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.