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Nothing here was found by an institution. Everything in this archive arrived because somebody kept a tape, a photograph, a ticket, or a memory — and passed it on.

How material enters the archive

  1. 01

    Upload or link

    A video, an audio recording, photographs, or a link to material already online.

  2. 02

    The original is preserved

    The file you send is kept unchanged as the archival master. A separate web copy is made for playback.

  3. 03

    Metadata is inspected

    Dates, devices, durations and, where present, location. Metadata only suggests — it never decides.

  4. 04

    Concert matching

    The archive proposes a likely concert. You confirm, choose another, or say it belongs to no concert.

  5. 05

    Song matching

    One song, several songs, a full concert, or unknown. Partial is fine.

  6. 06

    Archival context

    Recording position, device, source generation, notes. All optional.

Help look after the archive

Become an archive volunteer

Material also needs patient review: matching recordings to concerts and songs, checking photographs, improving metadata and researching uncertain details. There are no quotas; careful, occasional help is welcome.

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Upload original material

Supported: JPEG, PNG and WebP photographs; MP3, M4A, OGG, WAV and FLAC audio; MP4, MOV, M4V and WebM video. You can select up to twenty photographs together. Audio and video are uploaded in batches of up to 100 recordings. Batch uploads run one at a time and can be retried individually if a connection fails.

Share material already online

Sign in to share material with the archive.

Contributions are reviewed before they appear publicly. Copyright holders may request removal.

A night that is not here at all

Everything above assumes the concert is already in the archive. It is built from setlist.fm, so nights setlist.fm never recorded are simply absent — and the people who were there are the only ones who can say so.

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