JDC Records was an important record distributor during the golden years of dance music (1976–1990). It was originally located in San Pedro, California and owned by Jim and Dale Callon The company name came from their initials, JDC. They distributed world-wide and carried many independent labels. JDC was known for their "JDC Mixers." Popular DJs such as DJ Pebo would take records from the catalog and create a non-stop dance mix. JDC also had a retail record store in San Pedro. It was managed by Rudy Benavides.

Jim Callon worked closely on production with his UCLA classmate, Charles Lamont of Barking Dog Studios.

JDC was also a record label which included a sub-label of hip-hop called Dunk Yer Funk Records

Dunk Yer Funk Records

Dunk Yer Funk Records was a sub-label of record distributor JDC Records, active in San Pedro, California from 1985 - 1988. With the growing popularity of rap music and electrofunk, Jim Callon decided to form a sub-label. This would keep his JDC Records music catalog focused on dance music and...

 which released the electrofunk classic "Velocity, Speed and Force" by VSF (which was produced by J-vibe

J-vibe

J-vibe is a composer and record producer that is known for his prolific original compositions. He is an important part of the underground West Coast rap and dance scene...

).

Releases

• JDC 0027 Unknown Artist L.A. Party Mix (12")
• JDC 0028 Bobby Davenport - Time (Has Come Today) (12")
• JDC 0029 Rofo - Flashlight On A Disconight (12")
• JDC 0030 Precious - Taboo (12")
• JDC 0032 Various The JDC Mixer - 7 Years Of Disco / Dance Music (12")
• JDC 0033 Victor & The Glove - Breakmixer (Part 1) (12", S/Sided)
• JDC 0033 Victor & The Glove - Breakmixer (Part 2) (12", S/Sided)
• JDC 0034 Knights Of The Turntables - Techno Scratch (12")
• JDC 0035 Rofo You've Got To Move It On (12")
• JDC 0036 Tapps
  Tapps
  Tapps is the name of Canada's eurodance/Hi-NRG recording acts. Formed and based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the group's original line-up consisted of Allan Coelho, Tony DaCosta and Paul Silva. In the midst of composing their debut single which was to become "My Forbidden Lover", Silva exited the...
  
   - My Forbidden Lover (12")
• JDC 0038 Tyrants in Therapy - Three People (Nude Below The Waist) (12")
• JDC 0041 Knights Of The Turntables - Fresh Mess (12")
• JDC 0042 Purple Flash - We Can Make It (12")
• JDC 0043 Samantha Gilles - Feel It (12")
• JDC 0044 The Glass Family featuring Taka Boom - The Stars Are Out (12")
• JDC 0045 Various - The JDC Mixer Volume 2 (12")
• JDC 0046 Jessica Williams
  Jessica Williams
  Jessica Jennifer Williams is an American pianist and composer who has deep roots in jazz. She has been called "one of the top jazz pianists of today."-History:...
  
   - They Call Me Queen Of Fools (12")
• JDC 0047 Arpeggio / French Kiss - Love & Desire / Panic (12")
• JDC 0049 Venus - One Shot Lover (12")
• JDC 0050 Soif De La Vie - Goddess Of Love (12")
• JDC 0051 Charity / Carlos Perez - Sweet Conversation / Las Manos Quietas (12")
• JDC 0052 Igor RX-15 - Nuthin' But Beats (12")
• JDC 0054 Tyrants In Therapy - Paint It Pink (12")
• JDC 0055 Various - The JDC Mixer Volume 3 (12")
• JDC 0056 J.D. Hall - #1 Lover (12")
• JDC 0058 Cerrone
  Cerrone
  Marc Cerrone is a French disco drummer, singer-songwriter and record producer.Marc Cerrone has sold over thirty million albums and has often performed in front of hundreds of thousands of people at huge concerts and events such as The 2005 Dance Party Live in Versailles and The 2000 Los Angeles...
  
