Roberta Flack – First Take

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Label:	Atlantic – SD 8230
Format:	Vinyl , LP, Album , 1841 Broadway - CTH - Terre Haute 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

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Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute

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*
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

"CTH" in label matrix denotes a Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute pressing.
Original pressing with "1841 Broadway" address in perimeter of labels.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Matrix / Runout (Side A Label): ST-A-691631CTH
Matrix / Runout (Side B Label): ST-A-691632CTH
Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout): ST-A-691631-1A
Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout): ST-A-691632-1A
Matrix / Runout (Variant 2 Side A Runout stamped, 1T etched): 0 ST A691631-1A CTH 1T
Matrix / Runout (Variant 2 Side B Runout stamped, 1T etched): ST A691632-2C CTH 1T

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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