{
  "meta": {
    "title": "Source tiers",
    "description": "The A to E source tier scale and the sources in each tier.",
    "language": "en-GB",
    "last_substantive_revision": "2026-11-06",
    "canonical_page": "https://thenewenglish.uk/research/",
    "file_url": "https://thenewenglish.uk/data/source-tiers.json",
    "count": 5,
    "notice": "Public export of The New English Archive. Crawler or download access is not a licence to reuse the material. Methodology and notes on sources: https://thenewenglish.uk/research/"
  },
  "note": "A tier describes the type of source, not whether a statement is true.",
  "tiers": [
    {
      "tier": "A",
      "label": "Contemporary primary document",
      "description": "A document from the period, or datable to it where stated: a review, a fanzine interview, a ticket or a poster.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "id": "A01",
          "title": "Johnny Rasheed at MacDevitt’s Bar: solo poster",
          "citation_url": "https://thenewenglish.uk/archive/johnny-rasheed-macdevitts-poster/"
        },
        {
          "id": "A02",
          "title": "Johnny Rasheed: Saturday running order",
          "citation_url": "https://thenewenglish.uk/archive/johnny-rasheed-saturday-running-order/"
        },
        {
          "id": "A03",
          "title": "Rock Garden admission card, 7 December",
          "citation_url": "https://thenewenglish.uk/archive/rock-garden-ticket/"
        },
        {
          "id": "A04",
          "title": "Zeeta’s ticket, 11 February",
          "citation_url": "https://thenewenglish.uk/archive/zeetas-ticket/"
        },
        {
          "id": "A05",
          "title": "Tunnel Club review, 28 October 1986",
          "citation_url": "https://thenewenglish.uk/archive/tunnel-club-review/"
        },
        {
          "id": "A06",
          "title": "Reading poster for 15 May",
          "citation_url": "https://thenewenglish.uk/archive/reading-may-poster/"
        },
        {
          "id": "A09",
          "title": "Le Beat Route review, 23 February 1987",
          "citation_url": "https://thenewenglish.uk/archive/le-beat-route-review/"
        },
        {
          "id": "A10",
          "title": "Reading preview in What’s Happening?",
          "citation_url": "https://thenewenglish.uk/archive/reading-preview-interview/"
        },
        {
          "id": "A11",
          "title": "Interview in The Mighty Utterance!",
          "citation_url": "https://thenewenglish.uk/archive/band-interview-continuation/"
        },
        {
          "id": "A13",
          "title": "Demo review: Get Ready and This Evening",
          "citation_url": "https://thenewenglish.uk/archive/demo-tape-review/"
        },
        {
          "id": "A14",
          "title": "Fanzine interview, first page",
          "citation_url": "https://thenewenglish.uk/archive/band-interview-first-page/"
        },
        {
          "id": "A15",
          "title": "The New English, May 1986",
          "citation_url": "https://thenewenglish.uk/archive/band-photograph-may-1986/"
        },
        {
          "id": "A16",
          "title": "The New English, October 1986",
          "citation_url": "https://thenewenglish.uk/archive/band-photograph-october-1986/"
        },
        {
          "id": "A17",
          "title": "The New English at the Wimbledon Festival, July 1987",
          "citation_url": "https://thenewenglish.uk/archive/wimbledon-festival-july-1987/"
        },
        {
          "id": "A18",
          "title": "Rock Garden band pass, 7/12/87",
          "citation_url": "https://thenewenglish.uk/archive/rock-garden-band-pass/"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "tier": "B",
      "label": "Band publicity",
      "description": "Contemporary publicity made by the band or its agency. It shows what the band claimed and is not independent.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "id": "A07",
          "title": "Bazooka poster with S.P.G., 17 February",
          "citation_url": "https://thenewenglish.uk/archive/bazooka-poster/"
        },
        {
          "id": "A08",
          "title": "Band publicity biography",
          "citation_url": "https://thenewenglish.uk/archive/band-promotional-biography/"
        },
        {
          "id": "A12",
          "title": "Publicity sheet with trio photograph",
          "citation_url": "https://thenewenglish.uk/archive/agency-publicity-trio/"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "tier": "C",
      "label": "Catalogues and platforms",
      "description": "Music platforms and specialist catalogues. They confirm listings and release dates, not recording dates.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "id": "B03",
          "title": "London 1987 on Apple Music",
          "citation_url": "https://music.apple.com/us/album/london-1987/1448550541"
        },
        {
          "id": "B04",
          "title": "Johnny Rasheed on TweeNet",
          "citation_url": "https://www.twee.net/bands/r/rasheedjohnn.html"
        },
        {
          "id": "B05",
          "title": "London 1987 on Amazon Music",
          "citation_url": "https://music.amazon.com.br/albums/B07MHZ48Y4"
        },
        {
          "id": "B12",
          "title": "You Make My Day Shine on Spotify",
          "citation_url": "https://open.spotify.com/track/2DT20g0CZEG4AMluJDug8J"
        },
        {
          "id": "B13",
          "title": "The New English on Amazon artist page",
          "citation_url": "https://music.amazon.com.br/artists/B07CX4MR8M/the-new-english"
        },
        {
          "id": "B14",
          "title": "London 1987 (CDr, 2001) on Discogs",
          "citation_url": "https://www.discogs.com/release/25197358-New-English-London-1987"
        },
        {
          "id": "B15",
          "title": "Inspiration by Johnny Rasheed on Discogs",
          "citation_url": "https://www.discogs.com/release/3166424-Johnny-Rasheed-Inspiration"
        },
        {
          "id": "B16",
          "title": "The New English on Spotify",
          "citation_url": "https://open.spotify.com/artist/5aJcS4aEhQ0XwoUB8MEHVd"
