Moby Dick Records

Moby Dick Records was a small disco record label founded by Bill Motley (DJ Bill Motley) and Victor Swedosh in 1980.[1][2] Its headquarters were located at 573 Castro Street, San Francisco, California, United States.[2] Swedosh also owned the Moby Dick Bar (opened in 1977) located in the Castro district.[1][3]

Moby Dick Records
Founded1980
Founder
  • Bill Motley
  • Victor Swedosh
Defunct1984
Distributor(s)Self-distributed
GenreDance, Post-disco
Country of originUSA
LocationSan Francisco, California
Official websitemobydickrecords.net

The label was known for "The Moby Dick Sound" and contributing to "Frisco Disco". Its famous acts included Boys Town Gang, Yvonne Elliman and Patrick Cowley. Moby Dick also distributed C & M Records.

The label was known for associating with the late night partiers from the Trocadero Transfer, a popular disco nightclub at the time.[4]

“In fact, Moby Dick Records, the owners, they were some of the first to go too, from AIDS. They were a big up-and-coming record label, big competition with us, and they disappeared.”

— John Hedges, of Megatone Records

Moby Dick Records closed in 1984, after seven of its ten core employees died of AIDS.[5][6]

References
  1. Shapiro, Peter (2013). Turn the Beat Around: The Secret History of Disco. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN 1466894121. Retrieved 2017-06-30.
  2. Kuroff, Barbara N. (1982). Songwriter's Market. Writer's Digest Books, University of California. p. 241. ISBN 0898790867. Retrieved 2017-06-30.
  3. Downing, Shane (2016-09-26). "Now A Legacy Business, Castro's Moby Dick Expresses Concern Over Fund's Implementation". Hoodline. Retrieved 2017-06-30.
  4. Gamson, Joshua (2013). The Fabulous Sylvester: The Legend, the Music, the Seventies in San Francisco. New York: Henry Holt and Company. p. 206. ISBN 9781466850163.
  5. Luce, Henry Robinson (1987). Time Magazine. Volume 130. Time Inc. p. 196.
  6. Dayal, Geeta (2016-10-26). "San Fran-disco: how Patrick Cowley and Sylvester changed dance music forever". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-06-30.
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