Two by Four - Live at the Melusina (1980)
| Media | Recording | In | Label | Tracklist |
| 2LP | 1980 | ?? | BIG Records Big 8001 |
Side 1A 1. Slowbone Jones 2. Cancer child 3. Slip-Slidin' 4. I'll walk mine 5. Airport Song Side 1B 1. Silver coin 2. Two old friends 3. Southbound 4. Wild geese 5. Love the one you're with Side 2A 1. Working on the road 2. Love on the wire 3. Danny 4. In tomorrow 5. Highway to Spain 6. Be it as you choose Side 2B 1. Carie 2. Cajun Canonball 3. Song for John 4. Lord of the ages |
| A concert in Melusina (Luxembourg) in 1980.
Mixed, dubbed and edited by Mark Lever (Spiny Norman) and Magna Carta. The sleeve states:
"Two by four is just that: a double lp by four people and their admirable soundman Spiny Norman.
You caught us on those two nights in September passing through our way to many places, and yet the memory is sweet.
The records are very 'live', as they should be, but if they revive some happy memories for you all,
then that's fine by us - we loved it too!" | ||||
| Line-up | Chris Simpson, George Norris (guitar), Al Fenn (guitar), Lee Abbott (bass) | |||
| Sound | Not very good. Acceptable for a bootleg, but that is probably why this was never released as an official album (it almost looks like one). | |||
| Time | ... | |||
Curios
featuring "The Lonesome Plaintives"
| Media | Recording | In | Label | Tracklist |
| CDR | 2001 | UK/NL | Friends of Magna Carta |
1. Pictures in my Pillow 2. Clare to Here 3. In Tomorrow 4. Terminal Case of You 5. Hungerford Bridge 6. Feel my Love 7. Margie 8. Travelling Man 9. Blues for a Long Road Home 10. You 11. Songbird 12. Blues run the Game 13. Streets of London 14. Overture |
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This is not a bootleg, but a very limited private release by Magna Carta and The Friends.
It was a very special personal Magna Carta gift for the fanclub members (The Friends).
This cd contains demo's, lost recordings and outtakes.
It also has some jokes, like the hilarious corny "Streets of London" recording by
Doug Morter, playing an on-purpose-out-of-tune guitar. The red cover shows a cartoon by Ruben van Aefst. A sample of this will follow. | ||||
| Line-up | Chris and Linda Simpson e.a. | |||
| Sound | Some songs taken from old tape.. | |||
| Time | 52:56 min. | |||
Live in Dynamo Eindhoven, 1982
| Media | Recording | In | Label | Tracklist |
| CDR | 1982 | NL | LQ |
1. No truth in the rumour 2. I'll walk mine / Put your hands together 3. Two old friends 4. Tell him what you want 5. Took a long time 6. Have a nice day 7. It's so easy 8. Airport song 9. Working on the road again 10. In tomorrow 11. Midnight blue 12. Wish it was 13. Queen of hearts 14. Hightway to Spain 15. The ladies you leave behind 16. Cajun Canonball 17. Lord of the ages |
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Recorded at 'Dynamo', a small concert hall in Eindhoven (The Netherlands).
Comments and jokes between the songs. (On some cd's song nr. 1 is mistakenly named "Easy your mind") |
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| Line-up | Chris Simpson, George Norris (guitar), Doug Morter (guitar), Lee Abbott (bass), Adrian Sheppard (drums). | |||
| Sound | Rather poor sound quality. The original recording was an old audience cassette, and the band experienced some technical sound problems during the concert (earth hum). However, all in all this cd is still quite enjoyable and demonstrates the humor and energy of the band's line-up in the early eighties. | |||
| Time | Appr. 70 minutes? | |||
Cambridge Festival, 1987?
| Media | Recording | In | Label | Tracklist |
| CDR | 1987 ? | UK | none |
1. Cajun Canonball 2. Call me the Breeze 3. Elizabethan 4. Living with a woman like you 5. Airport Song 6. Sea and Sand 7. Shades of Grey 8. ... |
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This bootleg seems to be a recording of the Wavendon festival, also officially released on the
"Live at the BBC" cd.
More on this will follow. | ||||
| Line-up | Chris Simpson, ... | |||
| Sound | Good | |||
| Time | 30:28 minutes | |||
Live in Hoofddorp 1993 (radio)
a.k.a. "Radio VLOH-FM, 27 januari 1993"
| Media | Recording | In | Label | Tracklist |
| CDR | 1993 | NL | none |
1. Time for the Leaving 2. Listen to the Man 3. Eyes on you 4. Merryfield 5. Airport Song 6. Ticket to the Moon 7. Everytime 8. Country Born |
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Recording from Radio Station VLOH-FM in Haarlemmermeer, Jan. 27 1993 (The Netherlands).
