ROBERTA FLACK First Take LP ATLANTIC 1969 US orig+CRC SD 8230

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	$		23

THIS IS ONE of the US ORIGINAL PRESSINGS on ATLANTIC Records [PR Pressing, CRT Columbia Record Club, Broadway address on cover/label]. The partially in shrink single cover is in VG+ condition, normal wear BUT discolouration/wear/creases on right corners (where missing shrink), 2cm split (top right corner), sticker mark on rear (top left edge), left spine is fully readable; for details see photos. The vinyl is in VG+/EX condition (some clicks) and plays wonderfully.

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ROBERTA FLACK

Roberta Flack was one of the most distinctive artists of her time, foremost a creative interpreter whose subtle and masterful welding of many genres -- from gospel, R&B, and jazz to folk and pop -- was set further apart by her supremely dulcet yet impassioned voice. The singer/songwriter and keyboardist appeared near the end of the '60s with First Take (1969) and continued to impress with Chapter Two (1970) and Quiet Fire (1971) before her impeccably wrought version of Ewan MacColl's "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face," featured in the film Play Misty for Me, brought her to wider attention and the top of the Billboard Hot 100. From that point on, Flack regularly hit the upper reaches of the pop, R&B, and adult contemporary charts, duetting with Donny Hathaway on "Where Is the Love," scoring additional number one pop hits with "Killing Me Softly with His Song" and the self-produced "Feel Like Makin' Love," and winning a total of four Grammys.

"FIRST TAKE"

RECORDED at ATLANTIC RECORDING STUDIOS, NY

1969     LP    ATLANTIC RECORDS     STEREO  SD 8230

PRINTED IN USA    ONE of the ORIGINAL PRESSINGS

IN SHRINK SINGLE SLEEVE

THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)

NOTES: Columbia Record Club 1969 club edition release. This version has "CRC" printed directly on the cover in black ink on the bottom right back corner.

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LABEL: ATLANTIC - GREEN/ORANGE LABEL - BLACK TEXT

Catalog on cover: SD 8230

Catalog on labels: SD 8230 (ST-A-691631 PR) / SD 8230 (ST-A-691632 PR)

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): o ST A691631-1E  CTH

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): ST A691632-2D  CTH

On labels: please, for details see dedicated pictures

On back cover: Tracklist + Credits + Notes

Atlantic Recording Corporation, 1841 Broadway, New York, New York 10023

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

tracklisting: please, for tracklist see pictures

grading

RECORD VG+/EX but (please, read above description)

SLEEVE VG+ but (please, see pictures and read above description)

Roberta Flack's debut album, titled First Take in true underachiever fashion, introduced a singer who'd assimilated the powerful interpretive talents of Nina Simone and Sarah Vaughan, the earthy power of Aretha Franklin, and the crystal purity and emotional resonance of folksingers like Judy Collins. Indeed, the album often sounded more like vocal jazz or folk than soul, beginning with the credits: a core quartet of Flack on piano, Bucky Pizzarelli on guitar, Ron Carter on bass, and Ray Lucas on drums, as fine a lineup as any pop singer could hope to recruit. With only one exception -- the bluesy, grooving opener "Compared to What," during which Flack proves her chops as a soul belter -- she concentrates on readings of soft, meditative material. A pair of folk covers, "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and "Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye," are heart-wrenching standouts; the first even became a surprise hit two years later, when its appearance in the Clint Eastwood film Play Misty for Me pushed it to the top of the pop charts and earned Flack her first Grammy award for Record of the Year. Her arrangement of the traditional "I Told Jesus" has a simmering power, while "Ballad of the Sad Young Men" summons a stately sense of melancholy. Flack also included two songs from her college friend and future duet partner, Donny Hathaway, including a tender examination of the classic May-December romance titled "Our Ages or Our Hearts." The string arrangements of William Fischer wisely keep to the background, lending an added emotional weight to all of Flack's pronouncements. No soul artist had ever recorded an album like this, making First Take one of the most fascinating soul debuts of the era...(AllMusic)