Dunwich Records

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Dunwich Records was a record label started by Bill Traut, Eddie Higgins and George Badonsky in 1966. The label name "Dunwich" refers to The Dunwich Horror, a novel by H.P. Lovecraft, an author with which Traut was enamored. The corresponding publishing arm, Yuggoth Music, was named after one of Lovecraft's demons. Dunwich was also a production company which licensed recordings to other labels, including Atlantic, Atco, Columbia, Mercury and SGC.

After first trying to distribute their records themselves, they quickly went for a distribution deal with Atlantic subsidiary Atco Records. By mid-1967 Higgins was bought out of the company and Dunwich stopped releasing their own records, concentrating instead on producing a range of artists and leasing the recordings to other labels. (The Dunwich lute player logo appears on those recordings.) The Dunwich label was eventually absorbed by its distributor, Atco, which issued two final Shadows of Knight singles bearing the Dunwich logo, but issued on the Atco label.

In the spring of 1968, Traut reformed Dunwich as Dunwich Productions, Ltd, which continued to produce Chicago-based groups.