Angelo Starr - Don't Leave Me Stranded

Angelo Starr and I have now made five wonderful songs together. For my "Yesterday And Tomorrow" album, he made a fabulous new version of my 1976 Disco classic, originally sung so wonderfully by the late great James Wells, called "Baby I'm Still The Same Man", which came out on Polydor Records in 1976, and was also my very first ever twelve inch disc. When I go into the recording studio with Angelo Starr to make a new record, my greatest possible aspiration could only ever be to try to make a record as good as these five songs. Of course, Angelo is the brother of the late great Edwin Starr, is managed by Edwin's manager, Lillian Kyle, and is simply the epitome of a classic soul singer. He also leads "The Team", who used to be Edwin's backing group, and are constantly performing up and down the country. Angelo's first tracks with me, "Stand On My Own Two Feet", and "Non Stop Destination", made everyone sit up and take notice. And also this fabulous and talented man was just the perfect voice to feature on my utterly fabulous exciting album, "Disco 2008", with another monster track, "There's A Storm Coming On". He has also done this fantastic album, "Northern Soul 2008", called "Don't Leave Me Stranded". Angelo has also done all the trailers for us, and he is always 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. This 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, and this is the absolute first time premiere of another track which I am exclusively unveiling here on YouTube, from the recent album, "Northern Soul 2008", which was just released on June 30th, 2008. 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 released on June 30th on Centre City Records, distributed once again by Passion Music and Pinnacle, and available on iTunes. This 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 well over 19 million YouTube hits, they seem to be thankfully a very small minority. The 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. Angelo and I co-wrote this fabulous uplifting song with my long time producing partner Clive Scott.