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Sonic Sounds

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One of the main Jamaican distributors and manufacturers, and for many labels the route from a finished tape to records in shops. Distribution is invisible in most accounts of the music and decides much of what actually reaches an audience: a record nobody can press or ship does not exist, however good it is.

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Discogs — Sonic Sounds

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Discogs label source for Sonic Sounds catalogue/identity.

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Roots Archives — Sonic Sounds

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Roots Archives source for Sonic Sounds label/distributor notes.

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Moon Jamaica — Sonic Sounds listing

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Travel/retail listing source for Sonic Sounds later record-retail context.

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Discogs — Sonic Sounds Ltd.

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Discogs distributor source for Sonic Sounds Ltd. credits.

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Story · Well supportedVinyl pressing, reissue and export

Between the studio and the dance sits a factory. Jamaica's pressing plants, its blank-label pre-releases and its export routes shaped what the music sounded like as much as any producer did.

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Pressing plants are part of the sound

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Recording session

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Manufactured object

Vinyl pressing, mastering, labels, sleeves and distribution shaped what selectors and listeners physically received, making manufacturing part of sonic and cultural history.

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