Mary Jane Girls - All Night Long/Musical Love 12"

This 1983 12” was pressed on really thick vinyl. Like double-thickness. No idea why.

Mary Jane Girls were a Rick James project, and – as with other Rick James projects – you can hear him all over it. To add to his faults, I think he was a bit of a micro-manager.

All Night Long is a perfect piece of 80s R&B – beautifully performed and produced. I do feel like I should comment on the content, though. Our hero has arranged to meet a – and let us not beat around the bush here – potential root. Where? On the roof. Why? I can’t fathom this at all. Not to kink-shame like, but shagging on a roof seems both uncomfortable and dangerous. Unless, I've got it wrong and what they’re going to give to them is a roll of zinc flashing or some gutter guard?

The B-side, Musical Love, is a dreary ballad.

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