First Take

Tracklist

• 1
  Compared to What
  5:15
• 2
  Angelitos Negros
  6:55
• 3
  Our Ages or Our Hearts
  6:09
• 4
  I Told Jesus
  6:08
• 5
  Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye
  4:07
  5.0 ★
• 6
  The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
  5:21
  3.8 ★
• 7
  Tryin' Times
  5:07
• 8
  Ballad of the Sad Young Men
  7:03

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Release credits

• Alfred Brown
  viola [2-6, 8]
• Benny Powell
  trombone [1, 4]
• Bob Liftin
  mix
• Charles McCracken
  cello [2-6, 8]
• Emanuel Green
  violin [2-6, 8]
• Frank Wess
  tenor saxophone [1, 4]
• Gene Orloff
  violin [2-6, 8]
• George Ricci
  cello [2-6, 8]
• Jimmy Nottingham
  trumpet [1, 4]
• Joe Newman
  trumpet [1, 4]
• Joel Dorn
  producer
• John Pizzarelli
  guitar
• Ray Lucas
  drums (drum set)
• Roberta Flack
  arranger [4], lead vocals, piano
• Ron Carter
  double bass
• Seldon Powell
  baritone saxophone [1, 4]
• Selwart Clarke
  viola [2-6, 8]
• Theodore Israel
  viola [2-6, 8]
• William Arlt
  recording
• William S. Fischer
  conductor [2-6, 8], horn [1, 4], strings [2-6, 8]
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Issues

• F
  (Combined release view)
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  First Take

  12" Vinyl
  1969
• F
  First Take

  12" Vinyl
  1969
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  F
  First Take

  CD
  1987
• 

  F
  First Take

  CD
  23 October 1995
• 

  F
  First Take

  CD
  1995
• 

  F
  First Take

  Digital Media
  25 January 2011
• 

  F
  First Take

  Digital Media (HDtracks)
  2014
• F
  First Take

  12" Vinyl, 2x CD (50th anniversary deluxe edition)
  24 July 2020
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  F
  First Take

  Digital Media (deluxe edition)
  2021
• F
  First Take

  CD