Real '70s: R&B

Various Artists (Artist)

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 30, 2004)
• Original Release Date: March 30, 2004
• Number of Discs: 3
• Label: Bmg Special Product
• ASIN: B00020W0QU
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #338,927 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time) - The Delfonics

2. O-o-h Child - The Five Stairsteps

3. I've Got to Use My Imagination - Gladys Knight, The Pips

4. Guilty - Al Green

5. Dream Merchant - New Birth

6. From His Woman to You - Barbara Mason

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Disc: 2

1. Mr. Penguin, Pt. 1 - Lunar Funk

2. Afro-Strut

3. Grand Central Shuffle - Johnny Griffith

4. Soul Serenade - The Jimmy Castor Bunch

5. I Am Your Leader - Walter Heath

6. Funky Monkey - Mandrill

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Disc: 3

1. Rock the Boat - Hues Corporation

2. You Can't Change That - Ray Parker, Jr., Raydio

3. Fire - The Pointer Sisters

4. Shame - Evelyn "Champagne" King

5. Disco Nights (Rock Freak) - GQ

6. Native New Yorker - Odyssey

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Some lesser-known R&B 70s songs, September 2, 2005

By	J. A. Stewart (NH, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Real '70s: R&B (Audio CD)

BMG has been releasing budget-priced "Real" box sets (Real 50s, Real 60s Country, Real 70s R&B, etc.) for several years now. They seem to all contain some genuine hits, but many other songs that either were never hits, or perhaps only regional hits. This box set is an example. There are songs on each disc that were big hits, but many more that weren't. Depending on how you look at it, this could be really good. Many of these lesser known songs are hard to get elsewhere and to be able to get them so cheaply is a deal. If however, you are only interested in big hits, then it isn't.
As far as the lesser-known songs go, some are pretty good, while others make it obvious why they are not remembered anymore.

Although the discs aren't labeled as such, there is a clear distinction of slower songs on the first disc, funk on the second, and disco on disc three.

This and the other "Real" box sets are recommended only to song collectors.