ROBERTA FLACK – The original album is accompanied by

The original album is accompanied by arrangements of “Compared To What” and “The First Ever I Saw Your Face”. Also included is B side of the last song, “Trade Winds”, an unforgettable Ralph McDonald-William Salter song, later recorded by The Three Degrees, Lou Rawls and Randy Crawford. In April 1972, four years after her first release, “First Take” finally reached the top of the American pop album charts, w she performed five times in five weeks, making Roberta Flack a real soul star. The twists and turns of the novel are also at the heart of the touching “Our Ages or Our Hearts”, w strings complement Flack and her quartet, and Leonard Cohen’s “Hey, this is not the way to say goodbye”. The strings can also be heard in the two spiritual performances of the album: the glowing “Little Black Angels” and the surprisingly simple arrangement of the traditional gospel hymn “I Told Jesus”: it’s deep enough and powerful enough to turn an approved agnostic into a convinced believer. Roberta Flack’s album “First Take”, released on Atlantic Records in June 1969, is one of the most impressive debut albums in soul history. Complemented by notes from David Nathan, “First Take” is a new must for Roberta Flack fans and serious soul music collectors. Half a century later, “First Take” is now being redesigned and developed into a combined LP and 2-CD vinyl set that includes not only the original album, but also the first of a dozen previously unseen studio records from the same period. And his incredible interpretation of Ewan McCall’s popular song “The First Time I Saw Your Face” has never been surpassed. For those already familiar with the album, the rich bonus material on CD 2 is an incentive to buy “First Take” again. Gene McDaniel’s inspired and fascinating readings of “Compared to What” – a commentary on the absurdity of life – and “Tryin’ Times” by Donny Hathaway and Leroy Hatson seem even more appealing at 19, according to COVID and “Black Lives Matter”. Soul and Jazz and Funk is an independent soul review and news site compiled by Charles Waring and Bill Buckley, Britain’s two most experienced and respected soul writers. The other twelve songs were not released and were recorded in New York in November 1968 as part of a tentative recording date for the Atlantic Ocean under the direction of Joel Dorn. It is noteworthy that the original eight-step album by Joel Dorn has not lost its brightness and power. McCann was pleased with what he saw and heard and convinced the Atlantic to sign them.