BLACK
SWAN
Black Swan began life in 1963 (or possibly late '62) as a Ska
label, run by Island (1). It numbered its records in the WI-400s, and
expired in 1965. The label was revived briefly by Trojan in 1970-71, and
was re-revived by Island at the end of 1976. Trojan issues were in a
BW-1400 series (2); the later Island ones (3) shared a WIP-6000 catalogue series
with that company's own singles and had their own company sleeve - a black and
white version of the standard blue Island one (4). Thanks to Charlie Chalk
of the 45cat site for premission to use the first two scans here. The
discography below only covers the '70s.
Copyright 2006 Robert
Lyons.