Roberta Flack – First Take
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Atlantic – SD 8230
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Vinyl, LP, Album
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| A1 |
Compared To What
Baritone Saxophone – Seldon Powell Tenor Saxophone – Frank Wess Trombone – Bennie Powell* Trumpet – Jimmy Nottingham, Joe Newman Written-By – Gene McDaniels* |
5:15 | ||
| A2 |
Angelitos Negros
Written-By – Manuel Alvarez Maciste |
6:55 | ||
| A3 |
Our Ages Or Our Hearts
Written-By – Donny Hathaway, Robert Ayers |
6:09 | ||
| A4 |
I Told Jesus
Arranged By – Roberta Flack Baritone Saxophone – Seldon Powell Tenor Saxophone – Frank Wess Trombone – Bennie Powell* Trumpet – Jimmy Nottingham, Joe Newman 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 – Donny Hathaway, Leroy Hutson |
5:07 | ||
| B4 |
Ballad Of The Sad Young Men
Written-By – Frances Landesman*, Thomas J. Wolf, Jr.* |
7:03 |
Credits
- Arranged By [Horn & String Arrangements] – William Fischer*
- Bass – Ron Carter
- Cello – Charles McCracken (tracks: A2 to B2, B4), George Ricci (tracks: A2 to B2, B4)
- Conductor [String Section] – William Fischer* (tracks: A2 to B2, B4)
- Design [Cover Design] – Stanislaw Zagorski
- Drums – Ray Lucas
- Engineer [Re-mix] – Bob Liftin
- Engineer [Recording] – William Arlt
- Guitar – John Pizzarelli
- Liner Notes – Les McCann
- Photography [Cover Photo] – Ken Heinen
- Piano, Vocals – Roberta Flack
- Producer – Joel Dorn
- Viola – Alfred Brown (tracks: A2 to B2, B4), Selwart Clarke (tracks: A2 to B2, B4), Theodore Israel (tracks: A2 to B2, B4)
- Violin – Emanuel Green (tracks: A2 to B2, B4), Gene Orloff (tracks: A2 to B2, B4)
Notes
© 1969 Atlantic Recording Corporation.
Manufactured and distributed by WEA Music of Canada, Ltd.
Recorded at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York.
Re-mix engineer: Bob Liftin/Regent Sound Studios, New York.
<u>Publishers:</u>
(A1) Lonport, BMI.
(A2 & A3) Peer International, BMI.
(B1) Stranger, BMI.
(B2) Stormking, BMI.
(B3) Don-Pow, BMI.
(B4) Empress, ASCAP.
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| Title, Format | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Take (LP, Album) | Atlantic | SD 8230 | US | 1969 | ||
| First Take (LP, Album) | Atlantic | SD 8230 | US | 1969 | ||
| First Take (LP, Album) | Atlantic | SD 8230 | US | 1969 | ||
| First Take (CD, Album, RE) | Atlantic | 781 446-2 | Germany | |||
| First Take (LP) | Atlantic | K 40040 | UK | 1969 |
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