*** LP ： USA 1969 / Atlantic / SD 8230 ***
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B+ / A- / CO
ジャケット：四隅スレ、左上下隅は少しハゲ。上下辺薄スレ、背表紙はきれい。正面はスレちょっと多め。白地の裏面はわずかな薄汚れ程度できれい。
ディスク：レーベルはヒゲ無し。盤面は薄スレ少々でややB+寄りながらまずまずの美品です。
アトランティックのカンパニー内袋付属。

ロバータ・フラックの記念すべきデビュー作「ファースト・テイク」。
後の「やさしく歌って」しか知らない方には驚愕でありしょう。
才媛ぶりを見事に発揮したジャズ色の強いアルバム。
個人的には冒頭のウッドベースの音一発でやられてしまいます。

米国オリジナル盤。BROADWAYラベルの初期盤。



A1 Compared To What 5:15
　Written-By - Gene McDaniels
A2 Angelitos Negros 6:55
　Written-By - Manuel Alvarez Maciste
A3 Our Ages Or Our Hearts 6:09
　Written-By - Donny Hathaway, Robert Ayers
A4 I Told Jesus 6:08
　Arranged By - Roberta Flack　Written-By - Traditional
B1 Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye 4:07
　Written-By - Leonard Cohen
B2 The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face 5:21
　Written-By - Ewan MacColl
B3 Tryin' Times 5:07
　Written-By - Donny Hathaway, Leroy Hutson
B4 Ballad Of The Sad Young Men 7:03
　Written-By - Frances Landesman, Thomas J. Wolf Jr.

Piano, Vocals - Roberta Flack
Guitar - John Pizzarelli
Bass - Ron Carter
Baritone Saxophone - Seldon Powell (tracks: A1, A4)
Drums - Ray Lucas
Tenor Saxophone - Frank Wess (tracks: A1, A4)
Trombone - Bennie Powell (tracks: A1, A4)
Trumpet - Jimmy Nottingham (tracks: A1, A4), Joe Newman (tracks: A1, A4)
Conductor [Strings] - William Fischer (tracks: A2 to B2, B4)
Viola - Alfred Brown (tracks: A2 to B2, B4), Selwart Clarke (tracks: A2 to B2, B4), Theodore Israel (tracks: A2 to B2, B4)
Violin - Emanuel Green (tracks: A2 to B2, B4), Gene Orloff (tracks: A2 to B2, B4)
Cello - Charles McCracken (tracks: A2 to B2, B4), George Ricci (tracks: A2 to B2, B4)
Arranged By [Horns, Strings] - William Fischer

Producer - Joel Dorn
Engineer [Re-mix] - Bob Liftin
Engineer [Recording] - William Arlt
Design [Cover] - Stanislaw Zagorski
Photography By - Ken Heinen
Liner Notes - Les McCann