Roberta Flack – First Take

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Label:	Atlantic – SD 8230
Format:	Vinyl , LP, Album, Club Edition, Stereo , CRC, CTH - Terre Haute Pressing
Country:	US
Released:	1969
Genre:	Funk / Soul
Style:	Soul

Tracklist

A1	Compared To What Baritone Saxophone – Seldon Powell Tenor Saxophone [Tenor Sax] – Frank Wess Trombone – Bennie Powell* Trumpet – Joe Newman Written-By – Gene McDaniels* Baritone Saxophone – Seldon Powell Tenor Saxophone [Tenor Sax] – Frank Wess Trombone – Bennie Powell* Trumpet – Joe Newman Written-By – Gene McDaniels*	5:15
A2	Angelitos Negros Written-By – Manuel Alvarez Maciste	6:55
A3	Our Ages Or Our Hearts Written-By – Robert Ayers*	6:09
A4	I Told Jesus Baritone Saxophone – Seldon Powell Tenor Saxophone – Frank Wess Trombone – Bennie Powell* Trumpet – Joe Newman Written-By – Traditional Baritone Saxophone – Seldon Powell Tenor Saxophone – Frank Wess Trombone – Bennie Powell* Trumpet – Joe Newman Written-By – Traditional	6:08
B1	Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye Written-By – Leonard Cohen	4:07
B2	The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face Written-By – Ewan MacColl	5:21
B3	Tryin' Times Written-By – Leroy Hutson	5:07
B4	Ballad Of The Sad Young Men Written-By – Thomas J. Wolf, Jr.*	7:03

Companies, etc.

Distributed By – Columbia Record Club
Manufactured By – Atlantic Recording Corporation
Copyright © – Atlantic Recording Corporation
Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute
Recorded At – Atlantic Studios
Remixed At – Regent Sound Studios, New York City

Credits

Arranged By [Horns, Strings] – William Fischer*
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*
Photography By [Cover Photo] – Ken Heinen
Piano, Vocals – Roberta Flack
Producer – Joel Dorn
Sleeve Notes – Les McCann
Viola – Theodore Israel (tracks: A2 to B2, B4)
Violin – Gene Orloff (tracks: A2 to B2, B4)

Notes

Columbia Record Club 1969 club edition release. This version has "CRC" printed directly on the cover in black ink on the bottom right back corner on the right side of the last credit box.

A "P" stamp in the B-side deadwax runout may indicate that some metalwork for this side was completed at the Columbia Records Pitman Plant.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Pressing Plant ID (Label matrix suffix on both sides): CTH
Pressing Plant ID (Deadwax etchings, either or both sides): CTH / 1T
Other (Printed on back bottom right corner of cover): CRC
Matrix / Runout (Side A label): ST-A-691631CTH
Matrix / Runout (Side B label): ST-A-691632CTH
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, stamped except "1T" etched): ST-A691631-1D CTH 1T
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, stamped except "1T 3" etched): ST-A691632-1A P 1T 3
Rights Society: ASCAP
Rights Society: BMI

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
	First Take (LP, Album, Stereo, PR - Presswell Pressing)	Atlantic	SD 8230	US	1969
Recently Edited	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
Recently Edited	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