        },
        {
          "id": "B17",
          "title": "The New English on Apple Music",
          "citation_url": "https://music.apple.com/us/artist/the-new-english/1381529598"
        },
        {
          "id": "B18",
          "title": "London 1987 on Deezer",
          "citation_url": "https://www.deezer.com/album/83444182"
        },
        {
          "id": "B19",
          "title": "London 1987 on Tidal",
          "citation_url": "https://tidal.com/album/101908814"
        },
        {
          "id": "B20",
          "title": "The New English on YouTube (Topic channel)",
          "citation_url": "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG3t9hDdeZZG-yelv9x_u0A"
        },
        {
          "id": "B21",
          "title": "London 1987 on Spotify",
          "citation_url": "https://open.spotify.com/album/3BnIhDq7OO7oDUTvWwp8Ar"
        },
        {
          "id": "B22",
          "title": "New English on AllMusic (a different act)",
          "citation_url": "https://www.allmusic.com/artist/new-english-mn0001761947"
        },
        {
          "id": "B23",
          "title": "The New English Rock Ensemble on Apple Music (a different act)",
          "citation_url": "https://music.apple.com/us/artist/the-new-english-rock-ensemble/214419385"
        },
        {
          "id": "B28",
          "title": "New English on Discogs",
          "citation_url": "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1866234-New-English"
        },
        {
          "id": "B29",
          "title": "3am Radio England on Spotify",
          "citation_url": "https://open.spotify.com/album/1sx1GI0hDOmHNOUuO32qVr"
        },
        {
          "id": "B30",
          "title": "3am Radio England on Apple Music",
          "citation_url": "https://music.apple.com/us/album/3am-radio-england/1381528346"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "tier": "D",
      "label": "Uploader notes",
      "description": "Descriptions written by the uploader of a video. The channel sc101101 has not been identified as official.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "id": "Y01",
          "title": "YouTube upload: The New English - The Day After Tomorrow",
          "citation_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQixqSQqJuw"
        },
        {
          "id": "Y02",
          "title": "YouTube upload: The New English - This Evening",
          "citation_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzYbWwo1Izw"
        },
        {
          "id": "Y03",
          "title": "YouTube upload: The New English - You Make My Day Shine",
          "citation_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGsgy2igPBo"
        },
        {
          "id": "Y04",
          "title": "YouTube upload: The New English - Get Ready!",
          "citation_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opZEBh10uxM"
        },
        {
          "id": "Y05",
          "title": "YouTube upload: The New English - You Make My Day Shine (99Mix)",
          "citation_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDldN02cvMg"
        },
        {
          "id": "Y06",
          "title": "YouTube upload: The New English \"This Evening\"",
          "citation_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_WRj2e86Ds"
        },
        {
          "id": "Y07",
          "title": "YouTube upload: The New English - Get Ready! (Live)",
          "citation_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRwZiTIubiE"
        },
        {
          "id": "Y08",
          "title": "YouTube upload: The New English - Bracknell Festival July 1997",
          "citation_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sop6wz5qcIg"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "tier": "E",
      "label": "Retrospective and reference",
      "description": "Later accounts from a wiki-style article and its copies, which count as one source family and are used as attributed leads, plus encyclopedia and local news pages used only for background on venues and programmes.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "id": "B01",
          "title": "The New English on EverybodyWiki",
          "citation_url": "https://thenewenglish.uk/research/#source-B01"
        },
        {
          "id": "B02",
          "title": "The New English on Wikibin",
          "citation_url": "https://thenewenglish.uk/research/#source-B02"
        },
        {
          "id": "B24",
          "title": "1987 in British television on Wikipedia",
          "citation_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987_in_British_television"
        },
        {
          "id": "B25",
          "title": "Tunnel Club history in Greenwich Wire",
          "citation_url": "https://greenwichwire.co.uk/2016/08/08/fire-wrecks-home-of-the-tunnel-club-greenwichs-alternative-comedy-shrine/"
        },
        {
          "id": "B26",
          "title": "Greek Street on Wikipedia",
          "citation_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Street"
        },
        {
          "id": "B31",
          "title": "Interview with the founder of Twee.net on the Cloudberry Records blog",
          "citation_url": "https://www.cloudberryrecords.com/blog/?p=826"
        },
        {
          "id": "B32",
          "title": "C86 on Wikipedia",
          "citation_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C86"
        },
        {
          "id": "B33",
          "title": "Shapers of the 80s on Le Beat Route",
          "citation_url": "https://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/12/09/2011-%E2%9E%A4-party-of-the-year-recreates-the-swinging-80s-at-the-legendary-beat-route-down-down-past-the-talk-of-the-town/"
        },
        {
          "id": "B34",
          "title": "Network East on the Pebble Mill archive",
          "citation_url": "https://www.pebblemill.org/tag/network-east/"
        },
        {
          "id": "B35",
          "title": "In Fear Of Fear live at Bazooka, Bonn, September 1990",
          "citation_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tn_n5bLqNHY"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}