Founded in the late 1980s by Denis Desmond after Revolving Records had folded
and media mogul Oliver Barry.
Solid replaced Scoff as the premier Irish indie label releasing many one-off
singles. The label's profile was boosted by the success of their biggest-selling
act, The Saw Doctors, whose debut album became Ireland's best-selling album of
that year. Solid had a distribution deal with APT in the UK. In late 1991, Solid
initiated a (short- lived) sister label, Liquid.
Single Releases
All 7" singles unless otherwise stated
ROK = 7" single
ROCK = 12"
ROKT = 12"
ROCD = CD
ROCC = cassette
ROK701 Geoffrey's First Affair - And The Day's Go By / Midnight Blues (1987) (PS)
ROK702 Those Handsome Devils - Don't Bring Me Down / What'd I Say (1987) (PS)
ROK703 Aslan - Loving Me Lately/Christmas in Oky (1987?) (PS)
ROK704? Assassin - Stealin' (1987)
ROK705 Touchdown - Without Telling You / Hot Legs (1987?)
ROK706
ROK707 Guernica - Deep Sea Diving / New Boy (1987) (PS)
ROK708 Cypress, Mine! - In The Big House / Bee's Knees (1987) (PS)
ROK709 The Mountain Climbers - Grace / A Kind Of Living (12/1987)
ROK710 Jimmy McCarthy - Adam At The Window / The Grip Of Parallel
ROK711 QED - The Power To Love / The Chain (198?) (PS)
ROK712 Cypress, Mine! - Sugar Beet God / remix (1988)
ROK713 The Stunning - Got To Get Away / Smalltown Playboy (1988) (PS)
ROK714 The Missing Link - Wanna Be Loved / Try (1988) (PS)
ROK715 Rex & Dino - Someone There To Love / Same Way Too (1988) (PS)
ROK716 Wilf Brothers - Hey Hey Ho Ho 7" (1988)
ROK717 The Stunning - Half Past Two/Hero On The Beach (1988) (PS) [also as 12" ROKT717]
ROK718 The Missing Link - Shake It Up / Pretty Nice Place (1988)
ROK719 The Stunning - Romeo's On Fire/Spotty Wimple (1988) (PS)
ROK720 The Missing Link - I've Got Love / Last Too Long (1989)
ROK721? Predator - s/t EP (7/1988)
ROK722 The Last Bandits - The Angels Are Calling (1989) [also as 12" ROCK722]
ROK723 Christy Dignam - One Man's Dream/Chasing Shadows (1989)
ROK724 Rocking Chairs - Stuck in the Driving Rain / Rockin' Sweetpea (1989?)
ROK724 Fireflys - Judgement Day / Lovetrain (1989-90)
ROK725 Real Wild West - The Sixties EP 12" (1989)
ROK726
ROK727 Burning Embers - (Don't Lie In The) Shadow / remix (1989) (PS)
ROK728 Saw Doctors - N17 / Freedom Fighters (live) (12/1989) (PS)
ROK729 The Stunning - Brewing Up A Storm / All I Can Do 7" (1989)
ROK729 The Stunning - Brewing Up A Storm / This Happy Girl 7" (1991) [2nd issue with different cover]
ROK730 Dignam & Goff - The Hand Of Love / Time On My Hands (1990?)
