ABSTRACT
Founded in 1974 by Andy and Bill Spence, initially to issue Bill Spence’s first hammer dulcimer recording. The album was an early hit of the 1970s old-time music revival, and launched a revival of the musical instrument as well as the small label. Recording in their own home studio, the couple issued a series of albums mostly by their friends in the folk revival, including several more by Spence himself. They also ran a related mail-order business, called Andy’s Front Hall, that sold their own and other recordings and books. The label has survived into the CD era mostly by reissuing its earlier product.
