performing these wonderful songs. Enjoy the ride. It is true to say that I have tried many times in my life to capture that quintessence of what makes a Northern Soul record actually work on the dancefloor, and with records like Sidney Barnes "Standing On Solid Ground" and Chuck Jackson "All Over The World", I certainly hit a popular chord. But this time I have never been more artistically satisfied. The new album, "Northern Soul 2008" will be released on June 30th on Centre City Records, distributed once again by Passion Music and Pinnacle, and available to pre-order through the new website, http://www.ianlevine.co.uk Each song has an accompanying video of the artist performing it, and the DVD has four extra bonus tracks too. The work that we have all put into this project is quite staggering, and I hope it will break down the barriers between the older Northern Soul stalwarts and a new generation who need younger acts who still produce the same vibe we all witnessed forty years ago for Motown's glory years. Play the CD, watch the DVD, and give new Northern Soul a chance this time. This album, "Northern Soul 2008" will be released on June 30th on Centre City Records, available through the new website, http://www.ianlevine.co.uk - and I hope you will all consider supporting it.

Added 9 Apr 2026