Editing Gee Street Records

{{Short description|British record label}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2013}}
{{more citations needed|date=July 2017}}
{{Infobox record label <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music -->
| name        = Gee Street Records
| image       = 
| image_size  = 
| image_alt   = 
| caption     = 
| parent      = [[Entertainment One Music]]
| founded     = 1985
| founder     = [[Jon Baker (producer)|Jon Baker]], [[Stereo MC's]], DJ Richie Rich
| defunct     = {{End date|2001}}
| status      = Defunct
| distributor = [[Island Records]] (1990-1996)<br>[[V2 Records]] (1996-2001)
| genre       = [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]]
| country     = [[United Kingdom]]
| location    = 
| website     = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} -->
}}

'''Gee Street Records''' was a British [[hip hop]] [[record label]] started by [[Jon Baker (producer)|Jon Baker]], Rachel O'Neill, [[Stereo MC's]] and DJ Richie Rich in 1985.<ref name="LarkinDM">{{cite book|title=[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=1998|edition=First|isbn=0-7535-0252-6|page=134}}</ref> The label's name came from its original location, a converted warehouse on Gee Street (off [[Old Street]]) in [[London]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/label/4932-Gee-Street|title=Gee Street Label|publisher=[[Discogs]]}}</ref>
 
Between 1980 and 1984, label head Baker lived in [[New York City]].<ref name="LarkinDM"/> After returning to London in 1984, he became a hip-hop promoter, and in 1985 opened Gee Street Records and began releasing white-label dance and hip-hop records.<ref name="LarkinDM"/> Many of these broke new ground. The label developed a roster of prominent domestic UK acts, including DJ Richie Rich, [[Outlaw Posse]], and [[Stereo MC's]], and US acts, including [[P.M. Dawn]], [[Doug E. Fresh]], [[Gravediggaz]], and [[New Kingdom (band)|New Kingdom]].<ref name="LarkinDM"/>

In 1990, Gee Street was acquired by [[Chris Blackwell|Chris Blackwell's]] [[Island Records]].<ref name="LarkinDM"/> After Blackwell left Island and the PolyGram group in 1998, Baker bought back Gee Street{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}} and sold it to [[Richard Branson]]'s fledgling [[V2 Records]]. The label was shuttered in 2001.

In 2006, V2 sold its American catalogue, including Gee Street, to Sheridan Square Entertainment, home of [[Artemis Records]]. In 2010, Artemis was sold to [[Entertainment One Music]].<ref name=billboard-1>{{cite web|title=E1 Acquires IndieBlu|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/news/e3i5a1636af3715b03b2c9b7accdbc8ad69|magazine=Billboard|access-date=16 November 2012|author=Chris Walsh|date=29 April 2010}}</ref>

==Selected discography==
* [[Jungle Brothers]], [[Straight out the Jungle|Jungle Brothers, ''Straight out of the Jungle'']], (1988, licensed from [[Warlock Records]])
* Stereo MCs ''[[33-45-78]]'' (1989) [[Island Records]]
* [[Eternity Project One|Eternity, ''Project One'']] (1989)
* Richie Rich, ''I Can Make You Dance'' (1988)
* [[Outlaw Posse]], ''My Afro's on Fire'' (1989)
* [[Supernatural (Stereo MCs album)|Stereo MCs, ''Supernatural'']] (1990)[[Island Records]]
* [[Of the Heart, of the Soul and of the Cross: The Utopian Experience|PM Dawn, ''Of the Heart, of the Soul and of the Cross: The Utopian Experience'']] (1991)
* [[Carlene Davis]], ''Carlene Davis'' (1992)
* [[Connected (Stereo MCs album)|Stereo MCs, ''Connected'']] (1992) [[Island Records]]
* [[New Kingdom (band)|New Kingdom]], ''[[Heavy Load (album)|Heavy Load]]'' (1993)
* [[The Bliss Album…? (Vibrations of Love and Anger and the Ponderance of Life and Existence)|PM Dawn, ''The Bliss Album…? (Vibrations of Love and Anger and the Ponderance of Life and Existence)'']] (1993)
* [[6 Feet Deep|Gravediggaz, ''6 Feet Deep'']] (1994)
* [[Play (Doug E. Fresh album)|Doug E. Fresh, ''Play'']] (1994)
* [[Jesus Wept|PM Dawn, ''Jesus Wept'']] (1995)
* [[Paris (Malcolm McLaren album)|Malcolm McLaren, ''Paris'']] (1995)
* [[Ambersunshower|Ambersunshower, ''Walter T. Smith'']] (1996)
* [[New Kingdom (band)|New Kingdom]], ''[[Paradise Don't Come Cheap]]'' (1996)
* [[Raw Deluxe (album)|Jungle Brothers, ''Raw Deluxe'']] (1997)
* [[The Pick, the Sickle and the Shovel|Gravediggaz, ''The Pick, the Sickle and the Shovel'']] (1998)
* [[Senseless#Soundtrack|Various Artists, soundtrack to the motion picture ''Senseless'']] (1998)
* [[Bobby Digital in Stereo|RZA, ''Bobby Digital in Stereo'']] (1998)
* [[Dearest Christian, I'm So Very Sorry for Bringing You Here. Love, Dad|PM Dawn, ''Dearest Christian, I'm So Very Sorry for Bringing You Here. Love, Dad'']] (1998)
* [[The Journey (Ky-Mani Marley album)|Ky-Mani Marley, The Journey]] (2000)
* [[Against All Odds (Tragedy Khadafi album)|Tragedy Khadafi, ''Against All Odds'']] (2001)

==See also==
* [[Jon Baker (producer)|Jon Baker]]
* [[Lists of record labels]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* Clunis, A.[https://web.archive.org/web/20140316154508/http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20001222/show/show1.html Gee Jam puts down roots in Portland] 22 Dec 2000 ''[[The Jamaica Gleaner]]'' retrieved 26 July 2010

{{Authority control}}

[[Category:British record labels]]
[[Category:Record labels established in 1985]]
[[Category:Record labels disestablished in 1996]]
[[Category:Hip-hop record labels]]
[[Category:Island Records]]
[[Category:British companies established in 1985]]