Roberta Flack - First Take on limited edition colored vinyl
Artist: Roberta Flack | Label: Atlantic | Format: LP | Genre: Soul | LP condition: Mint | Jacket condition: Sealed
Roberta Flack
First Take
Atlantic 8230 - on limited Crystal Clear vinyl as part of Atlantic Records' 75th anniversary celebration.
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 over 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.”
First Take
Atlantic 8230 - on limited Crystal Clear vinyl as part of Atlantic Records' 75th anniversary celebration.
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 over 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.”
includes:
Compared to What
Angelitos Negros
Our Ages or Our Hearts
I Told Jesus
Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
Tryin' Times
Ballad of the Sad Young Men
Angelitos Negros
Our Ages or Our Hearts
I Told Jesus
Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
Tryin' Times
Ballad of the Sad Young Men
NEW SEALED re-issue LP on limited edition CRYSTAL CLEAR vinyl as part of Atlantic Records' 75th Anniversary celebration.
