''Solid'' is a 1974 album recorded by

the Groundhogs Groundhogs are an English blues and rock band founded in late 1963, that toured extensively in the 1960s, achieved prominence in the early 1970s, and continued sporadically into the 21st century. Tony McPhee (guitar and vocals) is the sole c ...

, originally released by WWA Records. It was arranged, composed, engineered and produced by band member

Tony McPhee Anthony Charles McPhee (born 23 March 1944) is an English guitarist, and founder of the blues rock band Groundhogs. An early version of this band backed Champion Jack Dupree and John Lee Hooker on UK concerts in the mid-1960s. He is often cred ...

. It entered the UK album charts in July 1974 reaching number 31 but remained in the charts for only one week.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Tony McPhee # "Light My Light" - 6:23 # "Free from All Alarm" - 5:14 # "Sins of the Father" - 5:29 # "Sad Go Round" - 2:55 # "Corn Cob" - 5:36 # "Plea Sing, Plea Song" - 3:00 # "Snow Storm" - 3:28 # "Joker's Grave" - 8:41

Personnel

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– guitars, vocals *Peter Cruikshank – bass *Ken Pustelnik,

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– drums ;Technical *

Martin Birch Martin Birch (27 December 19489 August 2020) was a British music producer and sound engineer. He became renowned for engineering and producing albums recorded predominantly by British rock bands, including Deep Purple, Rainbow, Fleetwood Mac, W ...

- engineer *

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- photography

Reception

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References

{{Authority control 1974 albums The Groundhogs albums Vertigo Records albums