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The Four Aces Club, Dalston

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Pioneering West Indian live-music venue at 12 Dalston Lane, London, founded 1966 by Newton Dunbar and Sir Collins; a foundational stage for Jamaican artists and the evolution of reggae into UK dance music until its 1997 closure.

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