| La conferencia secreta del Toto's Bar | ||||
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| Released | December 1968 | |||
| Genre | Psychedelic pop | |||
| Length | 35:00 | |||
| Label | Odeon Pops | |||
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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]
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]
All tracks are written by Hugo Fattoruso and Osvaldo Fattoruso, except where noted.
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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