Series of Firsts... Donovan Germain
Legendary producer Donovan Germain recently celebrated 25 years of his Penthouse label with the double CD & DVD collection "25 Years The Journey Continues".
He looks back at his musical career and the history of Penthouse Records with this "series of firsts". (February 2014 - penthouserecords.free.fr) |
1st meeting with the music ? By the sound system called El Toro, owned by my neighbour when I was a child in Kingston 13. | |
1st job in the music industry ? A part time job at Keith’s Record Store in 1971 in Brooklyn, New York. | |
1st person who helped you to enter to music production ? Lloyd Campbell, owner of Spiderman and Joe Fraser labels. | |
1st song produced ? Joy White "Sentimental Reasons", recorded at Channel 1 on 1978 for Spiderman label. | |
1st label ? Revolutionary Sounds created in 1978. | |
1st hit as a producer ? Dobby Dobson "Words" on Revolutionary Sounds label. | |
1st album produced ? Joy White "Sentimental Reasons" in 1978 for Revolutionary Sounds. | |
1st one riddim album ? Pressure & Slide / One Dance Won’t Do riddim in 1985 on Revolutionary Sounds and Germain Records labels. | |
1st artist recorded on Penthouse studio ? Lukie D (unreleased song). | |
1st song released on Penthouse Records ? Nigger Mikey "Ting Deh" in 1989. | |
1st engineer who mixed on the Penthouse studio ? Steven Stanley. | |
1st hit on Penthouse Records ? "Chaka On The Move" by Chaka Demus in 1989. | |
1st artists managed by Penthouse ? Wayne Wonder, Cutty Ranks and Tony Rebel in 1989. | |
1st exclusively digital release ? Reggae Fallen Soldiers compilation released in february 2011. |