RAY BARETTO – TOGETHER 7” MONO/ FANIA 1974 Now this Fania jumpoff will go down in Steve DeNiro history as one of the joints I paid way too much money for. Not a bad or good thing, but 2 weeks after the ebay purchase it was reissued by Vampisol. I first heard this by way of Bobbito at APT NYC when he first started his now famous Waffels and Falafels nite. I didn’t get a chance to inquire about it so the tune stuck in my head for like 4 years. To my luck while dj’n at the MIAMI leg of the SNEAKER PIMPS tour in 06 I found out the proper info.

First let me tell you about dj’s in Miami. While your playing standard hip hop or run of the mill funk or soul breaks? It’s all good. But if u come with rare Latin heat? Their whole demeanor changes while they reach for old make up cases filled 45rpm jewels with the labels scratched off. While going 2 for 2 with one of the illest selectors and collectors in the bottom DJ STATIK, he dropped this and had me floored. When i told him it was like #1 on my search list, he replied with a casual “Oh this piece? Bro I got like 4 copies. Hit me before you leave. you can have one.” Of course when i took him up on his offer I got..”Damn. I can’t find them B. Might be at my ma’s crib.”