Tom the Great Sebastian

Tom Wong ran his sound from a hardware store base in downtown Kingston (Tom the Great Sebastian entry; Bass Culture).

Tom the Great Sebastian set the template the later big sounds emulated (Solid Foundation).

Tom the Great Sebastian is seen as the originator whose model Coxsone followed (Bass Culture).

Tom's set took up residency at the Silver Slipper in Cross Roads after leaving downtown.

Machuki is generally credited as Tom the Great Sebastian's first deejay before moving on (Bass Culture; Tom the Great Sebastian entry).

Duke Reid, like Coxsone, contested the dominance of Tom the Great Sebastian (Bass Culture).

Coxsone rose challenging the reigning Tom the Great Sebastian sound (Solid Foundation).

Served his selector apprenticeship on Tom the Great Sebastian in Kingston.

Named together as Kingston's earliest foundation sound-system operators.

Both cited among foundation-era Jamaican sounds in sound-system reference lists.

Tom Wong bought Jones amplifiers after hearing a 1947 street demonstration, powering the Great Sebastian.

Hardware merchant Tom Wong ran the set regarded as the all-time giant of the first sound systems.

Duke Vin worked as a selector for Tom the Great Sebastian before migrating to London in 1954.

Vin had been a selector for Tom the Great Sebastian in Kingston before migrating.

Tom Wong acquired Jones's amplifier and named it a 'Sound System', founding Tom the Great Sebastian.

Tom Wong's use of the amplifier launched an early sound system.

Hedley Jones's 1947 amplifier and cabinets were acquired by Tom Wong, whose Tom the Great Sebastian became Jamaica's first prominent sound.