La conferencia secreta del Toto's Bar

La conferencia secreta del Toto's Bar
La conferencia secreta del Toto's Bar
Studio album by Los Shakers
Released	December 1968
Genre	Psychedelic pop
Length	35:00
Label	Odeon Pops
Los Shakers chronology

La conferencia secreta del Toto's Bar is the third studio album by Uruguayan rock band Los Shakers. It was released in December 1968 on the Odeon Pops label.^[1] It has been called the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band of Latin America.^[2]

Composition[edit]

According to writer Abril Trigo the album combines "the band's old passions for bossa nova and jazz (what they called calimbo) with popular traditional local genres like tango, candombe, and murga, and includes some powerful arrangements á la John Coltrane and bandoneón solos á la Astor Piazzolla".^[3]

Track listing[edit]

All tracks are written by Hugo Fattoruso and Osvaldo Fattoruso, except where noted

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"La conferencia secreta del Toto's Bar / Mi tía Clementina"	5:09
2.	"Candombe"	3:19
3.	"Acostumbro a ver TV los martes 36"	2:58
4.	"Una forma de arco iris"	3:03
5.	"Siempre tú"	2:34

Side two
No.	Title	Length
6.	"B.B.B. Band"	2:32
7.	"Yo recuerdo mi mundo"	2:43
8.	"Oh, mi amigo"	2:13
9.	"El pino y la rosa"	3:03
10.	"Señor carretera el encantado"	3:21
11.	"Más largo que el ciruela"	3:29

2007 re-issue bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
12.	"Aleluya"	1:57
13.	"No llames más por teléfono, nena"	2:40
14.	"Solo bailo samba" (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius De Moraes)	1:42
15.	"Adorable Lola"	2:19
16.	"Cuando tenga sesenta y cuatro" (Lennon–McCartney)	2:48

Personnel[edit]

Hugo Fattoruso - lead vocals, lead guitar, piano, organ, accordion, celeste, percussion
Osvaldo Fattoruso - backing vocals, rhythm guitar, drums, percussion, shared lead vocals on "La Conferencia Secreta Del Toto's Bar - Mi Tia Clementina (The Secret Toto's Bar Conference - My Aunt Clementine)" and "Mas Largo Que El Ciruela (Higher Than My Tower)"
Roberto "Pelín" Capobianco - backing vocals, bass guitar, bandoneon, cello, percussion
Carlos "Caio" Vila - backing vocals, drums, percussion
Unknown: string and brass instruments

References[edit]

^ "Los Shakers – la Conferencia Secreta del Toto's Bar (1968, Vinyl)". Discogs.
^ "Los Shakers – La Conferencia Secreta del Toto's Bar | Eu Escuto". www.euescuto.com.br. Archived from the original on 2015-11-25.
^ Pacini Hernandez, Deborah; Zolov, Eric; Fernandez-L'Hoeste, Hector, eds. (2004). "Uruguayan Rock". Rockin' Las Américas: The Global Politics of Rock in Latin/o America. University of Pittsburgh Press. p. 120. ISBN 978-0822958413.

External links[edit]

La conferencia secreta del Toto's Bar at Discogs (list of releases)
La conferencia secreta del Toto's Bar statistics, tagging and previews at Last.fm
La conferencia secreta del Toto's Bar at Rate Your Music

[1] "Los Shakers – la Conferencia Secreta del Toto's Bar (1968, Vinyl)". Discogs.

[2] "Los Shakers – La Conferencia Secreta del Toto's Bar | Eu Escuto". www.euescuto.com.br. Archived from the original on 2015-11-25.

[latinrock-3] Pacini Hernandez, Deborah; Zolov, Eric; Fernandez-L'Hoeste, Hector, eds. (2004). "Uruguayan Rock". Rockin' Las Américas: The Global Politics of Rock in Latin/o America. University of Pittsburgh Press. p. 120. ISBN 978-0822958413.

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