The Main Ingredient – Euphrates River

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Label:	RCA Victor – APL1-0335
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album, Unipak
Country:	US
Released:	1974
Genre:	Funk / Soul
Style:	Soul

Tracklist

A1	Euphrates Written-By – Seals-Croft*	4:44
A2	Have You Ever Tried It Written-By – Ashford-Simpson*	3:06
A3	Summer Breeze Written-By – Seals-Croft*	4:16
A4	California My Way Written-By – Hutch*	4:36
B1	Happiness Is Just Around The Bend Written-By – Auger*	6:20
B2	Looks Like Rain Written-By – Fronte*	3:17
B3	Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing Written-By – Wonder*	4:04
B4	Just Don't Want To Be Lonely Written-By – Eli, Freeman, Barrett*	3:32

Companies, etc.

Recorded At – RCA Studios, New York
Copyright © – RCA Records
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – RCA Records
Printed By – Ivy Hill Lithograph Corporation

Credits

Arranged By, Conductor – Bert De Coteaux*
Art Direction – Acy Lehman
Artwork [Artist] – Walter Rogers*
Engineer [Mix] – Tom Brown, Jr.*
Engineer [Recording] – Dick Baxter
Producer – Gooding*, Simmons*, Silvester*

Notes

Sleeve:
An L. T. C. Production
Recorded in RCA's Studio C, New York City
With special thanks to: Gil Beltran/Tom Draper/Andre Perry/Roz Sheppard/Marvin Zolt

A1, A3 to B2, B4: BMI / A2, B3: ASCAP

Ivy Duo-Pak™

TMK(s)® Registered · Marca(s) Registrada(s) RCA Corporation · © 1974 RCA Records New York, N.Y. · Printed in U.S.A.

Label:
dynaflex
TM(s)® RCA Corp. - Made in U.S.A.
℗1974 RCA Records

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Matrix / Runout (Label Side A): APL1-0335-A
Matrix / Runout (Label Side B): APL1-0335-B
Matrix / Runout (Side A): APL1 0335 A 2
Matrix / Runout (Side B): APL1 0335 B 1C

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Euphrates River (LP, Album, Stereo)	RCA Victor, RCA Victor	AVS-4232, APL1-0335	Argentina	1974
Recently Edited	Euphrates River (LP, Album, Gatefold)	RCA Victor	APL1-0335	France	1974
Recently Edited	Euphrates River (LP, Album)	RCA Victor	APL1-0335	UK	1974
New Submission	Euphrates River (LP, Album)	RCA Victor	APL1-0335	Canada	1974
New Submission	Euphrates River (LP, Album, Quadraphonic)	RCA Victor	APD1-0335	US	1974

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Reviews

satchidanandian Aug 10, 2022
I am here for the Summer Breeze. love it love it love it.
infamous31 Apr 15, 2011
Why do 58 people want this record? It's because of "Happiness is Just Around the Bend," one of the earliest disco songs, and still one of the best.
isaacmusicman Feb 15, 2011
I am one of the goofiest people you will ever meet. What do I mean? Well, I will let the simplest thing in the world make me very excited. Case in point: I found this album today, and I almost jumped through the roof!!! I've been looking for this ever since I was 15, I first heard it when I was 3, and it was always one of my favorite albums. "The Main Ingredient" was one of those groups that always got credit for just one song (Everybody Plays The Fool), but never for their body of work. Now, I found the L.T.D. album too(Da Bomb!!!), but I have to say that this one is my favorite one by them. Even though they foregone the songwriting skills after Donald McPherson's untimely death, but they did inherit the voice of Cuba Gooding Sr. That was a very good thing. My favorite song on this bad boy is "Happiness Is Just Around The Bend", not only was it one of their longest songs (I LOVE long songs), it was their most creative (the other one was "Black Seeds Keep On Growing"). The only suspect thing on here is maybe "Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing", only because of the "Stevie Wonder Rule", but even that one sounds pretty good. The album ends on a terrific note with their other big hit "Just Don't Want To Be Lonely", which proves to be a perfect album closer. Well...as you can tell, I really love this album. To me, it's just one of those simple pleasures in life....