A custom recording concern, or perhaps a small independent, from Cardiff. If its catalogue numbers are anything to go by, JDT Audio was responsible for at least fifteen records in the period c.1978-c.80; 7" and 12" records were numbered in the same JD-0 series. Some LPs can be found with their own discrete catalogue numbers: a couple of souvenir albums from a Holimarine holiday resort were HO-1 and HO-2, while an LP of South Glamorgan Youth Bands was CYB-1. It seems possible that these were custom recordings and the others JDT's own issues. The few JTD records I have seen listed have been by Welsh artists such as the Aber Valley Male Voice Choir (JDT-3; 1978), the Port Talbot Cymric Glee Male Choir (JDT-9), and singer Diane Cousins, who had a couple of albums on the label, 'This Is Me' (JDT-11; 1979) and 'Images' (JDT-15). The majority of its products appear to have been LPs, but it earned a place on this site by making at least two 7" EPs: Stan Stennett's 'Billy's Top Ate' (JDT-1) and 'The Treharris Male Choir Sings' (JDT-8). The sleeves of those EPs give the company's address as 31, Lomond Crescent, Cardiff. Des Bennett is credited on the sleeves of several records as being the man responsible for the recording, so it seems a reasonable bet that he was the driving force behind the studio and the label.
Copyright 2006 Robert Lyons.