Hi Llanfair, when i saw Magna Carter at MSG they had just made or were making their first album which pre-ceded 'Seasons'. Still have Seasons but no longer the first. The first album featured Chris Simpson on Guitar and Vocals, Lyell Tranter on Guitar and Vocals, Glen Stuart on Vocals; Danny Thompson on Bass; Harold McNair on Flute; and Johnny van Derek on Fiddle (1969). Great album.

I remember seeing Carthy & Swarb upstairs at MSG so we must have been at the same gig mate. Smal world. Do you rember seeing the Pennine Folk and Blackpool Taverners? Legend has it that Paul Simon played there once.

Speaking agin of Mancy folkies - Roy Harper was born in Manchester tho maybe not strictly a folkie he's part of the revival and played at the beginning with Jansch, Al Stewart, Renbourne etc.