diff --git a/qa/1671 b/qa/1671
index 25c04500ea..ec48819eb2 100755
--- a/qa/1671
+++ b/qa/1671
@@ -25,12 +25,19 @@ _cleanup()
 status=1	# failure is the default!
 trap "_cleanup; exit \$status" 0 1 2 3 15
 
+_filter_warnings()
+{
+    sed \
+	-e 's/\[.*\]/[DATE]/' \
+	-e 's/([0-9][0-9]*)/(PID)/'
+}
+
 # real QA test starts here
 for t in 1s 5s 30s 1m 5m 10m; do
     echo;echo == testing replay of corrupted archive with interval $t for max 10000 samples | tee -a $seq_full
     pmrep -Dinterp,log -s 10000 -z -a archives/multi-corrupted -t$t -pf%c kernel.percpu.cpu.user >>$seq_full 2>&1
     pmrep -s 10000 -z -a archives/multi-corrupted -t$t -pf%c kernel.percpu.cpu.user 2>$tmp.err
-    cat $tmp.err
+    _filter_warnings <$tmp.err
 done
 
 echo if unexpected output, see $seq.full
diff --git a/qa/1671.out b/qa/1671.out
index 18c2b609cd..1658fcd2e8 100644
--- a/qa/1671.out
+++ b/qa/1671.out
@@ -748,7 +748,10 @@ Fri May  8 11:56:24 2015     965.000     364.000     998.000     780.000
 Fri May  8 11:56:25 2015     965.000     363.000     997.000     781.000
 Fri May  8 11:56:26 2015     965.000     364.000     998.000     780.000
 Fri May  8 11:56:27 2015     965.000     363.000     998.000     781.000
-pmrep: Corrupted record in a PCP archive
+Fri May  8 11:57:54 2015       9.264       8.931      10.507       7.320
+Fri May  8 11:58:54 2015    1897.798    2042.051    2188.803    1490.997
+Fri May  8 11:59:54 2015     878.368     405.260     891.705     840.526
+[DATE] pmrep(PID) Warning: __pmLogRead: removing corrupted archive "archives/multi-corrupted/20150508.11.50" vol 0
 
 == testing replay of corrupted archive with interval 5s for max 10000 samples
                           k.p.c.user  k.p.c.user  k.p.c.user  k.p.c.user
@@ -903,7 +906,10 @@ Fri May  8 11:56:09 2015     965.000     363.400     997.800     780.600
 Fri May  8 11:56:14 2015     965.200     363.400     997.600     780.600
 Fri May  8 11:56:19 2015     965.000     363.600     997.600     780.400
 Fri May  8 11:56:24 2015     965.200     363.400     997.600     780.600
-pmrep: Corrupted record in a PCP archive
+Fri May  8 11:57:54 2015      49.849      30.103      53.465      39.948
+Fri May  8 11:58:54 2015    1884.785    2028.055    2173.808    1480.784
+Fri May  8 11:59:54 2015     878.368     405.260     891.705     840.526
+[DATE] pmrep(PID) Warning: __pmLogRead: removing corrupted archive "archives/multi-corrupted/20150508.11.50" vol 0
 
 == testing replay of corrupted archive with interval 30s for max 10000 samples
                           k.p.c.user  k.p.c.user  k.p.c.user  k.p.c.user
@@ -934,7 +940,10 @@ Fri May  8 11:54:34 2015     961.600     589.233     972.633     593.800
 Fri May  8 11:55:04 2015     950.033     951.367     988.867     212.800
 Fri May  8 11:55:34 2015     953.433     817.133     990.833     342.433
 Fri May  8 11:56:04 2015     965.133     363.433     997.600     780.533
-pmrep: Corrupted record in a PCP archive
+Fri May  8 11:57:54 2015     251.940     128.991     266.273     202.646
+Fri May  8 11:58:54 2015    1819.756    1958.078    2098.799    1429.684
+Fri May  8 11:59:54 2015     878.368     405.260     891.705     840.526
+[DATE] pmrep(PID) Warning: __pmLogRead: removing corrupted archive "archives/multi-corrupted/20150508.11.50" vol 0
 
 == testing replay of corrupted archive with interval 1m for max 10000 samples
                           k.p.c.user  k.p.c.user  k.p.c.user  k.p.c.user
@@ -953,7 +962,10 @@ Fri May  8 11:53:04 2015     708.567     518.800     977.150     530.800
 Fri May  8 11:54:04 2015     804.050     554.583     972.183     539.767
 Fri May  8 11:55:04 2015     955.817     770.300     980.750     403.300
 Fri May  8 11:56:04 2015     959.283     590.283     994.217     561.483
-pmrep: Corrupted record in a PCP archive
+Fri May  8 11:57:54 2015     465.061     358.300     512.071     370.076
+Fri May  8 11:58:54 2015    1429.550    1538.232    1648.762    1123.134
+Fri May  8 11:59:54 2015     878.368     405.260     891.705     840.526
+[DATE] pmrep(PID) Warning: __pmLogRead: removing corrupted archive "archives/multi-corrupted/20150508.11.50" vol 0
 
