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My Solid Ground – SWF Sessions (1971) + Bonus New Album (2001) (@256)
25 Apr 2010
(Review from longhairmusic.de, allmusic.com)
In June of 1971 My Solid Ground entered the studios of SWF in Baden-Baden for a live radio broadcast. Because of legal issues they could not play any of the pieces from the LP, so they debuted entirely new material.
This archival release features that four new tracks the band produced for SWF only two months after recording their selftitled album with the same line-up. It matches the selftitled album’s in their quality and musical expression.
Inspired by the planned re-release of the SWF sessions, My Solid Ground’s founder Bernhard Rendel recorded another 7 tracks in Autumn 2001. The scope of the new recording reaches from “space rock“ and lyrical elements to flowing psychedelic sounds. Resourceful and innovative: My Solid Ground 2001. These tracks are added as a bonus.
Line-up:
- Karl-Heinrich Dorfler / bass
- Bernhard Rendel / vocals, guitar
- Ingo Werner / organ, piano, Mellotron
- Andreas Wursching / drums
Track List:
01. Hysterical – 2:50
02. BBB – 6:39
03. Superconstellation – 2:35
04. Short Waves – 6:53
05. Drive (Bonus 2001) – 5:26
06. Grand Nightmare (Bonus 2001) – 6:32
07. 1-40 (Bonus 2001) – 9:51
08. The Cruzifixion (Bonus 2001) – 4:10
09. Frogster (Bonus 2001) – 4:16
10. Moonclouds (On Earth) (Bonus 2001) – 4:07
11. Mystery Metal Thing (Bonus 2001) – 11:34
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My Solid Ground – My Solid Ground (1971) (@256)
24 Apr 2010
(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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