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Archie Fisher

Biography

Archie Macdonald Fisher (23 October 1939 – 1 November 2025) was a Scottish folk singer and songwriter. He released several solo albums since his first, eponymous album, in 1968. Fisher composed the song "The Final Trawl", recorded on the album Windward Away, that several other groups and singers, including The Clancy Brothers, have also recorded. Starting in the mid-1970s, he produced four folk albums with Makem and Clancy. He also performed with them and other groups as a backup singer and guitarist. Fisher hosted his own radio show on BBC Radio Scotland for almost three decades.

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Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Credited work

363 releases · 82 albums · active 1963–2025

  • Performance · 509
  • Other credits · 100
  • Production · 56

Studios: Springfield Sound · Livingston Studios · Windmill Lane Studios · Nippon Columbia Studio

Frequent collaborators

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