The Real Thing

The Real Thing - Children of the Ghetto: The Pye Anthology (1999) Music

Posted by ciklon5 at Feb. 26, 2025

The Real Thing - Children of the Ghetto: The Pye Anthology (1999)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 2:39:07 | 384 Mb / 1.04 Gb
Genre: Soul, Funk, Disco

A far-reaching 36 track anthology that wraps up (almost) everything one could need to know about the Real Thing, beginning with the nine UK hit singles they scored during their stint with Pye during the late 1970s.

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The Real Thing - A Brand New Day (2022) Music

Posted by Rtax at Jan. 29, 2022

The Real Thing - A Brand New Day (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 421 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 165 MB
1:11:09 | Soul, R&B | Label: CHOICE RECORDS

The Real Thing, with original vocalists Chris Amoo and Dave Smith and a live five-piece band, are on tour promoting their first new album of original material in 44 years - A Brand New Day, along with their new soulful single Hang On Never Let Go.
On the reverse of this single is a live version of their classic composition Children of the Ghetto which has been covered by the likes of Courtney Pine, Paul Hardcastle, Mart J Bligh and Philip Bailey. This is the first time that a recording of this track has been made featuring lead vocals by Chris Amoo.

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The Real Thing - The Anthology 1972-1997 (2021) [7CD Box Set] Music

Posted by JET 1 at Nov. 28, 2021

This is the most comprehensive collection ever released by The Real Thing. Featuring songs that they recorded for EMI, Pye Records, RCA, Jive Records as well as a few tracks released on a couple of independent labels compiled together on one compilation for the first time.

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The Real Thing - Best Of (2020) Music

Posted by varrock at Jan. 9, 2020

The Real Thing - Best Of (2020)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 884 MB | Tracks: 31 | 132:35 min
Style: Soul, Funk, Disco | Label: Sanctuary Records

Iconic British soul and funk band, The Real Thing, will celebrate their 50th anniversary in 2020 with the release of a brand-new Best Of album, featuring a never-before-released track, released on BMG on 10th January 2020. The release coincides with a brand-new documentary about the group, Everything – The Real Thing Story, by filmmaker Simon Sheridan which will be coming to cinemas in January 2020. Formed in 1970, The Real Thing’s incredible rise from the streets of Toxteth in Liverpool to the bright lights of New York is chronicled in this new album full of incredible hits, including ‘Can’t Get By Without You’, ‘You’ll Never Know What You’re Missing’, ‘Can You Feel The Force’, and of course the ubiquitous song that saw the band become the first all-black British group to hit #1 in the UK charts: ‘You to Me Are Everything’.

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Russell Morris - The Real Thing: Symphonic Concert (2023) Music

Posted by delpotro at Jan. 13, 2025

Russell Morris - The Real Thing: Symphonic Concert (2023)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 678 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 225 Mb | 01:37:51
Blues Rock | Label: Ambition Records

The Real Thing: Symphonic Concert is a live album by Australian singer-songwriter Russell Morris, released on 2×CD on 6 October, on 2×LP on 3 November 2023 and on DVD on 5 July 2024. It was recorded on 4 July 2023 at Hamer Hall, Melbourne, and announced on 10 July. Upon announcement, Morris said "Performing my songs in front of 65 musicians in July was a career highlight that I could never have imagined. David Hirschfelder has done a spectacular job turning my songs into orchestral arrangements, they sound truly amazing." At the AIR Awards of 2024, the album was nominated for Best Independent Classical Album or EP.

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The Real Thing - Best Of (2020) Music

Posted by delpotro at Feb. 28, 2020

Iconic British soul and funk band, The Real Thing, will celebrate their 50th anniversary in 2020 with the release of a brand-new Best Of album, featuring a never-before-released track, released on BMG on 10th January 2020.

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VA - The Real Thing: The Songs of Ashford, Simpson & Armstead (2009) Music

Posted by Rtax at May 22, 2024

VA - The Real Thing: The Songs of Ashford, Simpson & Armstead (2009)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 260 MB
58:59 | Soul, Funk, Rhythm & Blues, Vocal, Ballad | Label: Kent

The songs of Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson could occupy a whole Hall Of Fame to themselves. There can’t be any students of popular music who are not familiar with at least a few of their classics, be they their own hits like ‘Solid’ or those they wrote for Motown’s ‘A’ list artists, such as ‘Ain’t No Mountain High Enough’ and ‘Ain’t Nothing Like The Real Thing’ for Marvin & Tammi and ‘Reach Out And Touch (Somebody’s Hand)’ for Diana Ross.
These and many like them are as much a part of our lives as getting up in the morning. Less well known outside of connoisseur soul circles are the songs they wrote in the years immediately leading up to ‘Ain’t No Mountain’, with their original collaborator Joshie “Jo” Armstead. Between 1964 and 1967, the trio collaborated on a significant number of superior songs to provide hits for artists including Chuck Jackson and Maxine Brown, Betty Everett, Aretha Franklin and scores more.

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Faith No More - The Real Thing (1989) Music

Posted by Designol at Jan. 16, 2025

The Real Thing is the third studio album by American rock band Faith No More, released on June 20, 1989 by Slash and Reprise Records. It was the first major release by the band not to feature vocalist Chuck Mosley. Instead, the album featured Mike Patton from the experimental/funk band Mr. Bungle. On this album, Faith No More continued to advance their sound range, combining thrash metal, funk, hip hop, progressive rock, synthpop, carousel music, and hard rock, along with what has been described as "a black sense of humor".

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Ashford & Simpson - The Real Thing (2009) Music

Posted by BlondStyle at July 4, 2017

Backed by a small band in an modest setting (a Manhattan nightclub with 140 seats, one of which was occupied by Freddie Jackson, who joins in at one point), Ashford & Simpson roll through 14 of their best known songs, whether they were written for others or themselves. Since they throw in a couple crowd-pleasing curveballs, like opening with "It's Much Deeper" (a relatively low-charting single off 1983's High-Rise), it's not quite a greatest-hits set, but it's both rich and unpredictable enough to leave any follower satisfied.

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Faith No More - The Real Thing (1989) [2CD Deluxe Edition 2015] Music

Posted by gribovar at May 1, 2023

Faith No More - The Real Thing (1989) [2CD Deluxe Edition 2015]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 780 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 239 MB | Covers - 218 MB
Genre: Alternative Rock, Funk Metal | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Warner/Slash Records (0825646120970)

Starting with the careening "From Out of Nowhere" driven by Roddy Bottum's doomy, energetic keyboards, Faith No More rebounded excellently on The Real Thing after Chuck Mosley's was fired. Given that the band had nearly finished recording the music and Mike Patton was a last minute recruit, he adjusts to the proceedings well. His insane, wide-ranging musical interests would have to wait for the next album for their proper integration, but the band already showed enough of that to make it an inspired combination. Bottum, in particular, remains the wild card, coloring Jim Martin's nuclear-strength riffs and the Bill Gould/Mike Bordin rhythm slams with everything from quirky hooks to pristine synth sheen. It's not quite early Brian Eno-joins-Led Zeppelin-and-Funkadelic…

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