Magna Carta: That's the Way it Goes Track List

That's the Way it Goes

Title	Song Writer(s)
That's the Way it Goes - Track List
Approximately half way there	Chris Simpson
A time for sleeping	Chris Simpson
Autumn dreaming blues	Chris Simpson
Which way can I go?	Chris Simpson
Wake up	Chris Simpson
Messin' around	Chris Simpson
I don't want to know	Chris Simpson
My mechancholy friend	Chris Simpson
That's the way it goes	Chris Simpson
Slow down slow	Chris Simpson
Long hot summer day	Chris Simpson
What colour is your mind	Chris Simpson
Queen Boadicea	Chris Simpson
Talkin'	Chris Simpson
Saturday mornin' man	Chris Simpson
Too too good	Chris Simpson

This album is made up of the songs written by Chris Simpson under the pseudonym Paul Stewart - one of the pseudonyms he used before the birth of Magna Carta. The first twelve tracks are taken from a demo vinyl album pressed in 1966, and feature Johnny Mearns on bass, Johnny Thompson on electric lead, and Pat Brady on drums. John Le Mont plays the guitar on Wake up and Michael Smallman sings on A time for sleeping.

The last four tracks were released as singles. Queen Boadicea and Talkin' first appeared on a single released in 1966 under the name Paul Stewart. It features Mick Barker on organ, Johnny Mearns on bass, and Pat Brady on drums.

Saturday mornin' man and Too too good first appeared on a single released in 1967 by the Paul Stewart Movement. It features Mick Rooms on piano and Mick Woods on guitar. On 19th March 1967 it was one place behind Strawberry Fields in Radio London's Top Forty!

Whilst being very much songs of their time, one can hear the fledgling sound of Magna Carta coming through in Simpson's lyrics, and in his unique guitar sound.