Roberta Flack - First Take

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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.

• Copyright (c) – Atlantic Recording Corporation
• Pressed By – Presswell
• Manufactured By – Atlantic Recording Corporation
• Published By – Lonport Music
• Published By – Peer International
• Published By – Stranger Music
• Published By – Stormking Music, Inc.
• Published By – Don-Pow
• Published By – Empress Music
• Recorded At – Atlantic Studios
• Mastered At – Atlantic Studios
• Mixed At – Regent Sound Studios, New York City

Credits

• Arranged By [All The Horn & String Arrangements Are By] – William Fischer*
• Baritone Saxophone [Baritone Sax] – Seldon Powell (tracks: A1, A4)
• Bass – Ron Carter
• Cello – Charles McCracken (tracks: A2 to B2, B4), George Ricci (tracks: A2 to B2, B4)
• Conductor [String Section Conducted By] – William Fischer* (tracks: A2 to B2, B4)
• Design [Cover Design] – Stanislaw Zagorski
• Drums – Ray Lucas
• Engineer [Re-mix Engineer] – Bob Liftin
• Engineer [Recording Engineer] – William Arlt
• Guitar – John Pizzarelli*
• Photography By [Cover Photo] – Ken Heinen
• Piano, Vocals – Roberta Flack
• Producer – Joel Dorn
• Sleeve Notes – Les McCann
• Tenor Saxophone [Tenor Sax] – Frank Wess (tracks: A1, A4)
• Trombone – Bennie Powell* (tracks: A1, A4)
• Trumpet – Jimmy Nottingham (tracks: A1, A4), Joe Newman (tracks: A1, A4)
• 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

PR = Presswell pressing with label variation.
This release with 75 Rockefeller Plaza, N.Y., N.Y. address on labels.
Other Presswell pressings exist with 1841 Broadway, N.Y., N.Y. address on labels.

Recorded at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York.

A1. Lonport, BMI
A2. Peer International, BMI
A3. Peer International, BMI
B1. Stranger, BMI
B2. Stormking, BMI
B3. Don-Pow, BMI
B4. Empress, ASCAP

A2 to B2, B4. Selwart Clarke or Theodore Israel, violas.

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-691631 - K AT PR
• Matrix / Runout (Side B Etched): ST-A-691632 - K AT PR
• Rights Society (A1, A2, A3, B1, B2, B3): BMI
• Rights Society (B4): ASCAP

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SD 8230	Roberta Flack	First Take ‎(LP, Album, PR)	Atlantic	SD 8230	US	1969
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