Roberta Flack – First Take

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Label:	Atlantic – SD 8230
Format:	Vinyl , LP, Album, Stereo , 1841 Broadway, RI - Philips Pressing, Zip Code
Country:	US
Released:	1970
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 I Ever 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.

Record Company – Atlantic Recording Corporation
Distributed By – Atlantic Recording Corporation
Copyright © – 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
Remixed At – Regent Sound Studios, New York City
Lacquer Cut At – Atlantic Studios
Pressed By – Philips Recording Company, Inc.

Credits

Arranged By [Horns, Strings] – William Fischer*
Baritone Saxophone – Seldon Powell (tracks: A1, B3)
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*
Lacquer Cut By – GP*
Photography By [Cover Photo] – Ken Heinen
Piano, Vocals – Roberta Flack
Producer – Joel Dorn
Tenor Saxophone – Frank Wess (tracks: A1, B3)
Trombone – Bennie Powell* (tracks: A1, B3)
Trumpet – Joe Newman (tracks: A1, B3)
Viola – Theodore Israel (tracks: A2 to B2, B4)
Violin – Gene Orloff (tracks: A2 to B2, B4)

Notes

"RI" in label matrix and "PR" etch in runouts denotes a Philips Recording Company, Inc. pressing.
Slightly later variant rimtext reads "DIST. BY ATLANTIC RECORDING CORPORATION", with 1841 Broadway address and zip code.

Etched runouts.

Recorded at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York.

© 1969 Atlantic Recording Corporation. Printed in U.S.A. 4

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Rights Society (A1 to A3, B1 to B3): BMI
Rights Society (B4): ASCAP
Other (Back cover, lower right): 4
Pressing Plant ID (Labels): RI
Pressing Plant ID (Runouts): P.R.
Matrix / Runout (Side A label): ST-A-691631RI
Matrix / Runout (Side B label): ST-B-691632RI
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 1): ST-A-69-1631B-1-1 AT GP P.R.
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 1): ST-A-69-1632C-1-111 AT GP P.R.
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 2): ST-A-69-1631G-1-1111 AT/GP P.R. S
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 2): ST-A-69-1632C-1-1 AT GP
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 3): ST-A-691631G-1-11 AT GP P.R.
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 3): ST-A-691632C-1-111 AT GP P.R.
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 4): ST-A-69161H 1-1 1-1 - -1 AT/GP PR
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 4): ST-A-69 -1632C-1-111 AT GP PR
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 5): ST-A-69-1631B-1-1 AT GP PR
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 5): ST-A-69-1632C-1-2 AT GP 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