Best known for their 1972 hit, Everybody Plays the Fool (included here), the smooth, soulful Main Ingredient enjoyed a long career that began in 1959 under the name the Poets. Their biggest hit period would be for RCA from 1970 to 1976, and the best from that era has been digitally collected here. Includes the big hits Happiness Is Just Around the Bend; Just Don't Want to Be Lonely; Rolling Down a Mountainside; Spinning Around; I'm So Proud; Shame on the World, and more.
1) Everybody Plays the Fool
2) California My Way
3) I'm So Proud
4) Good Old Days
5) Spinning Around
6) Rolling Down a Mountainside
7) Just Don't Want to Be Lonely
8) Goodbye My Love
9) You've Been My Inspiration
10) Shame on the World
11) Black Seeds Keep on Growing
12) Hapiness Is Just Around the Bend