Magna Carta {ook bekend als 'This Is Magna Carta' en 'Times Of Change'} (1969)

Debuut, uit 1969. "The group was founded in 1969 by Chris Simpson (who also sang) and Lyell Tranter on acoustic Gibson guitars and Glen Stuart singing harmony. Formed in London, they made their debut at the Coalhole Folk Club in Cambridge, and coming off of the enthusiastic response to the ten songs they did that night, Magna Carta were rolling. They were not, strictly speaking, a pure folk group even then, but utilized folk and traditional elements very heavily in their songwriting and sound, in a manner similar to that adopted by Amazing Blondel at about the same time. They were signed to Mercury Records and debuted with a self-titled LP." (Bruce Eder, Allmusic) Dit is een mooi verzorgde heruitgave uit 2010, met uitgebreide 'liner notes' van de bekende Britse popjournalist Chris Welch. Ook de aanbeveling van Pentangle-bassist Danny Thompson, die in de oorspronkelijke klaphoes was te lezen, is overgenomen. Over Pentangle gesproken: liefhebbers van die band zal deze puur akoestische muziek zeker aanspreken.

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