Thinking of my trips to the Flamingo when I could afford it ,as the Many US acts that appeared there were expensive to see em .you name it and they appeared there. But a teens wage was only a few pounds then and had to pay for running a Vespa ,and clothes and records and travel and booze ,there just wasn’t enough t cash to pay for everything inc club fees, and The various clubs meant too much outlay .ricky tik club and crawdaddy club and el partido club ,and eel pie island all needed fees to see the various bands ,like the stones ,animals,who ,yardbirds ,so they had to be rationed.unfortunately.
at least the scene was very good value ,for a Guinea to get in , you got good records from guy Steven’s ,then the animals live ,georgie fame ,zoot money ,Graham bond and other bands so it was good value. And the last chance on Sunday morning for 2 hours of soul
the marquee was also on the list but was rationed due to lack of funds