First Take

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Compared to What
  5:17
• 2
  Angelitos Negros
  6:57
• 3
  Our Ages or Our Hearts
  6:11
• 4
  I Told Jesus
  6:09
• 5
  Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye
  4:08
  5.0 ★
• 6
  The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
  5:23
  3.8 ★
• 7
  Tryin’ Times
  5:09
• 8
  Ballad of the Sad Young Men
  7:06
• 9
  Compared to What (single edit)
  4:40
• 10
  The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (single edit)
  4:20
• 11
  Trade Winds
  5:43
• CD 2
• 1
  All the Way (live)
  8:39
• 2
  This Could Be the Start of Something
  1:20
• 3
  Groove Me
  4:18
• 4
  Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
  6:22
• 5
  Hush-A-Bye
  5:31
• 6
  Afro Blue
  9:13
• 7
  It’s Way Past Suppertime
  3:55
• 8
  Frankie and Johnny
  7:14
• 9
  On the Street Where You Live
  2:44
• 10
  The House Song
  5:51
• 11
  Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
  3:24
• 12
  The Song Is Love
  5:20
• 13
  To Sir With Love
  8:24
• 12" Vinyl 3: The Original LP
• 1
  Compared to What
  5:17
• 2
  Angelitos Negros
  6:57
• 3
  Our Ages or Our Hearts
  6:11
• 4
  I Told Jesus
  6:10
• 5
  Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye
  4:09
  5.0 ★
• 6
  The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
  5:23
  3.8 ★
• 7
  Tryin’ Times
  5:09
• 8
  Ballad of the Sad Young Men
  7:06

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Release credits

• Alfred Brown
  viola [1.2-6, 1.8, 1.10, 3.2-6, 3.8]
• Benny Powell
  trombone [3.1, 3.4, 1.1, 1.4, 1.9]
• Bernard Sweetney
  drums (drum set) [2-13]
• Bob Liftin
  mix [1.1-8, 3.1-8]
• Charles McCracken
  cello [1.2-6, 1.8, 1.10, 3.2-6, 3.8]
• David Nathan
  liner notes, producer
• Emanuel Green
  violin [1.2-6, 1.8, 1.10, 3.2-6, 3.8]
• Frank Wess
  tenor saxophone [3.1, 3.4, 1.1, 1.4, 1.9]
• Gene Orloff
  violin [1.2-6, 1.8, 1.10, 3.2-6, 3.8]
• George Ricci
  cello [3.2-6, 3.8, 1.2-6, 1.8, 1.10]
• Jimmy Nottingham
  trumpet [1.1, 1.4, 1.9, 3.1, 3.4]
• Joan Martin
  producer
• Joe Newman
  trumpet [1.1, 1.4, 1.9, 3.1, 3.4]
• Joel Dorn
  producer [1.1-11, 3.1-8]
• John Pizzarelli
  guitar [3.1-8, 1.1-10]
• John Sellards
  art direction, design
• Ken Heinen
  photography
• Les McCann
  liner notes, recording [1]
• Louis Powers
  drums (drum set) [1]
• Marshall Hawkins
  bass [2-13]
• Matt Block
  producer
• Mike Smith
  bass [1]
• Patrick Milligan
  producer
• Ray Lucas
  drums (drum set) [3.1-8, 1.1-10]
• Roberta Flack
  arranger [1.4, 1.11, 2.5, 2.8, 3.4], lead vocals [2.1-13, 3.1-8, 1.1-10], piano [1.1-10, 3.1-8, 2.1-13]
• Ron Carter
  double bass [1.1-10, 3.1-8]
• Scott Levitin
  re
• Seldon Powell
  baritone saxophone [1.1, 1.4, 1.9, 3.1, 3.4]
• Selwart Clarke
  viola [1.2-6, 1.8, 1.10, 3.2-6, 3.8]
• Stanislaw Zagorski
  design
• Suzanne Koga
  producer
• Theodore Israel
  viola [3.2-6, 3.8, 1.2-6, 1.8, 1.10]
• William Arlt
  recording [1.1-10, 3.1-8]
• William Eaton
  strings [11], vocal arranger [11]
• William S. Fischer
  conductor [1.2-6, 1.8, 1.10, 3.2-6, 3.8], horn [1.1, 1.4, 1.9, 3.1, 3.4], strings [3.2-6, 3.8, 1.2-6, 1.8, 1.10]
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Issues

• F
  (Combined release view)
• 

  F
  First Take

  12" Vinyl
  1969
• F
  First Take

  12" Vinyl
  1969
• 

  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
• 

  F
  First Take

  Digital Media (deluxe edition)
  2021
• F
  First Take

  CD