{"id":113316,"date":"2025-01-16T08:37:55","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T08:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/munster-records.com\/producto\/together-people-pamoja-watu-its-your-thing\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T23:05:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T23:05:39","slug":"together-people-pamoja-watu-its-your-thing","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/munster-records.com\/en\/producto\/together-people-pamoja-watu-its-your-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"TOGETHER PEOPLE (PAMOJA WATU) \/ IT\u2019S YOUR THING"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Generally, when discussing the first wave of Latin soul and boogaloo, it\u2019s the bands and their leaders, the singers and the songs that get all the recognition. But what of the producers, composers, and arrangers?<\/p>\n<p>One of the top old-school New York Latin music producers, Bobby Marin, was behind the scenes for some of the best independently produced boogaloo and salsa of the \u201860s and \u201870s. One of his best and most obscure productions was credited to Los Africanos, a studio project featuring Chico Mendoza and New Jersey-based band Ocho.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Together People (Pamoja Watu)\u2019 sounds like a cross between James Brown\u2019s \u2018It\u2019s A New Day\u2019 and Manu Dibango\u2019s \u2018Soul Makossa\u2019 and was originally released in 1974 on Tito Rodriguez\u2019s label TR Records. On the B side,\u00a0&#8216;It&#8217;s Your Thing&#8217; is a heavy Latin funk instrumental version of the Isley Brothers classic, featuring screaming Hammond organ.<\/p>\n<p>Both are DJ favorites and the original 45 fetches large sums, if you can find a copy.\u00a0First time 7\u201d reissue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong><b>First time 7\u201d reissue of this mega-rare Bobby Marin produced Latin funk gem.<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><b>\u2018Together People (Pamoja Watu)\u2019 sounds like a cross between James Brown\u2019s \u2018It\u2019s A New Day\u2019 and Manu Dibango\u2019s \u2018Soul Makossa\u2019, while &#8216;It&#8217;s Your Thing&#8217; is a heavy Latin funk instrumental version of the Isley Brothers classic, featuring screaming Hammond organ.<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0<strong><b>Both are DJ favorites and the original 45 fetches large sums, if you can find a copy.<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":113193,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[193],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-113316","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-latin-en","7":"product_shipping_class-cd-en","8":"pa_formato-7-en-2","10":"first","11":"instock","12":"taxable","13":"shipping-taxable","14":"purchasable","15":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/munster-records.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/113316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/munster-records.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/munster-records.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/munster-records.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/munster-records.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/munster-records.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=113316"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/munster-records.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=113316"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/munster-records.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=113316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}