Steve Brookstein - Head Over Heels

"Disco 2008" is here. And I'm working again with Steve Brookstein, for my personal favourite song on the entire album. This soulful and modern yet retro disco stomper is the eighth song for our brand new album "Disco 2008" to have a finished video here on YouTube. We have now finished recording all of the twenty four songs going on it, plus three more songs just for the DVD version. As for the videos, and there is a video for each and every track, we have nearly finished editing them all, to meet our December deadline. And here is a complete YouTube exclusive. The brand new Steve Brookstein video for "Disco 2008" - the first ever Disco album of twenty four all brand new tracks, all of which have a free DVD with them, to watch each artist perform them, and keep classic Disco alive for this millenium. The album is released on December 3rd 2007.
Steve was of course the lead singer with The Four Vandals, who were created in 1999. I had been working with Steve Brookstein for two years after seeing him come second on an ITV talent contest, hosted by Jonathan Ross. After trying a few solo records, plus a duet with Steve's then girlfriend Kate Jackson, who also recorded under the name Venicia Wilson, I decided to form a new Northern Soul band around Steve. This band was called All Points Bulletin, and Kate Jackson was also in the band. I was making a documentary about Northern Soul, called "The Strange World Of Northern Soul", and the idea was to create a new young fresh Northern Soul band to show that the scene didn't have to be just about thirty year old records. So All Points Bulletin made three songs, "I'm On My Way", "Lucky Number", and "You've Been Away", and filmed two of these songs in a rehearsal room in North Acton, but my partner in the documentary, Neil Rushton, got cold feet about All Points Bulletin, so in 1999, when the film reached its final edit, the footage was left on the cutting room floor at first. But I was still determined to prove to the moaners on the Northern Soul scene, those who claimed that no-one could make a new record these days that any people would listen to it and think it was a real old Northern Soul record, that it could ACTUALLY be done. The idea came of The Four Vandals, seeming to come out of New Jersey. It had the ring of truth about it, because one of the former Temptations, Damon Harris, had originally sang in a group called The Vandals, and their records were released by a company in New Jersey, so I figured that a group with the name of The Four Vandals would have the ring of truth about it. But the record not only had to sound authentic, but it had to look authentic too, plus sound like it was in mono, and have a late 1960s feel about it. So in 1999 they recorded "The Wrong Side Of Town" and we pressed it up in America, and let a record dealer in Carolina send just three copies over to England. The record was made to look thirty years old, even down to being soaked in a bucket of water, and having talcum powder rubbed into the grooves. It sort of backfired, because some greedy individuals started charging up to a thousand pounds each for them, after I had given them away free, and so much care went into making the record seem thirty years old, that no-one dare say a word, so the amusing little scam kept digging itself a deeper and deeper hole. But conversely, the record went on to become THE biggest record on the whole Northern Soul Scene for the last twenty years, even being pictured next to the Frank Wilson fifteen thousand pound rarity, on the front cover of Kev Robverts' book, "Northern Soul's Top 500". Once Steve Brookstein won the X-Factor, (for those of you in America, the X-Factor is Simon Cowell's TV show in England, and is exactly like your American Idol. After winning the show, Steve had a number one single and a number one album, on which I was one of the producers, but Steve then got dropped by Simon Cowell for no apparent earthly reason other than Steve wanted to do new songs, not just covers), the whole secret of The Four Vandals came out in the press, but I remained unrepentant. "The Wrong Side Of Town" is one of the highlights of my career", I publicly and defiantly claimed. And here we are, eight more years have passed, and "Head Over Heels" is Steve's best ever vocal, in my humble opinion, Well anyway, the exciting news is that "Disco 2008" is nearly here. 24 brand new Disco tracks in time for Christmas. All of them recorded since August 2007. 24 fabulous retro disco delights, with a DVD also, of the performances of all 24 songs that are on the CD plus three bonus tracks. I love it. PLEASE buy "Disco 2008" in December, available through Vital, and marketed by GoldSoul Records.

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• Disco
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• Centre-City
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• Northern-Soul
• X-Factor

[IanLevine]

Someone just left a very nice comment asking when this was released and I went to reply to it but accidentally hit remove instead of reply, and once you do that, there is no retrieving it whatever you do. Anyway it is already released five weeks ago on the album "Disco 2008" and you can get it from Amazon.

[IanLevine]

Steve's going to perform this on the 3rd December at our launch party at the Ion Bar. Still a few places left if anyone wants to see this showcase. Details are on my main YouTube page. Just click on my name above this message to get there quickly.

[bosley11111]

That's more like it Ian.

TOP TOP tune

How do I get a copy of that?

[IanLevine]

The way to get a copy is to order "Disco 2008" which is released on December 3rd, distributed by Vital. You can easily order it from Amazon or Play or Goldsoul.

[JoshRosenblumMusic]

Sounds good. Sounds like runway music.

[BarbraAlejandro]

Ian- This Is A Fav!!! Can't Wait To Hear Steve's New Tack On "Northern Soul 2009" ..."How Many Times" So Love His Voice!!!

[Paulpvm]

Liking This Steve-Great Beat. Do this at As you like it sat 19th September :-)

[0GomuGomu0]

You look old!!! hold on people!!! I meant it as a joke... I just become a fan of Steve today... watch his x factor video... never fail to impress me every performance! keep singing...! again.. you look old.. lolz!

[MadMonkeyBoy08]

syco records (the contract you get when you win x factor) left him and now he's independent because he didn't do any songs

[jetit]

Very nice

[joanne21268]

ps, sing us Me and Mrs Jones!!!! softly, seductively like you used too!

[joanne21268]

Hey Steve,

Still sounding as good as the Rocky days! You still wearing Burgandy jackets????????

Jo xxx

[tallslimguy]

Should have entered this for Eurovision, Would have swept the board as they say.

Well Done Steve and Ian.

[BarbraAlejandro]

Steve Sounds Great On This One!!! Great Job Everyone Concerned!!!!! Love The Cd!!!