 == testing replay of corrupted archive with interval 5m for max 10000 samples
                           k.p.c.user  k.p.c.user  k.p.c.user  k.p.c.user
@@ -962,7 +974,9 @@ pmrep: Corrupted record in a PCP archive
 Fri May  8 11:44:04 2015         N/A         N/A         N/A         N/A
 Fri May  8 11:49:04 2015         N/A         N/A         N/A         N/A
 Fri May  8 11:54:04 2015         N/A         N/A         N/A         N/A
-pmrep: Corrupted record in a PCP archive
+Fri May  8 11:57:54 2015         N/A         N/A         N/A         N/A
+Fri May  8 11:59:54 2015     365.216     168.500     370.757     349.483
+[DATE] pmrep(PID) Warning: __pmLogRead: removing corrupted archive "archives/multi-corrupted/20150508.11.50" vol 0
 
 == testing replay of corrupted archive with interval 10m for max 10000 samples
                           k.p.c.user  k.p.c.user  k.p.c.user  k.p.c.user
@@ -970,5 +984,6 @@ pmrep: Corrupted record in a PCP archive
                                 ms/s        ms/s        ms/s        ms/s
 Fri May  8 11:44:04 2015         N/A         N/A         N/A         N/A
 Fri May  8 11:54:04 2015         N/A         N/A         N/A         N/A
-pmrep: Corrupted record in a PCP archive
+Fri May  8 11:57:54 2015         N/A         N/A         N/A         N/A
+[DATE] pmrep(PID) Warning: __pmLogRead: removing corrupted archive "archives/multi-corrupted/20150508.11.50" vol 0
 if unexpected output, see 1671.full
diff --git a/qa/722 b/qa/722
index f5ea8573d3..06e71abff2 100755
--- a/qa/722
+++ b/qa/722
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ _check_stderr
 echo && echo == Archive list, expect pass:
 TEST_SET_ARCHIVELIST=archives/pcp-atop $script 2>$tmp.stderr
 _check_stderr
-echo && echo == Archive list, expect pass:
+echo && echo == Archive list, expect fail:
 TEST_SET_ARCHIVELIST=archives/pcp-free,archives/pcp-uptime $script 2>$tmp.stderr
 _check_stderr
 
diff --git a/qa/722.out b/qa/722.out
index dee95b5ec6..aa317090b7 100644
--- a/qa/722.out
+++ b/qa/722.out
@@ -51,11 +51,11 @@ Hosts: None
 Archives: ['archives/pcp-atop']
 pass
 
-== Archive list, expect pass:
+== Archive list, expect fail:
 == Test ==
 Hosts: None
 Archives: ['archives/pcp-free,archives/pcp-uptime']
-pass
+fail
 
 == Folio, expect pass:
 == Test ==
diff --git a/src/libpcp/src/context.c b/src/libpcp/src/context.c
index b7b208d460..bbd4bcc7df 100644
--- a/src/libpcp/src/context.c
+++ b/src/libpcp/src/context.c
@@ -946,6 +946,15 @@ initarchive(__pmContext	*ctxp, const char *name)
 	 */
 	sts = __pmFindOrOpenArchive(ctxp, current, multi_arch);
 	if (sts < 0) {
+	    if (multi_arch) {
+		pmNotifyErr(LOG_WARNING,
+		    "initarchive: skipping corrupt/unreadable archive \"%s\": %s",
+		    current, pmErrStr(sts));
+		if (end == NULL)
+		    break;
+		current = end + 1;
+		continue;
+	    }
 	    if (pmDebugOptions.log && pmDebugOptions.desperate) {
 		char	errmsg[PM_MAXERRMSGLEN];
 		fprintf(stderr, "initarchive(..., %s, ...): __pmFindOrOpenArchive: %s\n",
@@ -1048,6 +1057,30 @@ initarchive(__pmContext	*ctxp, const char *name)
     }
     free(namelist);
     namelist = NULL;
+
+    if (acp->ac_num_logs == 0) {
+	pmNotifyErr(LOG_ERR,
+	    "initarchive: all archives are corrupt/unreadable");
+	sts = PM_ERR_LOGFILE;
+	goto error;
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * If the active log control was lost because a failed archive open
+     * in multi-archive mode cleaned up the shared __pmLogCtl (setting
+     * acp->ac_log to NULL), rebuild it by re-opening all the archives
+     * that were previously opened successfully.  This re-accumulates
+     * their metadata (PMNS, hash tables, etc.) into a fresh __pmLogCtl.
+     */
+    if (acp->ac_log == NULL) {
+	for (i = 0; i < acp->ac_num_logs; i++) {
+	    sts = __pmFindOrOpenArchive(ctxp,
+			acp->ac_log_list[i]->name, multi_arch);
+	    if (sts < 0)
+		goto error;
+	}
+    }
+
     acp->ac_meta_loaded = 1;
 
