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John Vincent

real name John Vincent Imbragulio

John Vincent is credited on 1,325 releases across 384 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1955–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,325

Credits

384

Albums

8

Decades active

190

In collections

Biography

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American producer and founder of the labels Champion Record, Ace Records, Vin, TEEM Records, and Avanti Records. Born 3 October 1925 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi; died 4 February 2000 in Jackson, Mississippi.
Vincent sold Rock-Ola jukeboxes in the 1940s. In the early 1950s he opened a record store and formed his own label, Champion Record. In 1953 he signed for Los Angeles-based label Specialty to find talent in New Orleans. In 1955, Vincent left Specialty to found Ace Records. In 1962 he made a distribution deal with Vee Jay Records, including producing for them. Vee Jay went bankrupt in 1965, and Ace was shut down shortly after. Vincent re-activated the label in 1971 with a limited success, which lead him to get involved in various other enterprises, including a restaurant.
In the early 1990s he returned to music business, and he reoriented Ace to the contemporary soul-blues market. Vincent sold the Ace catalogue to British Music Collection International Ltd. in 1997 but started a new label, Avanti Records.

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Credited work

1,325 releases · 384 albums · active 1955–2024

  • Performance · 1,383
  • Production · 59
  • Other credits · 10
  • Engineering · 2

Studios: Wiley-Griffith Studios · Rudy Records, Los Angeles · Muscle Shoals Sound Studios · Bayshore Recording Studios

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