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Still to Come

The archive keeps growing. This is what we're working on, what's waiting on permissions or transfers, and what has already made it onto the site.

• Still to come

  Recordings

  Cleethorpes Folk Festival, 1972

  A live recording from 28 May 1972 with the first line-up: Dave, Heather and Jim Boyes.

• Still to come

  Recordings

  Folk Union One, 1972

  A short live recording from The Chase Club in South Cave on 18 November 1972, with the first line-up.

• Still to come

  Recordings

  St Andrews Folk Club, 1972

  Andrew Watson’s recording of the 23 July 1972 gig with Jim Boyes: the first line-up, around the time of the debut album.

• Still to come

  Recordings

  John Peel session, 13 February 1973

  The Top Gear session for BBC Radio One with Royston Wood.

• Still to come

  Recordings

  BBC Merseyside, 1973

  A live radio recording from spring 1973 with Royston Wood.

• Still to come

  Recordings

  University Folk Club, Bradford, 1974

  A live recording with Brian Miller, found in the University of Mississippi archive.

• Still to come

  Recordings

  Matchless (1976)

  The second album, released on Stoof Records, which spent three years in the Belgian folk charts.

• Still to come

  Recordings

  Fur Elise, 1980

  Beethoven sung live on Dutch radio, with no instruments and no words.

• Still to come

  Recordings

  Reek Festival, 1981

  Johan Greeuw’s recording of the band headlining Reek Festival in April 1981.

• Still to come

  Recordings

  South Downs Folk Festival, 1988

  A live set presented by Martin Carthy, with an interview with the band.

• Still to come

  Recordings

  Penicuik Folk Festival recording

  A live recording from Penicuik, passed to us by former member Brian Miller along with his memories of the period.

• Still to come

  Recordings

  Full Circle (1990)

  The final album: twelve traditional songs and the last record Swan Arcade made together.

• Still to come

  Biography

  More Group Biographies

  We will be adding more biography sections telling the group’s story after 1975.

• Still to come

  The site

  Playlists

  Create your own playlists or listen to our recommended playlists.

• Still to come

  Gig listings

  Dutch gig listings

  Swan Arcade toured the Netherlands repeatedly and we have a large batch of dates still to verify, geocode and place on the gig map. Venue names and spellings are being checked against contemporary listings first.

  Expected: being verified

• Still to come

  Gig listings

  1980s gig listings

  The timeline is strongest in the 1970s. We have diaries, posters and club listings covering the 1980s that need transcribing before the later years look anything like as complete.

  Expected: in progress

• Still to come

  Collaborations

  Ian Lynch – Lankum playlist

  Ian Lynch of Lankum, who hosts the Fire Draw Near podcast, has picked his favourite Swan Arcade songs.

• Already added

  Recordings

  Swan Arcade (1973)

  The debut album, recorded with Bill Leader and released on Trailer Records in January 1973, now on the timeline.

  See it in the archive
• Already added

  Recordings

  Tønder 1986 television footage

  Danish TV footage of Swan Arcade live at Tønder, shared with us by the Tønder Music Archive and now on the timeline.

  See it in the archive
• Already added

  Recordings

  Netherlands 1981 live recordings

  Johan Greeuw's recordings of the band live in the Netherlands, generously shared and now sitting in the 1981 part of the timeline.

  See it in the archive
• Already added

  Recordings

  St Andrews Folk Club, 1973

  The live recording of the April 1973 gig at the St Andrews Folk Club with Royston Wood, provided by Andrew Watson and added to the timeline.

  See it in the archive
• Already added

  Gig listings

  Black Diamond Folk Club listings

  Gig listings supplied by Phil Cross at the Black Diamond Folk Club, now part of the timeline and plotted on the gig map.

  Open the gig map
• Already added

  The site

  Gig map

  Every gig we've confirmed so far, plotted on a map you can pan through year by year. It grows every time a new batch of listings is verified.

  Open the gig map
• Already added

  The site

  Photo gallery

  Band photos, press shots and clippings gathered from family albums and from people who came forward after the site went up.

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Got something we haven't seen — a recording, a photo, a poster, or a date we've missed? Get in touch. Most of what's on this page arrived that way.