ROK731 Saw Doctors - I Useta Lover // Captain Joe Fiddles / Blaze X - I Used To Love Her (7/1990) (PS)
ROK732 Dignam & Goff - Martin 7" (8/1990)
ROK733 Saw Doctors - N17 / It Won't Be Tonight (12/1990) (PS)
ROK734 The Stunning - Merry Christmas Baby EP (1990) 7"/cassingle
ROK735 The Brothers - Roadblock / All Gone (1990)
ROK736 Saw Doctors - That's What She Said Last Night / At Least Pretend (3/1991) (PS)
ROK737 Dignam & Goff - Rain/Never Stop (1991) (PS)
ROK738 The Stunning - Heads / Heads (The Knockout Mix) (1991) (PS)
ROK739 The Blue Angels - Candy EP (1991) (PS)
ROK740 Passion Machine - Drowning / Heartland (1991)
ROK741 Dignam & Goff - Feel It In My Heart / Lying To Each Other (1991)
ROK742 Sleepwalkers - Rapid City / Extreme (1991) (PS)
ROK743
ROK744 Saw Doctors - Red Cortina / Only One Girl / Presentation Boarder (live) (1991) (PS)
ROK745 The Blue Angels - Get It Back EP (1991)
ROK746
ROK747 Saw Doctors - N17 / N17 (live) / At Least Pretend (7/1991)
ROK748 The Little Fish - Goodbye / Morocco (1991)
ROK749 Precious Stones - Jesus Says He Loves Me / Precious / Cry Like A Baby (1991)
ROK750
ROK751 Saw Doctors - That's What She Said Last Night / Hay Wrap (11/1991)
ROK752 Saw Doctors - Presentation Boarder EP (4) (1991)
ROK753 Saw Doctors - Hay Wrap / The Trip To Tipp (1991)
ROK754 The Stunning - Everything That Rises / Town for Sale (1992)
ROK755
ROK756 Sleepwalkers - Honey Hunter / Danny (Is It Now) (1992)
ROK757 Precious Stones - Won't Let You Down / Senseless Love (1992)
ROK758 The Stunning - She's On My Mind / Frank The Tramp (1992)
ROK759 The Pop Suckers - (We're The) Pop Suckers / The Kilconly Walk (1992)
ROK760
ROK761 Saw Doctors - Pied Piper (1992)
ROK762 The Stunning - Mr.Ginger EP (1992) cassingle
ROCD763 Cry Before Dawn - To Be True EP (1992)
ROK764 Saw Doctors - Never Mind the Strangers (11/1992)
ROK765 Precious Stones - Red Sky / Stay (1993)
ROK766
ROCD767 Saw Doctors - Me Heart is Living in the Sixties Still EP (1993)
ROK768 The Stunning - Deja Voodoo EP (1993) cassingle
ROK769
ROK770
ROCD771 Saw Doctors - Sold Out EP (1993) UK tour promo
ROCD776 The Blue Angels - When It's Gone EP CDS (1993) [may be 766]
ROCD777? The Stunning - Tightrope Walker EP (1994)
ROCD784 Simon Carmody - Smile Baby Smile EP (1999)
ROCD785 Simon Carmody - Dark Girl EP (1999)
ROK7?? Cypress, Mine! - Justine (198?)
Album Releases
ROC 1 Cypress, Mine! - Exit Trashtown (1987)
ROCC 1 v/a - Solid Citizens (1988) cassette
ROCK 1 Blue in Heaven - Rock'n'Roll R.I.P. EP (1987?)
ROCK 2 Aidan Walsh and the 4 Dimension Orchestra - Christmas In The 4th Dimension EP 12" (1987)
ROCK 3
ROCK 4 Barry Warner - What's Happening - The Story So Far mini-LP (1988)
ROCK 5 The Stunning - Paradise in the Picture House (1990)
ROCD 6 The Brothers - Torch CD (1991)
ROCK 7 Saw Doctors - If This is Rock and Roll, I Want My Old Job Back (1991)
ROCD 8 Sharon Shannon - s/t LP/CD (9/1991)
ROCD 9 Christy Dignam - The Singles Collection 1984-1991 CD/K7 (1991-92)
ROCD10 The Stunning - Once Around The World (1992)
ROCD11 Saw Doctors - All The Way From Tuam (1992)
ROCD12 The Blue Angels - Coming Out Of Nowhere (1993) CD/K7
ROCD13
ROCD14 Sharon Shannon - Out The Gap CD (1994)
ROCD15 The Stunning - Milking The Hits (1994)
ROCD16 Nomos CD
ROCD17
ROCD18
ROCD19 Aslan - Here Comes Lucy Jones CD
ROCD20
ROCD21 John 'Turps' Burke - Illuminate By Turps CD
ROCD22
ROCD23
ROCD24
ROCD25 v/a - Tom Dunne's 30 Best Irish Hits CD (2001)
ROC??? Barry Warner - What's Happenin' - The Story So Far LP (1989)