Real Thing Best of [Import]

1. You To Me Are Everything

2. Can't Get By Without You

3. Whenever You Want My Love

4. Love's Such A Wonderful Thing

5. You'll Never Know What You're Missing

6. One Girl In My Life

7. Plastic Man

8. Rainin' Through My Sunshine

9. She's A Groovy Freak

10. Let's Go Disco

11. I Want You Back

12. Can You Feel The Force

13. Boogie Down (Get Funky Now)

14. (He's Just A) Money Maker

15. Young And Foolish

16. I Believe In You

17. Can You Feel The Force (7" Remix Version)

18. Can't Get By Without You (The Decade Remix '76-'86)

19. You To Me Are Everything (The Decade Remix '76-'86)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
UK pressing features a total of 19 tracks. Castle. 2004.

Real Thing Best of,Real Thing,Castle/Select,R&B/Soul,Soul/R & B

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.....and a "real thing" it is.........

The Very Best of the Real Thing
The Real Thing
Manufacturer: Pulse
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | R&B | Styles | Music

General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music

4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music

4-for-3 R&B | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music

4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music
ASIN: B000F8NKG8
Release Date: 2006-06-05

Tracks:

You To Me Are Everything
Can't Get By Without You
You'll Never Know What You're Missing
Can You Feel The Force
Let's Go Disco
Boogie Down (Get Funky Now)
She's A Groovy Freak
Love's Such A Wonderful Thing
Whenever You Want My Love
Raining Through My Sunshine
One Girl In My Life
I Believe In You
You To Me Are Everything (Decade Remix 76-86)
Can't Get By Without You (Second Decade Remix)
Can You Feel The Force ('86 Remix)

Album Description

Budget priced compilation highlighting the best of Britain's top soul vocal group of the '70s and '80s. Contains all of their hits including 'You To Me Are Everything', 'Can't Get By Without You' and 'Can You Feel The Force'. 15 tracks. Castle . 2006.

Customer Reviews:

.....and a "real thing" it is................2007-06-07

well, it took some time, but i finally got this 'best-of' of a grouip i had never heard of until i heard the sounds of these guys on a mix cd compiled by jason kay, leader and lead singer of brit-funk group jamiroquai. the track that i heard was an instant classic upon hearing it, which was "raining through my sunshine", which after a few listens ends up sounding like the best r&b single of the 70's that didn't become a hit here in the states(these cats are from england, y'all.) in 2005, i heard another track, the heavily space-funkdafied killer horn stomp of "can you feel the force?", which i played almost every damn weekend for a few months straight!!! talk about appreciation for all things you haven't heard of in awhile!!! both of these songs are on this cd, although in edited versions, as some other ones are, too. but don't let that stop you from enjoying some of the other fine tracks from these cats, including their first hit "you to me are everything", and some other hard partying hits! after this, i assure you that you will have been blessed by giving a sweet listen to "the real thing"!

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Marvin Gaye : His Greatest Hits

Manufacturer: Cedar/Going For A Song & MCPS Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Classic R&B | R&B | Styles | Music

Motown | R&B | Styles | Music

General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music

Quiet Storm | R&B | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000BH30FY

Product Description

1.) I Heard It Through he Grapevine 2.) Come Get To This 3.) Let's Get It On 4.) God Is Love 5.) What's Going On 6.) Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) 7.) Joy ---- Medley ---- a.) Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing b.) Your Precious Love c.) Love Twins d.) If This World Were Mine 9.) Rockin' After Midnight 10.) Distant Love 11.) Sexual Healing

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Very Best of
Real Thing
Manufacturer: Sanctuary
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | R&B | Styles | Music

General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music

R&B | Imports | Stores | Music
ASIN: B000KLO6ZE
Release Date: 2007-01-22

Tracks:

You To Me Are Everything
Can't Get By Without You
Whenever You Want My Love
Love's Such A Wonderful Thing
You'll Never Know What You're Missing
One Girl In My Life
Plastic Man
Rainin' Through My Sunshine
She's A Groovy Freak
Let's Go Disco
I Want You Back
Can You Feel The Force
Boogie Down (Get Funky Now)
He's Just A Moneymaker
Young And Foolish
I Believe In You
Can You Feel The Force (Mix)
Can't Get By Without You (Mix)

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Quittin Time
Eveny
Manufacturer: EVENY
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000CAKK62
Release Date: 2005-11-08

