1989 Secret Dimension “Secret D. Jam” on Ross Records

Found this badboy sealed and took a flyer based entirely on the cover and private press potential. Normally the year would have sent me straight to the listening table first, but that wasn’t an option. Ross Records is a joint out of Alabama that has exactly one release to its credit. So, the good news is the vinyl is M, since I’m the first to play it. The bad news is that while it is boogie-funk, which is precisely what I laid out cash for, it’s hopelessly 80’s and garage-produced and pretty dated. Which isn’t to say the one “banger” isn’t fun, cuz it is, but it 100% could have replaced Harold Faltermeyer’s zippy work on the “Beverly Hills Cop” theme and not a single person would have noticed the difference. It’s also sort of a naive/grim testament to the times in that one tune is a warning to The Boyz in the greater Montgomery area to wear condoms when getting busy with Freaks since there’s some wack shit going around. I doubt this one survives the next cull, but I don’t mind owning it for now, Axel Foley’s gonna spend some time in the house and we’re all going to bask in nostalgia for the era of mixtapes and Morris Day dance remixes. I imagine if you’re a DJ, this is a sort of crate grail, but I am not a DJ, just a humble slave to the rhythm. Oh yah.