Roberta Flack – First Take

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Label:	Atlantic – SD 8230
Format:	Vinyl , LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo , PR - Presswell Pressing
Country:	US
Released:
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 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.

Copyright © – Atlantic Recording Corporation
Pressed By – Presswell
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
Lacquer Cut At – Atlantic Studios
Mixed At – Regent Sound Studios, New York City

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*
Photography By [Cover Photo] – Ken Heinen
Piano, Vocals – Roberta Flack
Producer – Joel Dorn
Sleeve Notes – Les McCann
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

"PR" in label matrix denotes a Presswell pressing, with label variation.
This release has "75 Rockefeller Plaza, N.Y., N.Y." address on labels.
Original Presswell pressings exist with "1841 Broadway, N.Y., N.Y." address on labels.

Recorded at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York.

Runouts are etched.

A1. Lonport, BMI
A2. Peer International, BMI
A3. Peer International, BMI
B1. Stranger, BMI
B2. Stormking, BMI
B3. Don-Pow, BMI
B4. Empress, ASCAP

A2 to B2, B4. Selwart Clarke or Theodore Israel, violas.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Rights Society (A1 to A3, B1 to B3): BMI
Rights Society (B4): ASCAP
Matrix / Runout (Side A label): ST-A-691631 PR
Matrix / Runout (Side B label): ST-B-691632 PR
Pressing Plant ID (Printed on labels and etched in runouts): PR
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 1): ST-A-691631 - K AT PR
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 1): ST-A-691632 - K AT PR
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 2): ST-A-691631H AT/GP PR
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 2): ST-A-691632 - K AT 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, 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