Tracks:

Quittin Time
Anticipating Love
Quittin Time [Club Remix]

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25 Oldies Best "see product details"
Dozybreaky, Mick & Tick - Hold Tight / Troggs - I Cant't Controll Myself varios25 Oldies Best [Dave Dee , Tremeloes - My Little Lady / / Sam and Dave - Hold on 'Im Coming / K.c. & the Sunshine Band - Shake Your Booty , Dave Dee Dozy... -Okay / Mamas & Pappas - Dedicated to One I Love / , Real Thing - Can't Get By Without You Sam Ans Dave - The One I Love / Sam & Dave - When Something If Wrong / Searchs - Needles & Pins , / Bee Gees - Can't Get By Without You / Bee Gees - I Don't Think It's Funny / Roger Whitiekr - Fire and Rain / , Andy Williams - Yhr Long & Winding Road / Kim Carnes - Do You Want to Dance / Trini Lopes - America / Donovan - Universsl Solidier / , Fortunates - Here It Comes Again / Trini Lopez - Besame Mucho / Percy Sledge - I'vr Brrn Loving You to Long / Ike & Tina Turn - Stand By Me / Spencer Davis Group - Gimme Some Movin / , Fortunes - Caroline Sam & Dave / You Don't Know Like I Knoe/ Sam & Dave / Yupi Don't't Know Likei Knoe/ Donovan - Wear Your Love Like Heave / , and Bee Gees - The Battleof the Blue and the Grey
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000PIL1VO

Product Description

25 Oldies Best [Dave Dee, Dozybreaky, Mick & Tick - Hold Tight / Troggs - I Cant't Controll Myself / Sam and Dave - Hold on 'Im Coming / K.c. & the Sunshine Band - Shake Your Booty , Tremeloes - My Little Lady, Dave Dee Dozy... -Okay / Mamas & Pappas - Dedicated to One I Love / Sam Ans Dave - The One I Love / Sam & Dave - When Something If Wrong / Searchs - Needles & Pins, /Real Thing - Can't Get By Without You / Bee Gees - Can't Get By Without You / Bee Gees - I Don't Think It's Funny / Roger Whitiekr - Fire and Rain / and Williams - Yhr Long & Winding Road / Kim Carnes - Do You Want to Dance / Trini Lopes - America / Donovan - Universsl Solidier / Fortunates - Here It Comes Again / Trini Lopez - Besame Mucho / Percy Sledge - I'vr Brrn Loving You to Long / Ike & Tina Turn - Stand By Me / Spencer Davis Group - Gimme Some Movin / Fortunes - Caroline Sam & Dave / You Don't Know Like I Knoe/ Sam & Dave / Yupi Don't't Know Likei Knoe/ Donovan - Wear Your Love Like Heave / Bee Gees - The Battleof the Blue and the Grey

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Live: Working Without a Net
Janis Ian
Manufacturer: Rude Girl Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music

General | Folk | Styles | Music

Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000CAKWGU
Release Date: 2005-01-11

Tracks:

This Train Still Runs
Fly Too High
Intro: "We Love You"
Take Me Walking in the Rain
Jesse
Paris in Your Eyes
Ride Me Like a Wave
Love Is Blind
Intro: "Vote for Me"
Boots Like Emmy Lou's
Days Like These
Society's Child (Baby I've Been Thinking)
Intro: "My Pal Tiffany"
Between the Lines
Intro: "How Lucky Am I?"
Take No Prisoners

Tracks:

Intro: "Has-Been at 19"
Stars
Will You Dance?
Honor Them All
Intro: "Moving Back Home"
At Seventeen
Cosmopolitan Girl
Tattoo
Watercolors
Breaking Silence
Berlin
Silly Habits
In the Winter
Intro: "Kumbaya"
These Boots Were Made for Walking

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Very Best of The Real Thing
Real Thing
Manufacturer: Castle - Old Numbers
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Disco | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

General | R&B | Styles | Music

General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music

General | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music

General | R&B | Indie Music | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00006J3RR
Release Date: 2002-09-24

Tracks:

