Amanda White - Leave Your Heart At The Door

Amanda White returns with our second released track on her, for Centre City Records. Her previous release with us was a fabulous new version of my 1975 classic Barbara Pennington Northern Soul anthem, originally released on Island Records, "Running In Another Direction". Amanda was discovered and brought to me by Tahira Jumah, as an unknown soulful and bluesy singer with a great voice, and whose Mother, Crystal, was also a great singer. Amanda had us dancing in the aisles with her killer remake of the Barbara Pennington song, and now we have just cut another stunning song with her, "Leave Your Heart At The Door", for our album, "Northern Soul 2008", which we launched on Centre City Records. Amanda is just fabulous, so willing, so lovely, so cooperative, and such a warm hearted person, and it makes me proud to have artists of this calibre on Centre City Records. She had been a jazz and blues singer, but once she turned her hand to soul, she excelled and makes a perfect Centre City artist. Amanda White, along with Kitty Corbin, Jennifer Dee, Verna Francis, Marvin Cotterell, Shenton Dixon and my new male soul group, The Concentrations, represents the new generation of Centre City artists. Thanks to the wonderful Tahira Jumah, who has been scouring England for the best soul talent there is, our new album is a vocal masterpiece, a new hope for the future, and a proof positive that great soul music is far far far from dead and buried. Thankyou my wonderful wonderful Tahira. You have done me proud. The best A&R talent scout there ever was. 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. Everything about this wonderful new song suggests the magic and energy of the era that I fell in love with as a teenager. Forget the purists - this one has it all. If you can keep your feet still while listening to this, then you must be a country and western fan or something. The album, "Northern Soul 2008" was distributed once again by Passion Music and Pinnacle and is available on iTunes. This Northern Soul album is a sequel to our album, "Northern Soul 2007" which was the very first release on Centre City Records. I have spent thirty two years honing my craft to the point when I am able to produce authentic records like this. There are some small minded people who call themselves fans of Northern Soul who refuse to accept that anybody can make a new record that sounds like the real thing. But with over 19 million YouTube hits, they seem to be thankfully a very small minority.The new album consists of twenty four brand new 2008 songs by soul and disco legends. Each song has an accompanying video of the artist basically performing it the studio and in outside locations, 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. Amanda and I co-wrote this fabulous uplifting song with my long time producing partner Clive Scott.