Roberta Flack rare test pressing FIRST TAKE vinyl LP (ATLANTIC SD 8230)
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This rare Vinyl test pressing was issued by Presswell Records on 22nd May 1969, the final album, Roberta Flack’s first, was officially released by Atlantic on 20th June 1969.

Artist:  Roberta FLACK

Album Title:  

[First take].

white label (see images) with date and ‘client’ added by hand,

white sleeve plain except for the following (in various hand): ‘A 13095-96-A / Mark / Roberta Flack / 8230 / (First Take) / Hold / Until / Approval [sic.]’

“First Take is the debut album by the Jazz singer Roberta Flack. It was released in 1969 on Atlantic Records. After a track from this album, "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" was included by Clint Eastwood

 in his 1971 film Play Misty for Me with the song becoming a #1 hit in the United States, this album became #1 on the U.S. album chart.” (Wikipedia)

Track list:

"Compared to What" (Gene McDaniels) - 5:16

"Angelitos Negros" (Andrés Eloy Blanco, Manuel Álvarez Maciste) - 6:56

"Our Ages or Our Hearts" (Robert Ayers, Donny Hathaway) - 6:09

"I Told Jesus" (Traditional) - 6:09

"Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye" (Leonard Cohen) - 4:08

"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" (Ewan MacColl) - 5:22

"Tryin' Times" (Donny Hathaway, Leroy Hutson) - 5:08

"Ballad of the Sad Young Men" (Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolf) - 7:00


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