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This classic session from 1976 by one time member of the Main Ingredient, Tony Silvester and the New Ingredient. Silvester's brilliant solo debut. An amazing blend of soul, disco, Afro-Caribbean influences, and sex arrangements by the great Patrick Adams a modern soul/boogie classic that still sounds as fresh on the dancefloor as it did in 1976.

Real Gone Music in association with SoulMusic Records is proud to present these two rare albums on CD for the first time worldwide, along with a bonus B-side, Psychedelic Ride, with remastering by Vic Anesini at Sony s own Battery Studios. Liner notes by acclaimed writer Kevin Goins document the early years of this important mainstay R&B group of the 70s.

The Main Ingredient were one of the best smooth soul groups of the early '70s, but they've never been given much respect in terms of CD retrospectives. They were given two comps in 1990 – Collectables' good but cheap Golden Classics and RCA's lengthier All Time Greatest Hits, which had more tunes but bad sound – and in 1996 RCA issued Quiet Storm, a collection of their romantic ballads, but the group still needed a well-produced, remastered collection of their biggest hits.

Afrodisiac is a funk/soul album by the Main Ingredient. Released in 1973 by RCA Records, the album features several songs written or co-written by Stevie Wonder.

Years of study and travel are blessings not afforded to many. It is precious when the results of these blessings are channeled by an artist into genuine and heartfelt statements. For pianist/composer Álvaro Torres, globetrotting and absorbing musical information from around the world has led him to the root of music’s importance to him, namely emotional expression. Torres’s new recording, Heart Is The Most Important Ingredient, provides a perfect example of the pianist’s affecting art.