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Magnet

Band, GB
Folk, World and Soundtrack
A.k.a. Lodestone (7)

Magnet was a band formed for the purpose of recording the soundtrack to the 1973 film The Wicker Man. The band was assembled by musician Gary Carpenter (the film's Associate Musical Director) to perform songs composed by New York songwriter Paul Giovanni. Originally under the moniker Lodestone, later to change to "Magnet" because of a conflict with another band, the group included Peter Brewis (recorders, jaw harp, harmonica, bass guitar, etc.), Michael Cole (concertina, harmonica, bassoon), Andrew Tompkins (guitars), Ian Cutler (violin), Bernard Murray (percussion) and finally Carpenter himself (piano, recorders, fife, ocarina, Nordic lyre, etc.). Carpenter, Brewis and Cole had recently graduated from The Royal College of Music in London and Tompkins, Cutler and Murray were all members of

Members

	Paul Giovanni voc, acg 1933-1990 US
	Gary Carpenter rec *1951 GB
	Peter Brewis h, rec FR
	Bernard Murray dr, clap GB
	Ian Cutler vn GB
	Michael Cole bsn
	Andrew Tompkins acg