# Dave Swarbrick discography

The discography of Dave Swarbrick, an English folk musician and singer-songwriter, consists of 11 solo studio albums, and many other albums with other bands and musicians, most notably with British folk rock band Fairport Convention, with whom he was a leading member and violinist for over fifteen years. He also appears as a guest musician on the albums of a large number of other artists.

## Solo albums

* Swarbrick (Transatlantic, 1976)
* Swarbrick 2 (Transatlantic, 1977)
* Lift The Lid and Listen (Sonet, 1978)
* The Ceilidh Album (Sonet, 1978)
* Smiddyburn (Logo, 1981)
* Flittin' (Spindrift, 1983)
* When the Battle is Over [compilation from: Swarbrick (1976); Swarbrick 2 (1977); Smiddyburn (1981)] (Conifer, 1986)
* Live at Jackson's Lane (Musikfolk, 1996)
* English Fiddler: Swarbrick plays Swarbrick (Naxos World, 2003)
* It Suits Me Well: The Transatlantic Anthology (Castle, 2004)
* Raison d'être (Shirty, 2010)

## With Fairport Convention

* Unhalfbricking (Island, 1969, not a full-fledged member but played on four of the eight tracks)
* Liege & Lief (Island, 1969)
* Full House (Island, 1970)
* Angel Delight (Island, 1971)
* "Babbacombe" Lee (Island, 1971)
* Rosie (Island, 1973)
* Nine (A&M, 1973)
* Rising for the Moon (Island, 1975)
* Gottle O'Geer (Island, 1976, credited to "Fairport featuring Dave Swarbrick" in the US, to "Fairport" in the UK)
* The Bonny Bunch of Roses (Vertigo, 1977)
* Tipplers Tales (Vertigo, 1978)

## With the Ian Campbell Folk Group

* Ceilidh at the Crown (EP) (Topic, 1962)
* Songs of Protest (EP) (Topic, 1962)
* "The Sun Is Burning" / "The Crow and the Cradle" (single) (Topic, 1963)
* This Is The Ian Campbell Folk Group (Transatlantic, 1963)
* Across the Hills (Transatlantic, 1964)
* The Ian Campbell Folk Group (EP) (Decca, 1964)
* Presenting the Ian Campbell Folk Group (Contour, 1964, same track list as This Is The Ian Campbell Folk Group)
* Coaldust Ballads (Transatlantic, 1965)
* A Sample of The Ian Campbell Folk Group (EP) (Transatlantic, 1966)
* Contemporary Campbells (Transatlantic, 1966)
* Four Highland Songs (EP) (Transatlantic, 1966)
* This Is The Ian Campbell Folk Group / Across the Hills (Castle Music, 1996)
* Contemporary Campbells / New Impressions (Castle Music, 1997)
* The Times They Are A-Changin (Castle Music, 2005)

## On Ewan MacColl, A. L. Lloyd and Peggy Seeger albums

* Whaler Out of New Bedford (Folkways, 1962)
* The Big Hewer (The Radio Ballads Vol 4) (Argo, 1967)
* The Fight Game (The Radio Ballads Vol 7) (Argo, 1967)
* The Travelling People (The Radio Ballads Vol 8) (Argo, 1968)

## On Ewan MacColl and A. L. Lloyd albums

* A Sailor's Garland (Prestige, 1962)