YOU TO ME ARE EVERYTHING
CAN'T GET BY WITHOUT YOU
WHENEVER YOU WANT MY LOVE
LOVE'S SUCH A WONDERFUL THING
YOU'LL NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'RE MISSING
ONE GIRL IN MY LIFE
PLASTIC MAN
RAININ' THROUGH MY SUNSHINE
SHE'S A GROOVY FREAK
LET'S GO DISCO
I WANT YOU BACK
CAN YOU FEEL THE FORCE
BOOGIE DOWN (GET FUNKY NOW)
(HE'S JUST A) MONEY MAKER
YOUNG AND FOOLISH
I BELIEVE IN YOU
CAN YOU FEEL THE FORCE (7' REMIX VERSION)
CAN'T GET BY WITHOUT YOU (THE DECAD REMIX '76-'78)
YOU TO ME ARE EVERYTHING (THE DECADE REMIX '76-'86)

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Superhits: 1968 (Time Life Music)
Merrilee Rush and the Turnabouts , Mason Williams , Spanky and Our Gang , Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell , The Lettermen , The Vogues , Mama Cass , Classics IV , Bobby Goldsboro , and Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66
Manufacturer: Time Life Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000SY01NE

Product Description

Song list: 1. A Beautiful Morning - The Rascals~~~2. Spooky - Classics IV~~~3. Light My Fire - Jose Feliciano~~~4. The Look of Love - Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66~~~5. Like to Get to Know You - Spanky and Our Gang~~~6. Classical Gas - Mason Williams~~~7. Angel of the Morning - Merrilee Rush and the Turnabouts~~~8. I Wish It Would Rain - The Temptations~~~9. Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell~~~10. Do You Know the Way to San Jose - Dionne Warwick~~~11. Honey - Bobby Goldsboro~~~12. Hooked on a Feeling - B.J. Thomas~~~13. Stoned Soul Picnic - The 5th Dimension~~~14. Goin' Out of My Head/Can't Take My Eyes Off You - The Lettermen~~~15. Grazing in the Grass - Hugh Masakela~~~16. Turn Around, Look at Me - The Vogues~~~17. Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell~~~18. (Theme from) Valley of the Dolls - Dionne Warwick~~~19. Dream a Little Dream of Me - Mama Cass~~~20. Abraham, Martin & John - Dion~~~21. I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye~~~22. (Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding.

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Mark H in California
Funky disco group of the seventies

The Very Best of the Real Thing
Real Thing
Manufacturer: Castle/Select
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Disco | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

General | R&B | Styles | Music

General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music

General | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music

R&B | Imports | Stores | Music
ASIN: B000024Y1Q
Release Date: 2004-02-16

Tracks:

You to Me Are Everything
Can't Get by Without You
Whenever You Want My Love
Love's Such a Wonderful Thing
You'll Never Know What You're Missing
One Girl in My Life
Plastic Man
Rainin' Through My Sunshine
She's a Groovy Freak
Let's Go Disco
I Want You Back
Can You Feel the Force
Boogie Down (Get Funky Now)
(He's Just A) Moneymaker
Young and Foolish
I Believe in You
Can You Feel the Force [7" Remix Version]
Can't Get by Without You [the Decade Remix '76-'86]
You to Me Are Everything [the Decade Remix '76-'86]

Album Description

UK pressing features a total of 19 tracks. Castle. 2004.

Customer Reviews:

Mark H in California.......2006-08-23

I first saw this band live in the early 80s in Europe. They left an impression on me. They had all the moves of the Isley Bros, the ballads of Barry White, and the smooth vocals of the Four Tops. This CD was well worth the money, and I'd recommend it to anybody that likes good soul pop and disco. My favorite is the reggae sounding "Roll My Number". Enjoy the Real Thing!

Funky disco group of the seventies.......2005-03-30

The Real Thing were a British disco group that came to public attention with a number one UK hit, You to me are everything, in 1976. This funky up-tempo song was in many ways a typical slice of seventies disco music, but it was a great song, superbly performed and deserved to top the charts. The follow-up, Can't get by without you, was a similar type of song and made number two.

After that, the Real Thing had seven other UK hits between 1977 and 1980, of which one (Can you feel the force) made the top five and two others (You'll never know what you're missing, Whenever you want my love) made the top twenty. There were four minor hits (Love's such a wonderful thing, Let's go disco, Boogie down get funky now, She's a groovy freak). In 1986, they had further hits with re-mixes of their three biggest hits. They also had a very minor hit with a new song (Straight to the heart) on a different record label, which isn't here but doesn't matter.

If you enjoy seventies disco music, give the Real Thing a listen. This compilation contains all the essentials.