When I become aware of a 12-inch dance single manufactured at Archer Record Pressing in 1989 with a GROSSE POINTE address on the label...well, I kinda drop everything and hop on top of it.

The "Your Love" takes are a pretty standard fare late 80's vocal focused electro-pop with inspired drum programming and a little taste of approximated vinyl scratching and cuts thrown in for good measure. The Radio Mix is merely passable, while the Erogenous mix manages to get the blood flowing.

The "Thoughts of Desire" side falls more towards overlooked Detroit techno castoff gem. Existing in a Keven Saunderson / Inner City-esque framework, this focus here veers away from vocals and instead lands in a wormhold of Sigue Sigue Sputnik "Love Missile F1-11"-style synthesized reverberations. In one word...choice.

The fact that the label address listed here is a lakefront house that now, in 2021, is valued well over $2 million is all the more intriguing. It really doesn't seem like someone living at this address in 1989 would have any business making any music sounding anything like this. But these are the mysteries I love diving into.

For being an insanely well-heeled old money suburb, the surprising fact is that VERY few records show up with Grosse Pointe addresses on them. I can probably count them on one hand. Finding a new (old) one is just the kind of scavenger hunt that makes my undetermined measurement of time. 

In the process of writing this review I stumbled upon this video clip...and now I just have so many more questions. I need to find out more about this Ricky Ranger character. 

I hope you do too. Enjoy.