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Basement club at 5a Praed Street, Paddington, London, opened by Jamaican sound pioneer Count Suckle in 1964; open seven nights a week, it mixed ska, soul and funk and staged Jamaican and US acts including Prince Buster and Edwin Starr.

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Count Suckle obituaries; Wikipedia; Red Bull Music Academy Daily.

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Duke Vin, Count Suckle & the Birth of Ska in Britain (trailer)

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Trailer for Gus Berger's 2008 documentary; discovery-only embed.

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RIP Count Suckle, London Soundsystem Pioneer

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Red Bull Music Academy Daily obituary reference.

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In stories

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