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Victor Conte

Victor Conte is credited on 76 releases across 20 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1972–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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76

Pressings credited

20

Albums

6

Decades active

11

In collections

Biography

Victor Conte Jr. (July 10, 1950 – November 3, 2025) was an American musician and businessman who was the founder and president of Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative (BALCO), which is now defunct. BALCO was a sports nutrition center in California. In the late 1970s, Conte played bass with funk and  R&B group Tower of Power, appearing on the band's 1978 release We Came to Play!. Conte served time in prison in 2005 after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute steroids and to money laundering. He later operated Scientific Nutrition for Advanced Conditioning (SNAC Nutrition).

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Credited work

76 releases · 20 albums · active 1972–2025

  • Performance · 161
  • Other credits · 2

Studios: The Village Recorder · Music Grinder Studios · Westlake Studios · Fresh Air Tavern, Seattle

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Frequent collaborators

  • Harvey Mandel
  • Tower Of Power
  • Freddie Roulette
  • Charles Jackson
  • Don 'Sugar Cane' Harris
  • Sugar Cane Harris
  • Pure Food And Drug Act
  • Pure Food & Drug Act

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