## With various artists

* Edinburgh Folk Festival Vol. 1 (Decca, 1963)
* Edinburgh Folk Festival Vol. 2 (Decca, 1964)
* Farewell Nancy: Sea Songs and Shanties (Topic, 1964)
* The Bird in the Bush: Traditional Erotic Songs (Topic, 1966)
* The Best of British Folk Music (Transatlantic, 1966)
* Nice Enough to Eat (Island, 1969)
* El Pea (Island, 1971)
* Clogs (Peg Records, 1972)
* Club Folk Volume 1 (Peg Records, 1972)
* Club Folk Volume 2 (Peg Records, 1972)
* Rave On (B&C/Mooncrest, 1974)
* The Camera and the Song (Super Beeb, 1975)
* The Electric Muse (Island/Transatlantic, 1975)
* Rosin the Bow: An Introduction to the World of Fiddle Music (Transatlantic, 1977)
* The Best of Irish Folk (1978)
* Transatlantic – The Vintage Years (Transatlantic, 1978)
* 40 Folk Favourites (Pickwick, 1979)
* Chants de Marins IV: Ballades, Complaintes et Shanties des Matelots Anglais (Le Chasse-Marée, 1984)
* Flash Company – A Celebration of the First 10 Years of Fellside Recordings (Fellside, 1986)
* Island Life: 25 Years of Island Record (Island, 1988)
* Blow the Man Down: A Collection of Sea Songs and Shanties (Topic, 1993).
* Club Sandwich (cassette) (Musikfolk, 1993)
* Tanz- & Folkfest Rudolstadt 1992 (HeiDeck, 1993)
* The World Is a Wonderful Place (Hokey Pokey, 1993)
* Undefeated (cassette) (Fuse, 1993)
* Folk Routes (Island, 1994)
* Troubadours of British Folk, Vol. 1: Unearthing the Tradition, (Rhino, 1995)
* Troubadours of British Folk, Vol. 2: Folk into Rock (Rhino, 1995)
* Various Artists, The Bird in the Bush: Traditional Songs of Love and Lust (Topic, 1996)
* Georgia on Our Mind (Deep Sea, 1997)
* New Electric Muse II (Castle Music, 1997)
* Bold Sportsmen All (Topic, 1998)
* The Rough Guide to English Roots Music (World Music Network, 1998)
* Various Artists, English Originals (Topic, 1999)
* The Fiddle Collection Volume One (Hands On Music, 1999)
* The Folk Collection (Topic, 1999)
* Heart of England: In Aid of Teenage Cancer Trust (Teenage Cancer Trust, 2001)
* Flash Company – A Celebration of 25 Years of Fellside Recordings (Fellside, 2001)
* Raise Your Banners: Festival of Political Song (Raise Your Banners Festival, 2001)
* The Acoustic Folk Box (Topic, 2002)
* Red Roots (Red Planet, 2002)
* Heart of England 2: In Aid of Teenage Cancer Trust (Teenage Cancer Trust, 2002)
* Strangely Strange But Oddly Normal: An Island Anthology 1967–1972 (Universal/Island, 2005)
* Anthems in Eden: An Anthology of British & Irish Folk 1955–1978 (Castle, 2006)
* The Fairport Companion: Loose Chippings from the Fairport Family Tree (Castle Music, 2006)
* Garden of Delight (Discothèque, 2006)
* Scarborough Fair (Castle Music, 2006)
* Various Artists, White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s (Fledg'ling, 2006)
* Folk Awards 2007 (Proper Folk, 2006)

## On Martin Carthy albums

* Martin Carthy (Fontana, 1965)
* Martin Carthy, This is ... Martin Carthy: The Bonny Black Hare and Other Songs (Philips, 1971)
* Martin Carthy, The Carthy Chronicles (Free Reed, 2001)

## With Martin Carthy

* Second Album (Fontana, 1966)
* Byker Hill (Fontana, 1967)
* No Songs (EP) (Fontana, 1967)
* But Two Came By (Fontana, 1968)
* Prince Heathen (Fontana, 1969)
* Selections (Pegasus, 1971)
* Life And Limb (Special Delivery, 1990)
* Skin And Bone (Special Delivery, 1992)
* Both Ears and the Tail: Live at the Folkus Folk Club, Nottingham, 1966 (Atrax, 2000)
* Straws In The Wind (Topic, 2006)

## On Julie Felix albums

* Changes (Fontana, 1966)

## On A. L. Lloyd albums

* First Person (Topic, 1966)
* Leviathan! Ballads and Songs of the Whaling Trade (Topic, 1967)
* The Great Australian Legend: A Panorama of Bush Balladry and Song (Topic, 1971)
* Classic A. L. Lloyd (Fellside, 1994)
* A.L. Lloyd, The Old Bush Songs (Larrikin, 1994)

## With Martin Carthy and Diz Disley

* Rags, Reels & Airs (Polydor, 1967)

## On Nigel Denver albums

* Rebellion! (Decca, 1967)

## On Vashti Bunyan albums

* Just Another Diamond Day (Philips, 1970)