     /*
diff --git a/src/libpcp/src/interp.c b/src/libpcp/src/interp.c
index 5cc1328d91..bad1197de3 100644
--- a/src/libpcp/src/interp.c
+++ b/src/libpcp/src/interp.c
@@ -863,10 +863,11 @@ do_roll(__pmContext *ctxp, double t_req, int *seen_mark)
 
     if (err == PM_ERR_LOGREC) {
 	if (pmDebugOptions.interp || pmDebugOptions.log) {
-	    fprintf(stderr, "Error: corrupted archive '%s', vol %d\n",
-		ctxp->c_archctl ->ac_log->name, ctxp->c_archctl->ac_curvol);
+	    fprintf(stderr, "Warning: corrupted archive '%s', vol %d\n",
+		ctxp->c_archctl->ac_log->name, ctxp->c_archctl->ac_curvol);
 	}
-    	return err;
+	if (ctxp->c_archctl->ac_num_logs <= 1)
+	    return err;
     }
 
     return 0;
diff --git a/src/libpcp/src/logutil.c b/src/libpcp/src/logutil.c
index c23922c637..c544fb3ad3 100644
--- a/src/libpcp/src/logutil.c
+++ b/src/libpcp/src/logutil.c
@@ -1642,6 +1642,7 @@ __pmLogRead_ctx(__pmContext *ctxp, int mode, __pmFILE *peekf, __pmResult **resul
 	    acp->ac_curvol, (long)offset);
     }
 
+read_retry:
     if (mode == PM_MODE_BACK) {
        for ( ; ; ) {
 	   if (offset <= __pmLogLabelSize(lcp)) {
@@ -1962,6 +1963,70 @@ __pmLogRead_ctx(__pmContext *ctxp, int mode, __pmFILE *peekf, __pmResult **resul
 
 func_return:
 
+    /*
+     * Recovery for corrupted archives in a multi-archive context:
+     * remove the corrupted archive from the log list entirely and
+     * attempt to continue with the next (or previous) archive.
+     */
+    if (sts == PM_ERR_LOGREC && peekf == NULL && acp->ac_num_logs > 1) {
+	int		corrupt_idx = acp->ac_cur_log;
+	__pmMultiLogCtl	*bad;
+
+	pmNotifyErr(LOG_WARNING,
+	    "__pmLogRead: removing corrupted archive \"%s\" vol %d",
+	    acp->ac_log->name, acp->ac_curvol);
+
+	if (corrupt_idx >= 0 && corrupt_idx < acp->ac_num_logs) {
+	    bad = acp->ac_log_list[corrupt_idx];
+	    if (bad->name) free(bad->name);
+	    if (bad->hostname) free(bad->hostname);
+	    if (bad->timezone) free(bad->timezone);
+	    if (bad->zoneinfo) free(bad->zoneinfo);
+	    free(bad);
+	    acp->ac_num_logs--;
+	    if (corrupt_idx < acp->ac_num_logs)
+		memmove(&acp->ac_log_list[corrupt_idx],
+			&acp->ac_log_list[corrupt_idx + 1],
+			(acp->ac_num_logs - corrupt_idx) *
+			    sizeof(*acp->ac_log_list));
+	    acp->ac_cur_log = -1;
+
+	    if (mode == PM_MODE_FORW &&
+		corrupt_idx < acp->ac_num_logs) {
+		acp->ac_mark_done = 0;
+		if (__pmLogChangeArchive(ctxp, corrupt_idx) == 0) {
+		    lcp = acp->ac_log;
+		    f = acp->ac_mfp;
+		    acp->ac_offset = __pmLogLabelSize(lcp);
+		    acp->ac_vol = acp->ac_curvol;
+		    goto again;
+		}
+	    }
+	    else if (mode == PM_MODE_BACK && corrupt_idx > 0) {
+		int	j;
+		acp->ac_mark_done = 0;
+		if (__pmLogChangeArchive(ctxp, corrupt_idx - 1) == 0) {
+		    lcp = acp->ac_log;
+		    for (j = lcp->maxvol; j >= lcp->minvol; j--) {
+			if (__pmLogChangeVol(acp, j) >= 0)
+			    break;
+		    }
+		    if (j >= lcp->minvol) {
+			__pmFseek(acp->ac_mfp, (long)0, SEEK_END);
+			acp->ac_offset = __pmFtell(acp->ac_mfp);
+			assert(acp->ac_offset >= 0);
+			acp->ac_vol = acp->ac_curvol;
+			f = acp->ac_mfp;
+			offset = __pmFtell(f);
+			assert(offset >= 0);
+			goto read_retry;
+		    }
+		}
+	    }
+	}
+	sts = PM_ERR_EOL;
+    }
+
     if (ctx_ctl.need_ctx_unlock)
 	PM_UNLOCK(ctx_ctl.ctxp->c_lock);
 
@@ -3312,7 +3377,7 @@ LogChangeToPreviousArchive(__pmContext *ctxp)
      */
     save_origin = ctxp->c_origin;
     save_mode = ctxp->c_mode;
-    /* Switch to the next archive. */
+    /* Switch to the previous archive. */
     __pmLogChangeArchive(ctxp, acp->ac_cur_log - 1);
     lcp = acp->ac_log;
     ctxp->c_origin = save_origin;