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The Sound Dimension were the in-house backing band of Clement “Coxsone” Dodd’s reggae label, Studio One after the Soul Vendors, with whom they shared many members.

The group’s name allegedly comes from an early English-made echo effect unit, and their sound is considerably influenced by US soul: the Sound Dimension were arguably as important to Jamaican music as Booker T. and the MGs and the Funk Brothers were to American R&B.

The line-up was a floating roster of players, including keyboardist Jackie Mittoo, guitarist Ernest Ranglin, Roland Alphonso, Leroy Sibbles, Vin Gordon and Eric Frater.

Their many recordings are acknowleged to be the definitive or founding cuts of reggae; endlessly versioned and widely sampled, the most well-known example being the (1968) instrumental side ‘Real Rock,’ famously covered in 1980 by (amongst many others) The Clash as ‘Armagideon Time,’ taking the lyric from Willie Williams’ vocal version of the tune.

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Gogi93 wrote:
February 2009

cool)))

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Azuk4 wrote:
January 2009

classic!

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wahine wrote:
January 2009

nice nice sound

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MissAligned wrote:
November 2008

can't get enough congo rock

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aakira009 wrote:
July 2008

They laid the foundation for everything that followed. The Rockers style of Reggae that became popular in the 70s came directly out of the music created by Sound Dimension in the late 60s.

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