Roberta Flack – First Take
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Atlantic – SD 8230 |
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US |
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Genre: |
Funk / Soul |
Style: |
Soul |
Tracklist
| A1 | Compared To What | 5:15 | |
| A2 | Angelitos Negros | 6:55 | |
| A3 | Our Ages Or Our Hearts | 6:09 | |
| A4 | I Told Jesus | 6:08 | |
| B1 | Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye | 4:07 | |
| B2 | The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face | 5:21 | |
| B3 | Tryin' Times | 5:07 | |
| B4 | Ballad Of The Sad Young Men | 7:03 |
Companies, etc.
- Manufactured For – Atlantic Recording Corporation
- Copyright © – Atlantic Recording Corporation
- Pressed By – Presswell
- Published By – Lonport
- Published By – Peer International
- Published By – Stranger
- Published By – Stormking
- Published By – Don-Pow
- Published By – Empress (3)
- Recorded At – Atlantic Studios
- Lacquer Cut At – Atlantic Studios
Credits
- Arranged By [Horns, Strings] – William Fischer*
- Baritone Saxophone – Seldon Powell (tracks: A1, A4)
- Bass – Ron Carter
- Cello – George Ricci (tracks: A2 to B2, B4)
- Conductor [Strings] – William Fischer* (tracks: A2 to B2, B4)
- Design [Cover] – Stanislaw Zagorski
- Drums – Ray Lucas
- Engineer [Re-mix] – Bob Liftin
- Engineer [Recording] – William Arlt
- Guitar – John Pizzarelli*
- Lacquer Cut By – GP*
- Liner Notes – Les McCann
- Photography By – Ken Heinen
- Piano, Vocals – Roberta Flack
- Producer – Joel Dorn
- Tenor Saxophone – Frank Wess (tracks: A1, A4)
- Trombone – Bennie Powell* (tracks: A1, A4)
- Trumpet – Joe Newman (tracks: A1, A4)
- Viola – Theodore Israel (tracks: A2 to B2, B4)
- Violin – Gene Orloff (tracks: A2 to B2, B4)
Notes
1841 Broadway address in label perimeter.
Label matrix variation "PR", denoting a Presswell pressing, of which there is more than one, with minor variation of the typeface and positioning thereof. It also has a small pressing ring.
Label matrix variation "PR", denoting a Presswell pressing, of which there is more than one, with minor variation of the typeface and positioning thereof. It also has a small pressing ring.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Label side A): ST-A-691631 PR
- Matrix / Runout (Label side B): ST-B-691632 PR
- Matrix / Runout (Runout A etched [Var 1]): ST-A-691631F AT-GP PR
- Matrix / Runout (Runout B etched [Var 1]): ST-A-691632F AT-GP PR
- Matrix / Runout (Runout A etched [Var 2]): ST-A-691631H AT-GP PR
- Matrix / Runout (Runout B etched [Var 2]): ST-A-691632H AT-GP PR
- Rights Society: ASCAP
- Rights Society: BMI
Other Versions (5 of 158)
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First Take (LP, Album, Stereo, MO - Monarch Pressing) | Atlantic | SD 8230 | US | 1969 | ||
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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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First Take (LP, Album, CTH - Terre Haute Pressing) | Atlantic | SD 8230 | US | 1969 |
Recommendations
Reviews
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Roberta had supposedly sung and performed there in that club own the cover, over eight-hundred songs... -- Dave -
Robert Flack's first lp and boy does she smash it. The whole recording is beautiful, super special. Features the classic "First Time I Ever Saw Your Face" which was featured in the Clint Eastwood and Jessica Walter deranged thriller "Play Misty For Me" lol... The strings in "Our Ages Or Our Hearts" are sublime. If I had to pick two tunes. Well it's gotta be "Compared To What" and "Tryin Times" but this is a perfect album to fill the house with her voice.
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Great songwriting and soul. Vocals sound like they were mic'd to sound like a place of worship resulting in a thin frequency range. Bass has nice bottom end. This needs a remaster.
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This is such a great record. Very interested to hear the drum track panned so hard which seems uncommon but somehow works well. The Vinyl gives this record lots of texture and Roberta's voice is just completely timeless.
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This is one record you cannot listen to even if has the slightest bit of crackle or pops. -
Debut Album, Billboard 200 number-one album 5 weeks April 1972, "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" #1 song of 1972 -
I have a version with "SO" suffix on label code (ST-A-691631 SO). Is this yet another version?
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I have wanted this album for over thirty years now, ever since seeing the cover on one of those advert sleeves. Roberta Flack looked so immersed in the music. I have not been disappointed, a truly remarkable performance from one so young.
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