Roberta FlackFirst Take

Label:

Atlantic – SD 8230

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album, Club Edition, Stereo , CRC

Country:

US

Released:

Genre:

Funk / Soul

Style:

Soul

Tracklist

A1 Compared To What
Baritone SaxophoneSeldon Powell
Tenor Saxophone [Tenor Sax]Frank Wess
TromboneBennie Powell*
TrumpetJoe Newman
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
Baritone SaxophoneSeldon Powell
Tenor SaxophoneFrank Wess
TromboneBennie Powell*
TrumpetJoe Newman
Written-ByTraditional
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.

  • Manufactured ByColumbia House
  • Copyright ©Atlantic Recording Corporation
  • Licensed FromAtlantic Recording Corporation
  • Recorded AtAtlantic Studios
  • Mastered AtColumbia Recording Studios
  • Mastered AtColumbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute
  • Pressed ByColumbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman

Credits

  • Arranged By [Horns, Strings]William Fischer*
  • BassRon Carter
  • CelloGeorge Ricci (tracks: A2 to B2, B4)
  • Conductor [Strings]William Fischer* (tracks: A2 to B2, B4)
  • Design [Cover]Stanislaw Zagorski
  • DrumsRay Lucas
  • Engineer [Re-mix]Bob Liftin
  • Engineer [Recording]William Arlt
  • GuitarJohn Pizzarelli*
  • Liner NotesLes McCann
  • Photography By [Cover Photo]Ken Heinen
  • Piano, VocalsRoberta Flack
  • ProducerJoel Dorn
  • ViolaTheodore Israel (tracks: A2 to B2, B4)
  • ViolinGene Orloff (tracks: A2 to B2, B4)

Notes

CRC Club release, pressed by Columbia Pitman despite 'PR' suffix after matrix numbers on labels.
(Click here for actual Presswell pressing.)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Rights Society: ASCAP
  • Rights Society: BMI
  • Matrix / Runout (A side deadwax): ST A691631-1B(stamped) I T (etched)
  • Matrix / Runout (B side deadwax): ST A691632-2C CTH(stamped) I T(etched) p(stamped)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
First Take (LP, Album, Stereo, PR - Presswell Pressing) Atlantic SD 8230 US 1969
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First Take (LP, Album, Stereo, MO - Monarch Pressing) Atlantic SD 8230 US 1969
Recently Edited
First Take (LP, Album, Brown Cover, MO - Monarch Pressing) Atlantic SD 8230 US 1969
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First Take (LP, Album, Club Edition, PR - Presswell Pressing, CRC Sticker) Atlantic SD 8230 US 1969
First Take (LP, Album, Club Edition, Stereo, Record Club Of America) Atlantic SD 8230 US 1969

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