## On John Renbourn albums

* The Lady and the Unicorn (Transatlantic, 1970)

## On Sandy Denny albums

* Sandy (Island, 1972)
* Who Knows Where the Time Goes? (Island, 1986)
* The Best of Sandy Denny (Island, 1987)
* No More Sad Refrains: The Anthology (Island, 2000)
* A Boxful of Treasures (Fledg'ling, 2004)
* The Notes and the Words: A Collection of Demos and Rarities (Island, 2012)
* Rendezvous (Island, 2012)

## On Al Stewart albums

* Past, Present & Future (CBS, 1973)

## On Brian Maxine albums

* Ribbon of Stainless Steel (Columbia, 1974)

## On Lorna Campbell albums

* Adam's Rib (Transatlantic, 1976)

## On Richard Thompson albums

* (guitar, vocal) (Island, 1976)
* Watching the Dark – The History of Richard Thompson (Hannibal, 1993)
* RT: The Life and Music of Richard Thompson (Free Reed, 2006)

## On Peter Bellamy albums

* The Transports (Free Reed, 1977)
* Both Sides Then (Topic, 1979)

## On Bat McGrath albums

* Whatever Happened to Jousting? (Manana, 1980)

## With Simon Nicol

* Live at the White Bear (White Bear, 1981)
* In the Club (cassette)(1982)
* Close to the Wind (Woodworm, 1984)
* Close to the White Bear (Woodworm, 1998) [compilation from Live at the White Bear and Close to the Wind]
* Another Fine Mess: Live in New York '84 (Atrax, 2002)
* When We Were Very Young (Talking Elephant, 2010)

## With Whippersnapper

* Promises (WPS, 1985)
* Tsubo (WPS, 1987)
* These Foolish Strings (WPS, 1988)
* Fortune (WPS, 1989)

## On Voice of the Beehive albums

* Let It Bee (London, 1988)

## On Leon Rosselson albums

* Wo sind die Elefanten? (Fuse Records, 1992)

## On The Band of Hope albums

* Rhythm & Reds (Musikfolk, 1994)

## On Pete Hawkes albums

* Secrets, Vows & Lies (Select Records, 1996)
* Unspoken Riddles (Select Records, 1996)

## With Alistair Hulett

* Saturday Johnny and Jimmy The Rat (Red Rattler, 1996)
* The Cold Grey Light of Dawn (Musikfolk, 1998)
* Red Clydeside (Red Rattler, 2002)

## On Keith Hancock albums

* Born Blue (Nico's Records, 1997)
* The Keith Hancock Band Live (Epona Records, 2015)

## Collaboration with Eureka!

* Jammin' with Gypsy (Word of Mouth, 1998)

## Compilations including other artists

* Folk on 2: Dave Swarbrick's 50th Birthday Concert (Cooking Vinyl, 1996)
* Dave Pegg and Friends, Birthday Party (Woodworm, 1998)
* Swarb! Forty Five Years of Folk's Finest Fiddler: The Life and Music of Dave Swarbrick (compilation box set) (Free Reed, 2003)
* Dave Pegg: 60th Birthday Bash (Matty Groves, 2007)

## Collaboration with Dave Swarbrick and Fairport Convention

* SwarbAid (Woodworm Records, 1999)
* Scrum-Half Bricking - Fairport With Swarb at Derby (Front Row Records, 2003)

## On Steve Ashley albums

* Stroll On – Revisited (Market Square, 1999)

## On Roy Bailey albums

* Coda (Fuse, 2000)

## On John Kirkpatrick albums

* Mazurka Berserker (Fledg'ling, 2001)

## On Bert Jansch albums

* Edge of a Dream (Sanctuary, 2002)

## With Swarb's Lazarus

* Live and Kicking (Squiggle, 2006)

## With The Jason Wilson Band

* The Peacemaker's Chauffeur (Wheel, 2008)
* Lion Rampant (Wheel/Proper, 2014)

## With The Geoff Everett Band

* The Quick and the Dead (Not On Label, 2012)

## With Red Shoes

* All The Good Friends (Cedarwood Records, 2012)

## With Said the Maiden

* A Curious Tale (Maiden Records, 2014)

## With Duncan Wood and guests

* Swarbtricks (Beechwood Records, 2013)