Tracklist Hide Credits

1	Compared To What Written-By – Gene McDaniels*	5:15
2	Angelitos Negros Written-By – Manuel Alvarez Maciste	6:55
3	Our Ages Or Our Hearts Written-By – Donny Hathaway, Robert Ayers	6:09
4	I Told Jesus Arranged By – Roberta Flack	6:08
5	Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye Written-By – Leonard Cohen	4:07
6	The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face Written-By – Ewan MacColl	5:21
7	Tryin' Times Written-By – Donny Hathaway, Leroy Hutson	5:07
8	Ballad Of The Sad Young Men Written-By – Frances Landesman*, Thomas J. Wolf Jr.*	7:03

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – Warner Music Japan Inc.

Credits

• Arranged By [Horns, Strings] – William Fischer*
• Baritone Saxophone – Seldon Powell (tracks: 1, 4)
• Bass – Ron Carter
• Cello – Charles McCracken (tracks: 2 to 6, 8), George Ricci (tracks: 2 to 6, 8)
• Conductor [Strings] – William Fischer* (tracks: 2 to 6, 8)
• Design [Cover] – Stanislaw Zagorski
• Drums – Ray Lucas
• Engineer [Re-mix] – Bob Liftin
• Engineer [Recording] – William Arlt
• Guitar – John Pizzarelli*
• Liner Notes – Les McCann
• Photography By – Ken Heinen
• Piano, Vocals – Roberta Flack
• Producer – Joel Dorn
• Tenor Saxophone – Frank Wess (tracks: 1, 4)
• Trombone – Bennie Powell* (tracks: 1, 4)
• Trumpet – Jimmy Nottingham (tracks: 1, 4), Joe Newman (tracks: 1, 4)
• Viola – Alfred Brown (tracks: 2 to 6, 8), Selwart Clarke (tracks: 2 to 6, 8), Theodore Israel (tracks: 2 to 6, 8)
• Violin – Emanuel Green (tracks: 2 to 6, 8), Gene Orloff (tracks: 2 to 6, 8)

Notes

Recorded at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York.

Comes in mini LP replica with OBI & Japanese insert.

SHM-CD

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Text): 4 943674 147410
• Barcode (Scanned): 4943674147410
• Rights Society: JASRAC
• ASIN: B00D3OUYJM

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SD 8230	Roberta Flack	First Take ‎(LP, Album, PR)	Atlantic	SD 8230	US	1969
EU 333	Roberta Flack	First Take ‎(LP, Album)	Taedo	EU 333	South Korea	1969
K 40040	Roberta Flack	First Take ‎(LP, Album, RP)	Atlantic	K 40040	UK	Unknown
8230-2	Roberta Flack	First Take ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	Atlantic	8230-2	US	Unknown
P-6449A	Roberta Flack	First Take ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Atlantic	P-6449A	Japan	1981

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