{{Short description|American musical group}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} '''Sound Experience''' was an American funk ensemble, founded at Morgan State College in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1970.<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p202142/biography|pure_url=yes}} "Sound Experience {{!}} Biography, Albums, Streaming Links {{!}} AllMusic"], choose "Biography" tab. AllMusic</ref>
The group played locally and recorded with producer Stan Watson, recording with him in Philadelphia. They recorded several singles, two full-length albums and live album. A live album entitled ''Live At The Glen Mills Reform School For Boys'' was their debut full-length. It was released on GSF Records in 1973. ''Don't Fight the Feeling'' was released in 1974 on Philly Soulville Records and reached #57 on the ''Billboard'' R&B Albums chart.<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p202142/charts-awards|pure_url=yes}} "Artist Search for "sound experience" {{!}} AllMusic"], AllMusic</ref> The title track was released as a single and reached #61 on the US ''Billboard'' R&B chart.<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p202142/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}} "Artist Search for "sound experience" {{!}} AllMusic"], AllMusic</ref> Their subsequent album, ''Boogie Woogie'', was released on Buddah Records in 1975 to less success'''.'''
The ensemble recorded little thereafter, but have been sampled by hip hop groups. Collectables Records issued a CD retrospective of the group's output in 1994. The single "J.P. Walk" was featured in the 1997 movie ''Boogie Nights''.
==Members== {{div col|colwidth=15em}} *Arthur Grant *Linwood Fraling *Leroy Fraling *Melvin Miles *Reginald Wright *Johnny Foreman *Gregory Holmes *Albert Holmes *James Lindsey *Anton Scott *Everett Harris *Rodney Parks {{div col end}}
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Category:Musical groups from Baltimore Category:American funk musical groups Category:Musical groups established in 1970 Category:1970 establishments in Maryland