(Review from progarchives.com, alexgitlin.com)

Bernhard Rendel founded My Solid Ground at the age of 14, in 1968. In 1970, at the Morfelden Studio in Frankfurt, they recorded a short track (“Flash”) that won second place in an amateur competition hosted by SudWestFunk (SWF) Radio. In February and April of 1971, the band recorded their self-titled album.

The marvelous opening track “Dirty Yellow Mist” is as close as any group has reached into the atmosphere of Pink Floyd’s “Meddle” album. The thirteen-minute track is driven by a monotonous, but very effective guitar riff. The organ passages really remind one of Richard Wright and there are pink pigs on the fold-out cover!

Among shorter tracks, “The Executioner” is a highly original and effective combination of mumbling vocal and heavy guitar and keyboard statements. There are three aggressive, punky rock songs: “Flash Part IV”, “That’s You”, and “Handful of Glass”. “Melanchonie” again recalls Pink Floyd, this time the mellow, peaceful romanticism of “Allan’s Psychedelic Breakfast”. “Devonshire Street Wl” is another highly original song, while the instrumental “X” ends the album.

Despite their nationwide success, some of the band members started to quit and Rendel suddenly found himself with a totally new line-up. Their plans for a second album unfortunately never materialized and in 1974, Rendel himself quit to pursue university studies.

Line-up:
- Karl-Heinrich Dorfler / bass
- Bernhard Rendel / vocals, guitar
- Ingo Werner / organ, piano, Mellotron
- Andreas Wursching / drums

Track List:
01. Dirty Yellow Mist – 13:07
02. Flash Party IV – 2:18
03. That’s You – 2:23
04. The Executioner – 3:34
05. Melancholie – 4:16
06. Handful Of Grass – 2:46
07. Devonshire Street W1 – 3:30
08. ‘X’ – 3:42
09. ‘Y’ (Bonus) – 1:33
10. ‘Z’ (Bonus) – 1:31
11. Flash (Bonus) – 24:41
12. The Executioners (Bonus Alternate Mix) – 3:35
13. Handful Of Grass (Bonus Alternate Mix) – 2:42
14. That’s You (Bonus Alternate Mix) – 2:21
15. Dirty Yellow Mix (Bonus Alternate Vocals) – 7:29

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