   - Trippin On The Moon (12")
• JDC 0059 Ferrara - Love Attack (12")
• JDC 0060 Rosebud
  Rosebud (band)
  Rosebud was the name of an American popular music group which released a single, eponymous album in 1971.Its members were Judy Henske, Jerry Yester, Craig Doerge, John Seiter, and David Vaught. The album was a follow-up to the Henske-Yester collaboration, Farewell Aldebaran...
  
   - Have A Cigar (12")
• JDC 0061 People Like Us - Midnight Lover (12")
• JDC 0062 Finzy Kontini - Cha Cha Cha (12")
• JDC 0063 Latin Lover - Cassanova Action (12")
• JDC 0064 Antonio Rodriguez / Dee D. Jackson
  Dee D. Jackson
  Dee D. Jackson is a musician and singer. In the 1970s, she worked as a film producer in Munich, Germany, before moving into music, working with Giorgio Moroder and Keith Forsey.-Career:...
  
   - La Bamba
  La Bamba (song)
  "La Bamba" is a Mexican folk song, originally from the state of Veracruz, best known from a 1958 adaptation by Ritchie Valens, a top 40 hit in the U.S. charts and one of early rock and roll's best-known songs...
  
   / S.O.S. (Love To The Rescue) (12")
• JDC 0065 Angie Gold - Eat You Up (12")
• JDC 0066 Patrick Cowley
  Patrick Cowley
  Patrick Joseph Cowley was an American disco and Hi-NRG dance music composer and recording artist. He recorded in a style that has drawn comparisons to that of Giorgio Moroder and is often credited with pioneering electronic dance music.-Early life:Patrick Cowley was born in Buffalo, New York to...
  
   - Right On Target (12")
• JDC 0067 Various - The JDC Mixer Volume 4 (12")
• JDC 0068 Phaeax - Talk About (12")
• JDC 0069 Santa Esmeralda
  Santa Esmeralda
  Santa Esmeralda is a U.S./French Disco group formed in the 1970s, which earned a #1 club hit in 1977 with a cover version of the song "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood".-Mr. "Misunderstood":Leroy Gómez was born in Wareham, Massachusetts of Cape Verdean descent...
  
   - Another Cha Cha/Cha Cha Suite (12")
• JDC 0071 Telex
  Telex (band)
  The Belgian synth-pop group Telex was formed in 1978 by Marc Moulin, Dan Lacksman, and Michel Moers, with the intention of "Making something really European, different from rock, without guitar — and the idea was electronic music." Mixing the aesthetics of disco, punk and experimental electronic...
  
   - Moskow Diskow (12")
• JDC 0073 Astaire - Fire Me Up (12")
• JDC 0074 Colleen - Soft Cafe (12")
• JDC 0076 Venus - Hot Sun On Video (12")
• JDC 0079 Tyrants In Therapy - Too Tuff To Cry (12")
• JDC 0082 Sabby - Friday Night (12")
• JDC 0085 Tapps
  Tapps
  Tapps is the name of Canada's eurodance/Hi-NRG recording acts. Formed and based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the group's original line-up consisted of Allan Coelho, Tony DaCosta and Paul Silva. In the midst of composing their debut single which was to become "My Forbidden Lover", Silva exited the...
  
   - Don't Pretend To Know (12")
• JDC 0087 Various - The JDC Mixer Vol. 6 (12")
• JDC 0088 Persuasion - Take Me Now (12")
• JDC 0089 Dharma - Plastic Doll (12")
• JDC 0090 Psychic Interface - Body To Body (12")
• JDC 0091 Bianca - One More Time (12")
• JDC 0092 Trilogy - Not Love (12")
• JDC 0093 Boytronic
  Boytronic
  Boytronic is a German music group that plays electropop. It was founded in 1983 by Holger Wobker and Peter Sawatzki in Hamburg, Germany as Kapitän Sehnsucht . The original Boytronic released two synthpop albums: "The Working Model" and "The Continental"...
  
