MALCOLM AND ALWYN-FOOL'S WISDOM-1973

THIS ALBUM CONTAIN(10-TRACKS)
1-SAY IT LIKE IT IS
2-FOOL'S WISDOM
3-TOMORROW'S NEWS
4-GROWING OLD
5-THING ARE GETTING BETTER
6-HEAVEN OR HELL
7-SEED OR CORN
8-THE WORLD NEEDS JESUS
9-ALWAYS ON MY MIND
10-IT'S HERE THE ANSWER LIES
When this album was originally released in 1973, alongside Parchment's 'Light Up The Fire', it was snapped up by Pye Records - one of the top labels of the day. 'Fools Wisdom' was very much a landmark album of the fledgling CCM industry in this country. Larry Norman, the godfather of contemporary Christian music, had become a British resident and the American Jesus Movement had inspired young Christians on this side of the Atlantic to take up their guitars for the cause. Malcolm & Alwyn, with their trademark autoharp, acoustic guitar and Beatlesque harmonies, sang at all the major Jesus Festivals across the country that summer and were clearly a cut above the rest in those pioneer days. For this, their first album, they were able to enlist the services of Norman's production team and a superb roster of session musicians that included Elton John's drummer. The investment was clearly worthwhile as the recording puts the duo's voices and instruments very much to the fore on each of these delicate self-written songs. Despite dealing with issues common to spiritually seeking young people the world over, the lyrics are quintessentially British - a rare commodity then as now. Yet, curiously, the Americans loved them for it. Malcolm Wilde has, for many years, pastured a Calvary Chapel in Florida whilst Alwyn Wall now leads a similar church in south London. Yet somehow, I doubt that they have ever preached so succinctly to their generation as on this brilliant debut
MALCOLM & ALWYN-LIVE AT CALVARY CHAPEL COSTA MESA-1982
















THIS ALBUM CONTAIN(9-TRACKS)
1-SAY IT LIKE IT IS
2-I LOVE
3-I FEEL FINE
4-MORNING START
5-FOOL'S WISDOM
6-GROWING OLD
7-THINGS ARE GETTING BETTER
8-THE WORLD NEEDS JESUS
9-TOMORROW'S NEWS
MALCOLM & ALWYN-WILDWALL-1974
















THIS ALBUM CONTAIN(13-TRACKS)
1-I FEEL FINE
2-I LOVE YOU MORE THAN YESTERDAY
3-SPACEMAN
4-SOEMONE TO SIGN TO
5-I LL CARRY YOU THROUGH
6-BURIED ALIVE
7-STAY WITH ME
8-I LOVE
9-WILDWALL
10-ENGLAND GOODBYE
11-I FEEL FINE(Live)
12-MORNING STAR(Live)
13-Fool's Wisdom(Live)
Malcolm Wild & Alwyn Wall wandered around the churches and coffee bars and concert halls of mid '70s England playing as an acoustic duo. They were like the Phil & John of their day except that for this, their second album recorded in 1974, they decided to plug in and turn up the volume a little bit. Only a little bit mind. Rockers like "Burried Alive" and "I Feel Fine" are very influenced by Larry Norman's brand of mid '70s pop rock whilst the poppier groove of "I Love" is a particular favourite of mine. (Cliff Richard liked it too, he covered it on his 'Small Corners' album.) "Spaceman" has a brilliant quirky '70s vibe to it which sounds like fun now and slower songs like "I Love You More Than Yesterday" and "Stay With Me" are similar to the acoustic material on their debut album 'Fool's Wisdom'. 'Wildwall' comes complete with three bonus live tracks recorded in California including a version of "Fool's Wisdom" and a hilarious "I Feel Fine" which captures their live spirit. Ahhh.memories!


10-ENNottinghamshire singing duo Malcolm Wild and Alwyn Wall, recorded two studio albums, Fools Wisdom and Wildwall before going their separate ways. Both men are now senior pastors at Calvary Chapel churches; Malcolm at Merritt Island, near Cape Canaveral in Florida for 20 years, and Alwyn in Westminster, central London since 2000. Alwyn recalls, "The 1970s was a special time. No doubt about it. When Malcolm and I started there was nothing really happening that young teens of 17 and 18 could relate to. We just fell into it. The folk music style was all we knew at the time, and the only others doing what we were doing at the time seemed to be Graham Kendrick and Trinity Folk, who then became Parchment. It was all brand new. We never dreamed that we would make an album, never mind two. They were musical snapshots of what was happening. We had no agenda to become anything, we had found Jesus and wanted to communicate that to the rest of our generation."..... .....Fool's Wisdom Reviewed by Chris Tozer..... When this album was originally released in 1973, alongside Parchment's 'Light Up The Fire', it was snapped up by Pye Records - one of the top labels of the day. 'Fools Wisdom' was very much a landmark album of the fledgling CCM industry in this country. Malcolm & Alwyn, with their trademark autoharp, acoustic guitar and Beatlesque harmonies, sang at all the major Jesus Festivals across the country that summer and were clearly a cut above the rest in those pioneer days. For this, their first album, they were able to enlist the services of Larry Norman's production team and a superb roster of session musicians that included Elton John's drummer. The investment was clearly worthwhile as the recording puts the duo's voices and instruments very much to the fore on each of these delicate self-written songs. Despite dealing with issues common to spiritually seeking young people the world over, the lyrics are quintessentially British - a rare commodity then as now. Yet, curiously, the Americans loved them for it. Malcolm Wild is now the pastor at Calvary Chapel Merritt Island Florida, whilst Alwyn Wall is now the Pastor of Calvary Chapel Westminster London. Yet somehow, I doubt that they have ever preached so succinctly to their generation as on this brilliant debut. GLAND GOODBYE
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