Singer: Roberta Flack
Title: First Take
Label: Atlantic ‎– SD 8230
Type: Vinyl, LP, Album, PR
Country: US
Date of released: 1969
Category: Funk / Soul
Style: Soul
Size MP3 zip: 1631 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1840 mb
Rating: 3.8✭
Format: MP3 MP2 DMF WAV XM VOC MOD AUD FLAC

Tracklist Hide Credits

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 – Donny Hathaway, Robert Ayers	6:09
A4	I Told Jesus Arranged By – Roberta FlackWritten 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

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured For – Atlantic Recording Corporation
• Copyright (c) – Atlantic Recording Corporation
• Pressed By – Presswell
• Published By – Lonport Music
• Published By – Peer International
• Published By – Time Music
• Published By – Empress Music
• Recorded At – Atlantic Studios
• Remastered At – Atlantic Studios

Credits

• Arranged By [Horns, Strings] – William Fischer*
• Baritone Saxophone – Seldon Powell (tracks: A1, B3)
• Bass – Ron Carter
• Cello – Charles McCracken (tracks: A2 to B2, B4), 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*
• Liner Notes – Les McCann
• Mastered By – GP*
• Photography By – Ken Heinen
• Piano, Vocals – Roberta Flack
• Producer – Joel Dorn
• Tenor Saxophone – Frank Wess (tracks: A1, B3)
• Trombone – Bennie Powell* (tracks: A1, B3)
• Trumpet – Jimmy Nottingham (tracks: A1, B3), Joe Newman (tracks: A1, B3)
• 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

Label matrix variation "PR",of which there is more than one, with minor variation of the typeface and positioning thereof.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A Label): ST-A-691631 PR
• Matrix / Runout (Side B Label): ST-B-691632 PR
• Matrix / Runout (Side A Etched): ST-A-691631F AT-GP PR
• Matrix / Runout (Side B Etched): ST-A-691632F AT-GP PR
• Rights Society: ASCAP
• Rights Society: BMI

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
EU 333	Roberta Flack	First Take ‎(LP, Album)	Taedo	EU 333	South Korea	1969
K 40040	Roberta Flack	First Take ‎(LP, Album, RP)	Atlantic	K 40040	UK	Unknown
8230-2	Roberta Flack	First Take ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	Atlantic	8230-2	US	1987
P-6449A	Roberta Flack	First Take ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Atlantic	P-6449A	Japan	1981
SD 8230	Roberta Flack	First Take ‎(LP, Album, Club)	Atlantic	SD 8230	US	1969

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