The great forgotten Bobby Bare album, Recorded at a time of intense fracture with RCA Victor, The Real Thing limped briefly onto the market in 1970 before vanishing for decades, It shouldn't have been that way, Also included is Bare's solid 1973 LP I Hate Goodbyes/Ride Me Down Easy (with fine contributions from Shel Silverstein and Billy Joe Shaver) and a clutch of excellent (and relevant) extra tracks.
Original albums remastered from the original tapes with extra tracks plus a 20-page booklet.