LOS SHAKERS For You 1966 ORIG BRAZIL BEATLES BEAT POP PSYCH LP Rubber Soul HEAR

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LOS SHAKERS "FOR YOU" LP

ORIGINAL 1966 LP ON THE BRAZILIAN FERMATA LABEL, FB-165

COVER IN VG+ SHAPE, VERY FLIMSY BUT HAS HELD UP REMARKABLY WELL, SOME WAVINESS, GLUE STARTING TO SEPARATE, SMALL NAME & STICKER ON BACK

VINYL PLAYS VG+ TO VG++, VERY VERY NICE

SUPER RARE ORIGINAL pressing of Argentina's BEST popsike band Los Shakers' second album, FOR YOU, from 1966. If their first album found them steeped in the original Beatles British Invasion sounds, FOR YOU shows them to be big fans of RUBBER SOUL and REVOLVER. Heck, they even cover "Yellow Submarine" here! The rest of the songs, however, are all theirs - another rarity in Latin American bands, but if anyone had the songwriting skills to pull this off, Los Shakers were the band. "Nunca Nunca" shows off their bossa nova heritage in a popsike style, its swinging loungey Spanish suave flair sounding like a fledgling Argentinian version of the Strawberry Alarm Clock. And the great "Muito Tarde" sounds like vintage Hollies with perfect harmonies. They'd go on to record their Sergeant Pepper, a masterpiece called TOTO'S BAR SECRET CONFERENCE. But this is clearly their RUBBER SOUL. Currently 3 other copies up for sale here, ranging from $250 to $500. You can get this one cheaper.

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