The Scaffold

The Scaffold
Origin	Liverpool, England
Genres	Music hall, comedy rock
Years active	1964–1977
Labels	Parlophone Island Warner Bros. Bronze
Associated acts	Grimms Liverpool poets Wings
Past members	Mike McGear Roger McGough John Gorman

The Scaffold were a comedy, poetry and music trio from Liverpool, England, consisting of Mike McGear (real name Peter Michael McCartney, the brother of Paul McCartney), Roger McGough and John Gorman.

The Scaffold performed a mixture of comic songs, comedy sketches, and the poetry of McGough, as evidenced on their 1968 live album, and released a number of singles and albums on Parlophone and EMI between 1966 and 1971, with several more on Island, Warner Bros. and Bronze thereafter.

The group also wrote and sang the theme tune to the BBC comedy 'The Liver Birds', which aired from 1969–1978.

The Scaffold achieved Top 10 success in the UK with:

In addition to the hit singles, The Scaffold's output included four albums: The Scaffold on Parlophone in 1968, L. the P. on Parlophone in 1969, Fresh Liver on Island in 1973, and Sold Out on WB in 1975. The Scaffold's first greatest hits album, entitled Singles A's & B's, was released on See For Miles Records in 1982. This was followed by a second greatest hits collection, the first on Compact Disc, The Scaffold: The Songs, in 1992. Three additional compilations of the band's Parlophone tracks have since been released (two of which also include the Warner Bros. “Liverpool Lou” track).

Jack Bruce, Elton John, Graham Nash and Jimi Hendrix were among the session musicians who performed on The Scaffold's early records, since none of the trio was a musician.Tim Rice, who was at that time an assistant to their producer Norrie Paramor, contributed backing vocals to some of their material.

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