Rhythm and Blues at the Flamingo

In the early 1960s Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames were resident at a number of London clubs[2] including The Flamingo [3] and the club's manager Rik Gunnell managed the group.

[4] On this recording Gunnell's younger brother Johnny can be heard announcing the songs over the noisy club clientele.

It failed to chart and the single "Do The Dog", taken from the album and released in the same year, was also commercially unsuccessful.

Gunnell noted: "To Do The Dog involves distinctly sensuous body movements and even the most cooly [sic?]

suburban members of the audience could not fail to be moved to an almost jungle like frenzy.