Moby Dick Records

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Moby Dick Records
Founded	1980
Founder	Bill Motley Victor Swedosh
Defunct	1984
Distributor(s)	Self-distributed
Genre	Dance, Post-disco
Country of origin	USA
Location	San Francisco, California

Moby Dick Records was a small disco record label founded by Boys Town Gang producers 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]

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, as well as 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]