Roberta Flack – First Take

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Label:	Atlantic – SD 8230
Format:	Vinyl , LP, Album, Stereo , RI - Philips 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 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
Manufactured By – Atlantic Recording Corporation
Copyright © – Atlantic Recording Corporation
Recorded At – Atlantic Studios
Remixed At – Regent Sound Studios, New York City
Printed By – Imperial Packing Co., Inc.
Lacquer Cut At – Atlantic Studios
Mastered At – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria
Pressed By – Philips Recording Company, Inc.
Published By – Lonport
Published By – Peer International
Published By – Stranger
Published By – Stormking
Published By – Don-Pow
Published By – Empress (3)

Credits

Arranged By [Horn & String Arrangements] – 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

Pressing variant by Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria with sideways "S" etch in A-side runout.

Rim text at bottom of labels reads "Mfg. By Atlantic Recording Corp., 1841 Broadway, New York, N.Y."

Runouts are etched.

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

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 (Both sides label matrix): RI
Pressing Plant ID (Etched both sides runout): P.R.
Matrix / Runout (Side A label): ST-A-691631RI
Matrix / Runout (Side B label): ST-B-691632RI
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout): ST-A-69-1631G-1-1111 AT/GP P.R. D S
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout): ST-A-69-1632C-1-1 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