Comments and jokes between the songs. | ||||
| Line-up | Chris, Linda and band. | |||
| Sound | Great sound quality. | |||
| Time | Appr. 30 minutes? | |||
The 25'th Anniversary Concert, 1994
a.k.a. "Vredenburg, 1994"
| Media | Recording | In | Label | Tracklist |
| 2CDR | 1994 | NL | none |
DISK 1 1. Midwinter 2. Nothing so bad 3. Banjo man 4. ...error 5. Airport Song 6. For the Gypse 7. Ticket to the Moon 8. Lovers and Friends 9. Hey mr. Simpson 10. Wild Geese 11. Highway to Spain DISK 2 1. Cajun Canonball 2. McKenzie 3. Two old Friends 4. Jan Akkerman solo 5. Slow train to nowhere 6. Time for the Leaving 7. Country born 8. State of the Art 9. Lord of the Ages 10. Down to the Heart |
| Two cd recording from 1994, in Vredenburg concert Hall (Utrecht, The Netherlands). This is Magna Carta's 25'th anniversary concert, with lots of ex-members and other friends. Comments and jokes between the songs. | ||||
| Line-up | Chris and Linda Simpson, Will Jackson (piano & slide guitar), Jonathan Barrett, Paul Burgess (drums), George Norris (guitar), Lee Abbott (bass), Angelo, Jan Akkerman (guitar), Sylvia Houtzager (violin player from Flairck) and Paul Chmielowski (guitar). | |||
| Sound | From poor to okay. The cd has a strange sound quality, with some 'flanging' effects and an unbalanced mix. Apparently it is a direct recording from the stage mixing console, but for unknown reason reduced to a much lower sound quality? | |||
| Time | appr. 2 hours? | |||
Vondelpark Amsterdam, 12-7-1998
Recording probably from an audience tape, at a rainy Vondelpark in Amsterdam (The Netherlands), July 7, 1998. Poor sound quality. 10 cd tracks, with only 5 songs: Banjo Man, Airport Song, Seasons in the Tide, Wild Geese, Fooled by a promise. The concert is disturbed by a pouring rain. Lots of talking in between.Line-up: Chris and Linda Simpson.
| Media | Recording | In | Label | Tracklist |
| CDR | 1998 | NL | none | 5 songs, 26:18 minutes. Poor sound quality. |
Harry's Blues, 24-10-2004 (radio)
a.k.a. "Radio Drenthe"
| Media | Recording | In | Label | Tracklist |
| CDR | 2004 | NL | none |
1. For the Gypsy 2. You say 3. Time for the leaving 4. Blues for a long road home |
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One version of this recording contains the whole hour of a radio show called "Harry's Blues" (Harry Muskee).
At some moment Chris and Linda are being interviewed and they play four songs live.
The original version has the whole radio show of one hour as one single track.
With lots of (different) music and talking in Dutch and dialect. Less than half of the show is Magna Carta related.
Some short interviews with Chris and Linda. An alternative cd version has just the 4 songs on individual tracks. | ||||
| Line-up | Chris and Linda | |||
| Sound | Great sound quality, although original recording is quite soft. | |||
| Time | Appr. 60 minutes Appr. 16 min Magna Carta music |
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Wishes you a Merry Christmas
December 2006, for personal use only
| Media | Recording | In | Label | Tracklist |
| CDR | Dec. 2006 | UK/NL | Friends of Magna Carta |
1. This time around 2. Hebden Sunday Morning 3. Only a lonely girl 4. Long time running 5. Shine 6. You and I 7. Watch this space 8. Ordinary man 9. Rings around the moon 10. Fields of Eden 11. 20 secs silence 12. Gorilla Song / Merry Christmas 1 13. Merry Christmas 2 14. Merry Christmas 3 15. Merry Christmas 4 16. Merry Christmas 5 17. Hello Christmas Bunnies 18. Merry Christmas 6 / Silent Night 19. 5 secs silence 20. Who knows where the time goes |
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This is not a bootleg, but a very limited private release by Magna Carta and The Friends.
It was a very special personal Magna Carta gift for the fanclub members (The Friends).
No sleeve, it was distributed in a plain white paper bag sleeve.
The white CD-rom paper print was signed by Chris, Linda and Matt. Tracks 1-10 are recorded live during the 2006 concert tour. Tracks 1, 3, 4, 5 and 7 are live recordings of previously unreleased songs. Tracks 12-18 are Chris, Linda and Matt joking and singing (well, trying to sing). Track 20 is a beautiful Sandy Denny song, performed live by Linda and Matt. | ||||
| Line-up | Chris and Linda with Matt Barnhoorn | |||
| Sound | Live & private recordings | |||
| Time | 65:16 | |||