Roberta FlackFirst Take

Label:

Atlantic – SD 8230

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album, Stereo

Country:

Released:

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.

  • Record CompanyKinney Music GmbH
  • Copyright ©Atlantic Recording Corporation
  • Published ByLonport
  • Published ByPeer International
  • Published ByStranger
  • Published ByStormking
  • Published ByDon-Pow
  • Published ByEmpress (3)
  • Recorded AtAtlantic Studios
  • Mixed AtRegent Sound Studios
  • Lacquer Cut AtAtlantic Studios
  • Mastered AtPresswell
  • Pressed ByTeldec-Press GmbH

Credits

  • Arranged By [Horns, Strings]William Fischer*
  • Baritone SaxophoneSeldon Powell (tracks: A1, B3)
  • BassRon Carter
  • CelloGeorge Ricci (tracks: A2 to B2, B4)
  • Conductor [Strings]William Fischer* (tracks: A2 to B2, B4)
  • Design [Cover Design]Stanislaw Zagorski
  • DrumsRay Lucas
  • Engineer [Re-mix]Bob Liftin
  • Engineer [Recording]William Arlt
  • GuitarJohn Pizzarelli*
  • Lacquer Cut ByGP*
  • Liner NotesLes McCann
  • Photography ByKen Heinen
  • Piano, VocalsRoberta Flack
  • ProducerJoel Dorn
  • Tenor SaxophoneFrank Wess (tracks: A1, B3)
  • TromboneBennie Powell* (tracks: A1, B3)
  • TrumpetJoe Newman (tracks: A1, B3)
  • ViolaTheodore Israel (tracks: A2 to B2, B4)
  • ViolinGene Orloff (tracks: A2 to B2, B4)

Notes

This version was issued with an unlaminated matte sleeve.

An almost identical version Roberta Flack - First Take is a repress with a fully laminated sleeve.

Runouts are etched, except "Manufactured in " is stamped.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Rights Society: GEMA
  • Matrix / Runout (Label side A): ST-A-691 631
  • Matrix / Runout (Label side B): ST-A-691 632
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A): ST-A-691631H AT/GP Manufactured in PR
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B): ST-A-691632H AT/GP Manufactured in PR

Other Versions (5 of 158)

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

  • SNOOKS123's avatar
    SNOOKS123
    Beautiful music but not the best mastering (if this album ever had one). Lots of surface noise (in the music not the pressing).

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