Label Guide: Dunwich

Dunwich Records was an independent American label started in 1965 in Chicago. Founders Bill Traut, Eddie Higgins and George Badonsky formed their first record label, Amboy, in 1963 and released recordings of themselves and other bands. In 1965 they changed the label's name to Dunwich, and in December released a cover version of Van Morrison's "Gloria" by Chicago band Shadows Of Knight. The label's name refers to "The Dunwich Horror", a story by H.P. Lovecraft, The label's publishing arm, Yuggoth Music, was named after a fictional planet in Lovecraft's stories.

The label was primarily known for the release of singles from the emerging Chicago rock scene in the 1960s, and only four albums were released on Dunwich. In early 1968, Bill Traut reorganized Dunwich Records into Dunwich Productions, and besides a solitary album release in 1971, Dunwich artists were moved on its distributor label, Atco Records. Bill Traut moved on to start Wooden Nickel Records.