Larrikin Records was established by Warren Fahey in late 1974 and operated out of his Folkways Music store (opened in 1973). The policy of of both businesses was to represent Australian and independent music from around the world.
The label released over 500 Australian recordings covering an extremely wide field of music. It released music from independednt Australian artists and pioneered the release of indigenous Australian music. In the early nineties Larrikin launched a major initiative, in association with Bill Stephens, to record Australian cabaret music. It also released a number of children's artists.
Larrikin licensed recordings to other record labels both internationally and domestically. It was also sold after 20 years in 1995 (to Festival Records).