Los Shakers In Germany (Part Six)
In early October of 1967, the single of ‘Lovely Lola’ was released in Germany backed with ‘Marabú,’ a song recorded back in February during a recording session in Venezuela which four tracks were released on the ‘Los Shakers No. 2’ EP in the country before being used on a radio broadcast in Uruguay likely in May 1967. Despite their recent promotional tour the single failed to gain traction in the country and became the group’s first single since their debut single to completely miss the singles chart. Pictured: The picture sleeve of 'Lovely Lola' backed with 'Marabu' showing the group in their recently established 'Toto's Bar' attire. As the group continued to spend much of 1968 in the studio recording what would become the ‘La Conferencia Secreta Del Toto’s Bar’ album, they decreased their touring schedule especially to international regions. A television special in February 1968 entitled ‘Von Uruguay nach Deutschland: Los Shakers’ aired in the country co...