User:Daizypeach/Jon Baker Draft
Current "Gee Street Records, 1985–90" section
[edit]Baker returned to London in 1984.
This is in the new "Early Career" section
In 1985, Baker organized Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick's first UK tour.[1]
The cited source is an article about Doug E. Fresh that merely mentions Gee Street Records in passing.
That year, he met Rob Birch and Nick Hallam of the Stereo MCs and together they began to produce and distribute white label records to London dance shops. He also met his future wife Ziggi Golding, an agent who ran the progressive "Z" modeling agency, with whom he established Gee Street Records.[2][3][4]
These are some weird citations. One appears to be a personal blog and the other is an interview. The last one I couldn't find.
Among the artists, Gee Street signed and/or promoted were Jon King/King Butcher, Funtopia, Gail Ann Dorsey, Queen Latifah, Jungle Brothers, the Stereo MCs, and P.M. Dawn.
No citation and just a list of names
Gee Street's first major success was the release of Straight out the Jungle by Jungle Brothers; their single "I'll House You" went top 5 in the UK national charts.[5]
This is an article about Jungle Brothers that merely mentions Gee Street in passing.
Then, in 1988, he signed the Stereo MCs to a licensing deal with Island Records. In 1989, he brought P.M. Dawn to England.
No citation, but a lot of this is preserved in the proposed replacement with better references (Billboard and Vogue).
Proposed Replacement "Gee Street Records" section
[edit]Baker alongside Britain’s pirate radio Kiss FM hip-hop jock DJ Richie Rich in 1986[6][7] and the Stereo MCs , opened a sixteen-track studio called Gee Street Records.[8]
Baker and Island Polygram Records’ Chris Blackwell agreed on a worldwide joint venture with the focus on North American markets in 1991.[6][9] Baker was appointed President of Island Jamaica for North America (the Jamaican music division of Island Records). The first release under the joint venture, PM Dawn’s “Set Adrift on Memory Bliss” released in 1991, providing the funding for Bakers investments in Jamaica and with this he brought property in San San, Port Antonio.[10][11]
The joint venture agreement between Island Polygram Records and Baker faltered and came to an end in 1996.[12] Later that year, Baker established a joint venture with Richard Branson and V2,[10] [13] signing RZA to an exclusive solo recording deal in 1997.[9][14]
References
[edit]- ^ Bynoe, Yvonne (2006). "Slick Rick." Encyclopedia of Rap and Hip-Hop Culture, Greenwood Press, p. 104.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (1995), Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music, p. 1617.
- ^ "Jon Baker « So Many Records, So Little Time". Somanyrecordssolittletime.com. Retrieved 2014-08-06.
- ^ Zaremba, Peter (April–May 2014). "Recording in Jamaica with Jon Baker". tapeop.com. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
- ^ Jackson, Bill (1996). "The Jungle Brothers" in Vibe. Vol. 4, no. 6, pp. 85-6.
- ^ a b Ablett, Paul (November 10, 1991). "Street Credibility". Observer Magazine.
- ^ Jeffrey, Tim (December 6, 1989). "Dawn of a New Era". Record Mirror.
- ^ M.McNeill, Darrell (November 4, 1994). "Gee Street Sharpens It's Edge". BRE. pp. 28, 41.
- ^ a b Clunis, Andrew (December 22, 2000). "Gee Jam Puts Down Roots in Portland". The Gleaner. p. 50.
- ^ a b Walsh, Christopher (May 25, 2002). "Artists Mix Work and Play at GeeJam Studios in Jamaica". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 45. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
- ^ Seymour, Corey. "Inside Geejam: The Sublime Jamaican Resort and Music Studio Where Rihanna, Drake, and Diplo Record". Vogue. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
- ^ "Artists Mix Work and Play at GeeJam Studios in Jamaica". Billboard. November 20, 1999. p. 102.
- ^ "Upper Class Signing". HITS Magazine. December 16, 1996. p. 13.
- ^ Kirton, Ayanna (August 27, 2004). "Jon Baker - working for the best". Retrieved June 28, 2021.