Hey string drone! How did you determine the most popular dulcimer recording?I have lots of mountain and hammered dulcimer recordings, by Jean Ritchie, Trapezoid, Jerry Reed Smith, and several others.
My favourite dulcimer LP is (lap) 'Dulcimer Old Time and Traditional Music', Troubador TR-2, with dulcimer by Ralph Lee Smith and vocals by Mary Louise Howell, with a lot of rather rare Southern Mountain gems of songs, and going all the way to 'The Bailiff's Daughter of Islington' and 2 other Child ballads.