Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing
~ Recording by Angela Bofill feat. Boz Scaggs
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track Artist | Release Title | Release Artist | Release Group Type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.2 | Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing | 3:07 | Angela Bofill | Too Tough | Angela Bofill | Album |
| Arista | AL 9616 |
| 1.2 | Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing | 3:04 | Angela Bofill | Too Tough | Angela Bofill | Album |
| Arista | AC8-8000 |
| 1.2 | Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing | 3:04 | Angela Bofill | Too Tough | Angela Bofill | Album |
| Arista | 25RS-184 |
| 1.9 | Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing | 3:09 | Angela Bofill | The Definitive Collection | Angela Bofill | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.2 | Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing | 3:07 | Angela Bofill | Too Tough | Angela Bofill | Album |
| BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation) | BVCM-35040 |
| 1.9 | Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing | 3:07 | Angela Bofill | The Definitive Collection | Angela Bofill | Album + Compilation |
| Arista | |
| 1.2 | Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing | 3:07 | Angela Bofill | Too Tough | Angela Bofill | Album |
| Arista, BMG Japan | BVCM-35426 |
| 1.2 | Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing | 3:06 | Angela Bofill | Too Tough | Angela Bofill | Album |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 1.11 | Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing | 3:07 | Angela Bofill with Boz Scaggs | The Essential Angela Bofill | Angela Bofill | Album + Compilation |
| Arista, Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 1.9 | Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing | 3:06 | Angela Bofill feat. Boz Scaggs | I Try (The Anthology 1978-1993) | Angela Bofill | Album + Compilation |
| SoulMusic Records (Founded in 2000 by music journalist/author/reissue producer David Nathan.) | SMCR 5157D |
| 2.3 | Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing | 3:06 | Angela Bofill & Boz Scaggs | Light Mellow SEALINE | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Records International (Japanese TEXTLESS walking eye imprint) | SICP-5531, SICP-5532, SICP-5533 |
| 1.2 | Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing | 3:04 | Angela Bofill | Too Tough | Angela Bofill | Album |
| Arista | SICP-5504 |
Relationships
| assistant engineer: | Maureen Droney Wayne Lewis (member of Atlantic Starr) |
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| engineer: | David Frazier (engineer) |
| producer: | Narada Michael Walden |
| bass guitar: | Randy Jasckson (in 1982) |
| drums (drum set), keyboard and percussion: | Narada Michael Walden (in 1982) |
| guitar: | Corrado Rustici (in 1982) |
| keyboard: | Frank Martin (keyboards) (in 1982) |
| percussion: | Sheila Escovedo (in 1982) |
| saxophone: | Marc Russo (in 1982) |
| tambourine: | David Rubinson (in 1982) |
| vibraphone: | Brian Atkinson (in 1982) |
| background vocals: | Angela Bofill (in 1982) Jim Gilstrap (in 1982) Kelly Kool (in 1982) John Lehman (in 1982) Myrna Matthews (in 1982) |
| lead vocals: | Angela Bofill (in 1982) Boz Scaggs (in 1982) |
| conductor: | Michael Gibbs (in 1982) |
| brass [horns] arranger: | Jerry Hey |
| strings arranger: | Michael Gibbs |
| arranger: | Narada Michael Walden |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | Arista Records, Inc. (manufacturing and distribution company, do not add releases here) (in 1999) |
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| arranged for and produced for: | Perfection Light Productions, Inc. |
| recorded at: | The Automatt in San Francisco, California, United States (in 1982) |
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| recording of: | Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing (in 1982: cover) |
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Related works
Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing
| writer: | Nickolas Ashford Valerie Simpson |
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| publisher: | Jobete Music (UK) Ltd. イーエムアイ音楽出版 フジパシフィック事業部 (until 2021-06-30) Jobete Music Co., Inc. (from 1967 to present) ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (from 2021-07-01 to present) |
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