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Roberta Flack - First Take Ltd. Clear Vinyl


Label:

Atlantic (Atlantic 75 Series)

Genre:

R&B/Soul

Product No.:
AATL 8230
UPC: 603497837410
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Category:

Vinyl Record



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Limited edition clear vinyl

Part of Atlantic Records' 75th Anniversary vinyl collection

The breakthrough debut by the iconic mistress of pop, jazz, soul, R&B, blues is unparalleled in the years since in its genre blending, emotional power, and raw impact. Recorded in 10 hours in 1969 during the turmoil of the late '60s in the wake of the assassination of Martin Luther King, and before the general realization of the cultural shift that would become embodied in Woodstock, First Take is the work of a woman who was known as a child prodigy and would later earn the title of genius.

The album opens with "Compared To What," a politically charged track that pre-dated Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On" (an incredible cover of which was released digitally by Flack in 2021), an emotional cover of "Angelitos Negros," a definitive interpretation of Leonard Cohen's "Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye" and the generation-defining interpretation of "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face," First Take is a tour-de-force record that encapsulates the emotional rollercoaster of living in what a Confucian Curse might identify as "interesting times."

 



Side A
Compared to What
Angelitos Negros
Our Ages or Our Hearts
I Told Jesus
Side B
Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
Tryin' Times
Ballad of the Sad Young Men

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