Malcolm and Alwyn were a popular British
gospel beat music group in the 1970s. They played
rock music
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influenced by
Simon and Garfunkel
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,
Bob Dylan
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and
The Beatles
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with lyrics reflecting their
conversion
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to
Christianity
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. The duo was composed of Malcolm Wild and Alwyn Wall, who had been performing together in a band called The Zodiacs prior to their conversion. Malcolm and Alwyn recorded two albums in the early '70s before they disbanded in 1976, and a live reunion album in 1981 before again parting ways. The live album was recorded on 24 January 1981 at
Calvary Chapel, Costa Mesa, California, U.S. Both Malcolm and Alwyn released solo albums following the group's disbanding. Alwyn Wall featured on
Larry Norman
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's 1981 live ''
Friends on Tour'' album.
Career
Their 1973 debut album ''Fool's Wisdom'' sported a stellar cast of
session musician
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s including
John Wetton
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of
King Crimson
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on
bass
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, Rod Edwards and Roger Hand of
Edwards Hand on
keyboards and
percussion
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, veteran
drummer
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Clem Cattini
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, and
guitarist
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Mickey Keen of
Hudson Ford
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. Edwards Hand and Mickey Keen also appeared on Malcolm and Alwyn's follow-up album, ''Wildwall''.
Wild is currently senior
pastor
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of Calvary Chapel in
Merritt Island
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,
Florida
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, and still performs with the Calvary Chapel Worship Band as well as operating a
record label
"Big Three" music labels
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, Footstep Records. He also ministers via radio with the program "Sound Truth".
[Pastoral team at Calvary Chapel, Merritt Island]
Wall is currently senior pastor at Calvary Chapel in
Westminster
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,
London
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, England.
Discography
Albums
* ''Fool's Wisdom'' (
Pye NSPL-18404, 1973, review)
* ''Wildwall'' (Key Records KL 022, 1974, review)
* ''Malcolm and Alwyn – Live!'' (MRC MRC 007, 1981, review
)
Solo
* The Alwyn Wall Band (solo), ''The Prize'' (Myrrh MSB-6596, 1977)
* Malcolm Wild (solo), ''Broken Chains'' (
Grapevine
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GRV-131, 1979)
* Malcolm
ildand the Mirrors (solo), ''Red Alert'' (A&S Records AS0004, 1982)
* Alwyn Wall (solo), ''
Invisible Warfare'' (
Chapel Lane, CLS-8009, 1981)
Songs on compilations
* ''Love, Joy, Peace'', "Fool's Wisdom" (Various Artists, Myrrh MYR-6540, 1974)
* ''Jubilation!'', "Tomorrow's News" (Various Artists, Myrrh MST-6555, 1975)
* ''Jubilation, Too'', "I Love" (Various Artists, Myrrh MST-6568, 1976)
References
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External links
Malcolm and Alwynon
Myspace
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Fool's Wisdom at Christian Music Archive Retrieved 25 April 2009.
Jubilation, Too at Christian Music Archive Retrieved 25 April 2009.
Living people
British gospel beat music groups
Performers of contemporary Christian music
Musical groups established in 1969
1969 establishments in the United Kingdom
Musical groups disestablished in 1976
Myrrh Records artists
1976 disestablishments in the United Kingdom
Year of birth missing (living people)