Roberta Flack – First Take

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Label:	Atlantic – SD 8230
Format:	Vinyl , LP, Album, Stereo , MO - Monarch Pressing
Country:	US
Released:	1969
Genre:	Funk / Soul
Style:	Soul

Tracklist

A1	Compared To What 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 Arranged By – Roberta Flack	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.

Copyright © – Atlantic Recording Corporation
Manufactured By – Atlantic Recording Corporation
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
Mastered At – Atlantic Studios
Engineered At – Regent Sound Studios, New York City
Lacquer Cut At – Atlantic Studios
Pressed By – Monarch Record Mfg. Co. – △13499
Printed By – Queens Litho

Credits

Arranged By [All The Horn & String Arrangements Are By] – William Fischer*
Baritone Saxophone [Baritone Sax] – Seldon Powell (tracks: A1, A4)
Bass – Ron Carter
Cello – George Ricci (tracks: A2 to B2, B4)
Conductor [String Section Conducted By] – William Fischer* (tracks: A2 to B2, B4)
Design [Cover Design] – Stanislaw Zagorski
Drums – Ray Lucas
Engineer [Re-mix Engineer] – Bob Liftin
Engineer [Recording Engineer] – William Arlt
Guitar – John Pizzarelli*
Lacquer Cut By – GP*
Liner Notes – Les McCann
Photography By [Cover Photo] – Ken Heinen
Piano, Vocals – Roberta Flack
Producer – Joel Dorn
Tenor Saxophone [Tenor Sax] – 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

"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.

Inner sleeve: Queens Litho
Some company inner sleeves say SOUL 1 while others say A2 in the bottom corner.

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, variant 1): ST-A - 691631HH ② AT/GP (MR) △13499 (10) PR
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 1): ST-A - 691632HH ② AT/GP (MR) △13499-X (10) PR
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 2): ST-A - 691631-MO-AA T∑ AT (MR) △13499 (1) RG X
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 2): ST-A - 691632FF ②̶ - EX AT-GP (MR) △13499-X (10) PR
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 3): ST-A-691631FF -EX V (MR) AT/GP △13499 (9) PR
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 3): ST-A-691632FF -EX V (MR) AT/GP △13499-X (9) PR

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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, 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
Recently Edited	First Take (LP, Album, CTH - Terre Haute Pressing)	Atlantic	SD 8230	US	1969