Roberta FlackFirst Take

Label:

Atlantic – SD 8230

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album, Stereo , MO - Monarch Pressing

Country:

US

Released:

Genre:

Funk / Soul

Style:

Soul

Tracklist

A1 Compared To What
Written-ByGene McDaniels*
5:15
A2 Angelitos Negros
Written-ByManuel Alvarez Maciste
6:55
A3 Our Ages Or Our Hearts
Written-ByRobert Ayers
6:09
A4 I Told Jesus
Arranged ByRoberta Flack
6:08
B1 Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye
Written-ByLeonard Cohen
4:07
B2 The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
Written-ByEwan MacColl
5:21
B3 Tryin' Times
Written-ByLeroy Hutson
5:07
B4 Ballad Of The Sad Young Men
Written-ByThomas J. Wolf Jr.*
7:03

Companies, etc.

  • Copyright ©Atlantic Recording Corporation
  • Manufactured ByAtlantic Recording Corporation
  • Published ByLonport
  • Published ByPeer International
  • Published ByStranger
  • Published ByStormking
  • Published ByDon-Pow
  • Published ByEmpress (3)
  • Recorded AtAtlantic Studios
  • Mastered AtAtlantic Studios
  • Engineered AtRegent Sound Studios, New York City
  • Lacquer Cut AtAtlantic Studios
  • Pressed ByMonarch Record Mfg. Co. – △13499
  • Printed ByQueens Litho

Credits

  • Arranged By [All The Horn & String Arrangements Are By]William Fischer*
  • Baritone Saxophone [Baritone Sax]Seldon Powell (tracks: A1, A4)
  • BassRon Carter
  • CelloGeorge Ricci (tracks: A2 to B2, B4)
  • Conductor [String Section Conducted By]William Fischer* (tracks: A2 to B2, B4)
  • Design [Cover Design]Stanislaw Zagorski
  • DrumsRay Lucas
  • Engineer [Re-mix Engineer]Bob Liftin
  • Engineer [Recording Engineer]William Arlt
  • GuitarJohn Pizzarelli*
  • Lacquer Cut ByGP*
  • Liner NotesLes McCann
  • Photography By [Cover Photo]Ken Heinen
  • Piano, VocalsRoberta Flack
  • ProducerJoel Dorn
  • Tenor Saxophone [Tenor Sax]Frank Wess (tracks: A1, A4)
  • TromboneBennie Powell* (tracks: A1, A4)
  • TrumpetJoe Newman (tracks: A1, A4)
  • ViolaTheodore Israel (tracks: A2 to B2, B4)
  • ViolinGene Orloff (tracks: A2 to B2, B4)

Notes

"MO"-suffix matrix numbers denotes a Monarch Record Mfg. Co. pressing.

Recorded at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York.
Re-mix engineer: Regent Sound Studios, New York.

A1: Lonport, BMI
A2, A3: Peer International, BMI
A4: Traditional
B1: Stranger, BMI
B2: Stormking, BMI
B3: Don-Pow, BMI
B4: Empress, ASCAP

In performance "Angelitos Negros (Black Angels)" is introduced by Miss Flack as follows: "Painters, why do you always paint white virgins? Paint beautiful black angels."

On all selections except "Compared To What" & "Tryin' Times", a string section is added.
On "Compared To What" & "I Told Jesus", the following horn section is added: (see credits).

Printed in U.S.A.

Runouts are etched except (MR) in a circle is stamped.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Rights Society (A1 to A3, B1 to B3): BMI
  • Rights Society (B4): ASCAP
  • Pressing Plant ID (In label matrix): MO
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A label): ST-A-691631-MO
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B label): ST-A-691632-MO
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout): ST-A- 691631-MO- AA (MR) T∑ AT △13499 (2) RG X
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout): ST-A - 691632FF -EX (MR) AT-MP △13499-X (9) PR

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First Take (LP, Album, Brown Cover, MO - Monarch Pressing) Atlantic SD 8230 US 1969
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