Monday, April 30, 2007

Magna Carta - Seasons - `70 - Dunhill Records



hey all :

ok , here is a request that i think you`ll enjoy. reminiscent to me of early moody blues & other folk/pop psych of the day. very very good LP , enjoy !

"Magna Carta's second LP was dominated by the 22-minute, nine-part suite "Seasons," which took up all of side one. "Seasons" was indeed a grand conceptual work inspired by the changing of the seasons. Its laudable ambition apart, it's pretty ordinary, mild pop-influenced early-'70s British folk-rock. There's a dated preciousness as it varies the pace slightly from jolly full-band good-time folk-rock and pastoral harmonizing to twee fairytale-like narration and almost pop-like orchestration. The six standard-length songs on side two can strike an almost too-cheerful pop-folk bounce, with soft rock orchestration and harmonies that make it vaguely reminiscent of American sunshine pop at points. Simon & Garfunkel are an obvious influence, too, on songs like "Give Me No Goodbye" (overlaid with slight sitar licks), "Scarecrow," and "Elizabethan," though Magna Carta could make Simon & Garfunkel sound almost heavy in comparison. The closing "Airport Song," which was plucked from the LP as a shot for a hit single, goes furthest into pop with its bossa nova beat and easy listening arrangement, though the Simon & Garfunkel influence in the vocal harmonies is nearly overwhelming. This pretty undistinguished pop-folk-rock effort was paired with their third album, Songs from Wasties Orchard, on a 1999 single-disc CD reissue that also included historical liner notes." - AMG

  • Magna Carta - Seasons - `70 - Dunhill Records - 320 kbps
  • "ALL TRAX FROM WAX" transferred by da` shaman - 2007
  • sorry lp cover not fit to scan

  • 1. Prologue
  • 2. Winter Song
  • 3. Spring Poem
  • 4. Spring Song
  • 5. Summer Poem
  • 6. Summer Song
  • 7. Autumn Song
  • 8. Epilogue
  • 9. Wintersong (Reprise)
  • 10. Going My Way (Road Song)
  • 11. Elizabethan
  • 12. Give Me No Goodbye
  • 13. Ring Of Stones
  • 14. Scarecrow
  • 15. Airport Song


download -- here --

13 comments:

Carlos said...

Hi

Thanks for several of your posts(Tommy James, Tommy Roe, Spanky, etc...), nice blog, waiting for Dizzy's Tommy Roe if possible

Keep the good job.
Carlos

chinchilla said...

Seasons is beautiful.

Anonymous said...

Hi Mr. Akashaman`s Kosmos.
The rar file is corrupted. Only have 7 tracks and not 15 like says in the blog. One of they "Seasons" has a 22:17 minuts.
Could you put the good one? Thanks.

akashaman said...

the seasons track is comprised of the missing tracks.

its all there my friend.

aka`

Anonymous said...

Are you planning to continue your "70's one-hit wonder" uploads?

If you are, i reccommend the group REDBONE; otherwise perhaps the rarer album of PILOT (the one with the track "Canada" or JIGSAW (the one with the track "Stop the show".

mixo said...

searching so long for magna carta 's "no truth in the rumour" but nobody seems to have it :-( , anyway thx for there seasons ;-)

Madgypsy said...

Hey Akashaman

Wonderful site you have here, thank you for the Magna Carta lp.....

I think I'll check out some of the other obscure samples listed on your blog.

Keep up the good work.

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Anonymous said...

First time on your blogsite. Nice job! Been looking for this one for quite a while. Used to hear "Seasons" infrequently back in the day, and never forgot it -- or found it, for that matter. Thanks!

Anonymous said...

Thanks for this album. Brilliant! I'm listening to it now and there's a hint of T-Rex in there on one of the tracks. Thanks again.

franco58 said...

thank you never heard this music before i'll trust your good taste.
ciao

Anonymous said...

Very very thanks Akashaman, i Browser for all sites and not found the disc, very very thanks, I from a argentinia i dont speak well english but i want thank you!