ABSTRACT
Founded by producer Joe Boyd in 1980, the label was originally formed to feature acts that he had previously produced for Island and Warner Brothers, including the McGarrigle Sisters and Richard and Linda Thompson. Boyd was a better producer than businessman, and the label continued on a shaky financial basis through the 1980s. He also formed a subsidiary, Carthage Records, to rerelease the albums that he had produced in the late 1960s and 1970s that had gone out of print. During the mid-1980s, performer Geoff Muldaur was hired to run the label, and it operated virtually out of his home in New Jersey. Hannibal was purchased by Rykodisc in 1991, and has been maintained as an imprint. Boyd continues to produce for the label.
