Solid Gold sound system

CTL-E-0425 · Organization · other · unspecified

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Clifton Dillon created the Solid Gold sound system in Chicago after relocating there.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from GLOBAL-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-GLOBAL-001:GBL-109; source research type(s): Organization. Description completed 2026-10-03 from the source research record (claims) during the KG completion pass. Era not present in source research record(s); marked unspecified pending human review.

Sources

jamadio.co, Clifton Dillon profile

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