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Front Hall Records

Author: BENSON CARL

Front Hall Records 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…

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