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Where the sound of blues, gospel, jazz and soul music is made... |
The Company
Brief History
Quinn Records™ was founded by its' present CEO Dwight
L.Quinn in 1971, at 234 Collinsville Ave, Suite 500, East St. Louis, Illinois.
Quinn recorded it first record at the AK Lee Studios, in Centerville,Illinois in 1975.
The company like, many small Indie labels of the time,specialized in local talents. Today, the company's roster include talent from all over the U.S.A.. The company's specialty is Blues, Gospel, Jazz and Soul music.
Quinn is called, the best little Blues, Gospel and Soul Music Record Label
west of the Mississippi.
Today, we manufactures, markets and distribute our musical products, in compact disc, video, DVD,cassette tape and vinyl format through our independently owned Company and one distributed label. Quinn Records™ catalog is traditional blues, gospel, jazz and soul music.
OUR MISSION:
Quinn Records™ is a creative prerecorded music and distribution company aimed at offering high-quality, high-tech, moderately priced, traditional and contemporary blues, gospel, jazz and R&B music using only the most familiar and popular formats. We view ourselves as partners with our customers, our employees, our artists, our community, and our environment. Our aim to become a
nationally recognized brand name, by capitalizing on the sustained interest in blues, gospel, jazz and R&B music. Our goal is moderate growth, annual profitability and maintaining our sense of dignity. Our motto is; “Where the sound of blues, gospel,
jazz and soul music is made.”
What Makes Us Different?
At "Quinn Records™, we believe that a progressive business provides it's
customers both "Convenience- Value and Opportunity". Quinn is a
progressive-minded company always thinking and coming up with ideas
and ways to better serve the musical appetite of its 'traditional and contemporary Blues,Gospel and jazz music customers world-wide.
Keeping the music accessible, providing good pricing, and working
to keep the todays' blues, gospel, jazz and soul music sound consistant
with the old vintage blues, gospel and jazz music of yesterday, is our focus.
We do our best to provide customers with new music product on a regular basis.
Quinn Records™ is Artist Driven and we are Artist Motivated. We believe
in our Artists because they are the very foundation of the company.
Our Artists: Quinn's catalog features recordings by worldy-talents like;
Blues:
- LiL Aaron Mosby
- Osee Anderson
- Jim "Mississippi Redd" Thornton
- Oliver Johnson
Gospel:
- Albert Phillips & The Divine Messengers
- The Masonic Quintet of Waukegan, Illinois
- Elder Henry Moye & The Kirkwood Spiritual Aires
- Rev. Anderson Sparks & The St.Louis Silvertones
- Carolyn Adams
- Charles O. Collier & The Original Golden Aires of Cincinnati
- The Dynamic Silver Wings
- The Southern Harmonizers
Jazz:
- Terry Williams
- Oliver Johnson
R&B/Soul:
- K.L.&R2
- Melvin "Smokehouse" Moore
- Lucius Parr "PARR"
- Oliver Johnson
- Nikki Cunningham
RAP/HipHop:
- Cat Daddy
- MC Larry Moody a.k.a The True MC