Rhythm and Blues at the Flamingo

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Rhythm and Blues at the Flamingo
Rhythm and Blues At the Flamingo.jpg
Cover of the 1984 RSO Records re-issue
Live album by
ReleasedJanuary 1964
RecordedWednesday, 25 September 1963, The Flamingo, 33 Wardour Street, London
Genre Rhythm and blues
Length35:08
Label Columbia
Producer Ian Samwell
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Rhythm and Blues at the Flamingo is a live rhythm and blues album recorded by Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames at the Flamingo Club in September 1963 and released by Columbia Records in 1964. It was the first album on which Fame appeared.

Contents

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.

The album was produced by Ian Samwell, engineered by Glyn Johns [5] and released on the Columbia label (Columbia 33SX 1599). It failed to chart and the single "Do The Dog", taken from the album and released in the same year, was also commercially unsuccessful. [6]

The vinyl album was re-issued in 1984 on the RSO Records label (RSO SLELP-80), with cover notes by Johnny Gunnell. 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." [5]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Night Train" Jimmy Forrest, Oscar Washington, Lewis P. Simpkins4.33
2."Let the Good Times Roll" Sam Theard, Fleecie Moore2.53
3."Do the Dog" Rufus Thomas 3.29
4."Eso Beso"Joe Sherman, Noel Sherman2.47
5."Work Song" Nat Adderley - incorrectly credited to "Allison" 2.51
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Parchman Farm"Mose Allison3.06
7."You Can't Sit Down" Dee Clark, Phil Upchurch, Cornell Muldrow4.54
8."Humpty Dumpty" Eric "Monty" Morris 3.29
9."Shop Around" Berry Gordy, Smokey Robinson 3.46
10."Baby, Please Don't Go" Sonny Boy Williamson 3.17

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References

  1. "Rhythm And Blues At The Flamingo" (PDF). Record Mirror . No. 156. 7 March 1964. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  2. Rudland, D. (2010), CD booklet notes to Georgie Fame: Mod Classics 1964–1966, Ace Records, CDBGPD 206
  3. John Pidgeon's Rock'sbackpages blog: "The Flamingo Club | Rock's Backpages Writers' Blogs". Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
  4. "Obituary: Rik Gunnell", by Val Wilmer, 18 June 2007, at guardian.co.uk
  5. 1 2 Johnny Gunnell, cover liner notes on Rhythm And Blues At the Flamingo, Polydor RSO, SPELP80, 1984.
  6. Steve Huey (2015). "Georgie Fame". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 July 2015.