Los Shakers: Alternate Global Timeline

Los Shakers In Germany: July 1965 to October 1965 (Part One) Much like the rest of the world in the mid 1960s, the youth of Germany was fully consumed by the sounds of the British Invasion. Although many of the groups didn’t tour the country frequently, the sales of their records skyrocketed and began to influence a new generation of musicians in the country with bands such as The Rattles and The Lords as well as enticing overseas talent such as The Liverbirds to relocate to the country.   Being one of the largest markets in Europe, Odeon was keen to push Los Shakers into Germany as quickly as possible. When talk of expanding the group’s music to overseas territory, Germany was one of the first countries discussed and one of the quickest arrangements to be created, being in large part that EMI’s main label for distribution in the country was an international branch of Odeon. Thus the group was (rather quickly) signed onto Odeon Records in Germany with very little hassle. ...

  Los Shakers: The Alternate Reality Project (Part 2) In the short span of one month, Los Shakers had gone from complete unknowns to a promising new band with one top ten single already under their belt in the United States. The group’s tour with Manfred Mann and promotion across the country had ended on the 20th of December, with the group travelling back home to Argentina and Uruguay to celebrate Christmas with their respective families. By the 27th, they were back on a plane ready to commence a European tour including several countries such as France and Germany which were initially planned to occur in October before plans were moved back. For Capitol Records, whilst the first few releases by Los Shakers were impactful, their biggest release by far was their Americanised version of The Beatles’ ‘Rubber Soul,’ displaying a softer, folkier and more mature sound for the band which for some fans of the group alienated them. Many of the younger demographic not accustomed to this ‘new...

  The date is the 7th of July 1965. Odeon is in the middle of a large marketing campaign promoting the group’s upcoming debut album which had been recorded between March and June of that year. The group’s first single, a cover of Del Shannon’s ‘Keep Searching’ backed with a Hugo and Osvaldo Fattoruso original ‘Only In Your Eyes’ had been a huge success released that May with the group’s second single ‘Break It All’ backed with ‘More’ already receiving significantly hype prior to it’s release later that month. The sudden success of the group intrigues several international EMI distributors. On this day, a rough mix of the debut album is compiled as an ‘audition tape’ to interested parties. A deal is quickly struck to release Los Shakers’ current and future musical productions globally. One week later ‘Break It All/More’ was released in Argentina on the 14th of July, the same day as The Beatles’ latest single ‘Ticket To Ride/Yes It Is.’ Whilst The Beatles’ single initially has the ad...