   - You / Bryllyant (12", Single)
• JDC 0094 Shy Rose - I Cry For You (12")
• JDC 0096 Scotch - Money Runner (Remix) (12")
• JDC 0097 MC Miker G. & DJ Sven - Holiday Rap (12")
• JDC 0099 Tyrants In Therapy - Crazy Dreams (12")
• JDC 0100 Tantra - The Hills Of Katmandu (The Patrick Cowley Megamix) (12")
• JDC 0101 Man 2 Man Meets Jessica Williams
  Jessica Williams
  Jessica Jennifer Williams is an American pianist and composer who has deep roots in jazz. She has been called "one of the top jazz pianists of today."-History:...
  
   - These Boots Are Made For Walking (12")
• JDC 0102 Michael Bow - One Shot So Hot (12")
• JDC 0103 Various - The JDC Mixer Volume 7 (12", Mix)
• JDC 0106 The Tyrant Michael - Call Of The Wild (12")
• JDC 0107 Digital Emotion - Get Up "Action!" (12")
• JDC 0108 Bianca - Midnight Lover (12")
• JDC 0109 Various - The JDC Mixer Volume VIII (12")
• JDC 0110 Rofo - Rofo's Theme (12")
• JDC 0112 David Storrs - Dancing On The Planet (12")
• JDC 0113 Jonny Chingas - Automatic Lover (12")
• JDC 0114 Bollock Brothers - The Harley David / Son Of A Bitch (12")
• JDC 0115 Divine Sounds - What People Do For Money (12")
• JDC 0116 Sexual Harassment - I Need A Freak (12")
• JDC 0117 Various - The JDC Mixer No. 9 (12")
• JDC 1001 Ice-T
  Ice T
  Tracy Marrow , better known by his stage name Ice-T, is an American musician and actor.He was born in Newark, New Jersey and moved to the Crenshaw district of Los Angeles when he was in the 7th grade. After graduating from high school he served in the United States Army for four years...
  
   - Coldest Rap / Cold Wind Madness (12")
• JDC 12-1 Glass Family - The Crazy / Disco Concerto (12")
• JDC 12-11 Ann Joy - Love Now Hurt Later (12")
• JDC 12-12 Little Casper and The MX's - The Ultimate Warlord (12")
• JDC 12-4 Two Man Sound
  Two Man Sound
  Two Man Sound was a Belgian pop trio of the 1970s. Their style combined the disco music typical of the era with samba and bossa nova. Their signature hits were "Charlie Brown" and a Latin track called "Disco Samba". Charlie Brown was a success in Belgium and Italy but never broke the United Kingdom...
  
   - Que Tal America (12")
• JDC 12-6 Taka Boom - Bring It Back (12")
• JDC 12-7 Fever - Standing In The Shadows Of Love (Remix) (12")
• JDC 12-8 Two Man Sound - La Musica Latina (12")
• JDC 12-9 'Lectric Funk - Shanghaied (12")
• JDC 2003 Captain Rapp
  Captain Rapp
  Captain Rapp is the stage name of Larry Earl Glenn, an American hip hop/post-disco musician, producer and West Coast Rap pioneer.He is best known for his politically conscious song "Bad Times ", which was a West Coast response to Grandmaster Flash's "the Message".-History:Glenn's musical career...
  
   - Bad Times (I Can't Stand It) (12")
• JDC 2018 Poetry 'N' Motion - Killer Dayton's (12", RP)
• JDC 2023 Stereo MD & DJ Weasul - Don't Make Me Mad (12")
• JDC 3451-2 Bollock Brothers - The Harley David / Son Of A Bitch (CD, Maxi)
• JDC 3452-2 Eddie Hazel Jams From The Heart (CD)
• JDC 429 Glass Family - The Crazy (7")
• JDC 62177 Glass Family - The Mr DJ, You Know How To Make Me Dance (LP)
• JDC/DOM-002 Tavares
  Tavares
  -People:Tavares is a common surname in the Portuguese language, namely in Portugal and Brazil and other places – especially very common in the Cape Verde islands. It was originally a toponym...
  
  - C'est La Vie (12")
• M3-12 Glass Family - The Crazy / Disco Concerto (12")
• P 20584 Vaughan Mason & Crew / Young & Company - Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll / I Like (What You're Doing To Me) (12")