Writing On The Wall

Writing On The Wall were a Scottish blues R'n'B turned prog rock band between 1967 and 1973 who became a popular live act in the United Kingdom. The group originally formed as the Jury, changing their name to Writing on the Wall in early 1968. They eventually recorded their lone album, The Power of the Picts, for Waldman's Middle Earth label. In 1972 the band made an LP in Scotland that was never released and then went through several lineup changes. The group tried to record another album in Wales near the end of 1973, but gave up when their equipment was stolen in December of that year.
==Links to Peel==
The band's manager, Brian Waldman, moved the group to London in 1968 and let them perform at his club, the Middle Earth. The club was the place where Peel regularly did gigs and may have saw them perform live there. In the same year the group auditioned to perform a session for the BBC. Producer, Bernie Andrews was happy to invite the group to do a session, but the panel were divided with some saying the "5.5 minute numbers are not for us... we have no discotheques".Page 347 of Ken Garner's The Peel Sessions book. At the end, the group passed the audition and did a session for Peel's Top Gear show. Three years later they did their second session for the DJ. 
In February 1989, Peel revisited the group, by playing a track from them after he heard that singer, Linnie Paterson, was not well. A benefit concert was staged at Inverness, Scotland at that time for the singer, from a Peel listener, who mentioned this to the DJ.
==Sessions==
1. Recorded: 1968-11-12. First Broadcast: 08 December 1968. Repeated: 02 February 1969
*Taskers Successor / Shadow Of Man / Profile Of A Door / Felicity Jane / Sha La La La La Le (broadcast on 1969-02-02)
2. Recorded: 1971-01-26. First Broadcast: 13 February 1971
*Lucifer / Father Time / Mrs Cooper's Pie
==Other Shows Played==
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*22 November 1969: Child On A Crossing (single) Middle Earth MDS 101
*13 December 1969: Child On A Crossing (single) Middle Earth MDS 101
;1973
*19 July 1973: Buffalo (single b-side Man Of Renown) Pye
;1989
*13 February 1989: Taskers Successor (LP - The Power Of The Picts) Middle Earth
== See Also ==
*Gigography 1968
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
*Official Website
== See Also ==
*Gigography 1970
== Footnotes ==
Category:Artists