In a method and magnetic resonance (MR) apparatus for simultaneous multi-contrast recording, at least two different slices are repeatedly excited to generate echo signals of the respective slices, and the echo signals are recorded as scan data. In one repetition of the excitation and recording, one of the at least two slices is excited using desired first contrasting scan parameters for generating scan data weighted with a first contrast, and at least one other of the at least two slices is excited using desired second contrasting scan parameters for generating scan data weighted with a second contrast. The repetitions are repeated using the different desired first and second contrasting parameters, so that in each repetition, scan data of one slice weighted according to a first contrast and scan data from another slice weighted according to a second contrast are recorded and stored as scan data sets. A strongly accelerated recording of scan data with an increased information content without quality losses is thereby enabled.