--- In audities@yahoogroups.com, "Gene Good" <javagene@h...> wrote:

> If one were to puchase a starter for this group what is your
reccomendation?
> I see one called "Por Favor" with 35 tracks.It also looks like they have
> re-recorded a lot of their tunes.Did they improve or are the original
> recordings essential?

"Por Favor" is definitely a great place to start but, at this point, it
might have to be the place to end as well.  The Los Shakers discography is a
bit confusing, but here is a capsule synopsis: In the '60, Los Shakers
released three albums in South America, "Los Shakers" (1965), "Shakers For
You" (copywrite reads 1965, but I'm dubious about this), and "La Conferencia
Secreta Del Toto's Bar" (1966).  All three are very good, with "Shakers For
You" being the best IMHO, and "La Conferencia" being the most psychedelic.

In order to make some headway into the U.S. market, Los Shakers re-recorded
(in stereo) several of the tracks from their first album and compiled these
tracks for an album called "Break It All", which was released by Audio
Fidelity in 1966.  "Break It All" was the first introduction to Los Shakers
for most collectors, as it was bootlegged in the early '80s and then
legitimately released as a reissue on the Australian label, Raven Records,
in the mid '80s.  In my opinion the re-recordings are better than the
originals, but I know several Shakers fans would disagree with me as the
re-recordings lose some of the edge that the originals had.

Of the four albums, ironically enough "Break It All" is the only one not to
have been reissued on CD, although the other three were issued, in very
limited quantities, on EMI Argentina (I have two of them, as well as a CDR
of "Shakers For You").

As a postscript, the band recorded an album in the mid '70s called "In The
Studio Again".  It's not bad, but not nearly as good as the '60s stuff.

Hope this helps!

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David