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FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44.1-192 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 02:13:14 minutes | 4,33 GB
Jazz, Soul | Studio Master , Official Digital Download
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44.1-192 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 02:13:14 minutes | 4,33 GB
Jazz, Soul | Studio Master , Official Digital Download
Earlier this year, Roberta Flack joined an illustrious circle of honorees as a 2020 recipient of the Recording Academy’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Now the 1969 debut album that set the singer-pianist’s 50-year professional career in motion — First Take — is available again for a limited time.
First Take: 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition, released today (July 24, Rhino), comes packaged as a two-CD, one LP remastered set. The vinyl LP replicates the original Atlantic Records eight-track album — produced by Joel Dorn — which features “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face.”
Flack’s first No. 1 pop and adult contemporary single topped those charts after Clint Eastwood tapped the song to appear in his 1971 film directorial debut, Play Misty for Me. The song later won Flack the first of two consecutive Grammy Awards for Record of the Year. She won the category again the following year for “Killing Me Softly with His Song,” whose imaginative cover by the Fugees became a huge hit for the hip-hop group in 1996.
Artist Mentioned
The first of the deluxe edition’s two CDs sports the original eight tracks plus three bonus cuts: single edits of the aforementioned hit and the Les McCann/Eddie Harris jazz classic “Compared to What” plus the song “Trade Winds.” However, the 12 previously unreleased demo recordings comprising the second CD further foretell the success to come.
Opening with a live version of Flack performing the Frank Sinatra standard “All the Way,” the CD spotlights a dauntless newcomer switching effortlessly as well between folk (“Frankie and Johnny“), jazz (“Afro Blue”), R&B (“Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”) and pop (“To Sir With Love”).
TRACKLIST
1. Roberta Flack - Compared to What (2020 Remaster)
2. Roberta Flack - Angelitos Negros (2020 Remaster)
3. Roberta Flack - Our Ages or Our Hearts (2020 Remaster)
4. Roberta Flack - I Told Jesus (2020 Remaster)
5. Roberta Flack - Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye (2020 Remaster)
6. Roberta Flack - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (2020 Remaster)
7. Roberta Flack - Tryin' Times (2020 Remaster)
8. Roberta Flack - Ballad of the Sad Young Men (2020 Remaster)
9. Roberta Flack - Compared to What (Single Edit; 2020 Remaster)
10. Roberta Flack - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (Single Edit) (2020 Remaster)
11. Roberta Flack - Trade Winds (2020 Remaster)
12. Roberta Flack - All the Way (Live; 2020 Remaster) (24/44.1 kHz)
13. Roberta Flack - This Could Be the Start of Something
14. Roberta Flack - Groove Me
15. Roberta Flack - Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
16. Roberta Flack - Hush-A-Bye
17. Roberta Flack - Afro Blue
18. Roberta Flack - It's Way Past Suppertime
19. Roberta Flack - Frankie and Johnny
20. Roberta Flack - On the Street Where You Live
21. Roberta Flack - The House Song
22. Roberta Flack - Ain't No Mountain High Enough
23. Roberta Flack - The Song Is Love
24. Roberta Flack - To Sir With Love
foobar2000 1.6.2 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2021-02-26 01:30:31
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Analyzed: Roberta Flack / First Take (Deluxe Edition)
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR9 -0.10 dB -13.37 dB 6:57 02-Angelitos Negros (2020 Remaster)
DR10 -0.10 dB -14.37 dB 6:11 03-Our Ages or Our Hearts (2020 Remaster)
DR11 -0.10 dB -15.82 dB 6:10 04-I Told Jesus (2020 Remaster)
DR12 -0.10 dB -15.61 dB 4:09 05-Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye (2020 Remaster)
DR12 -1.18 dB -18.34 dB 5:23 06-The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (2020 Remaster)
DR12 -0.55 dB -16.85 dB 5:09 07-Tryin' Times (2020 Remaster)
DR10 -0.96 dB -16.94 dB 7:06 08-Ballad of the Sad Young Men (2020 Remaster)
DR11 -0.47 dB -13.98 dB 4:41 09-Compared to What (Single Edit; 2020 Remaster)
DR12 -0.10 dB -16.40 dB 4:20 10-The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (Single Edit) (2020 Remaster)
DR11 -0.10 dB -14.74 dB 5:43 11-Trade Winds (2020 Remaster)
DR10 -0.10 dB -12.17 dB 1:20 13-This Could Be the Start of Something
DR10 -0.10 dB -12.84 dB 4:19 14-Groove Me
DR10 -0.10 dB -14.50 dB 6:22 15-Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
DR11 -0.10 dB -17.17 dB 5:32 16-Hush-A-Bye
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DR10 -0.10 dB -16.22 dB 3:56 18-It's Way Past Suppertime
DR12 -0.10 dB -15.55 dB 7:15 19-Frankie and Johnny
DR11 -0.10 dB -13.99 dB 2:44 20-On the Street Where You Live
DR13 -0.10 dB -20.16 dB 5:52 21-The House Song
DR9 -0.10 dB -11.95 dB 3:25 22-Ain't No Mountain High Enough
DR9 -0.10 dB -13.44 dB 5:20 23-The Song Is Love
DR10 -0.10 dB -14.78 dB 8:25 24-To Sir With Love
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Number of tracks: 23
Official DR value: DR11
Samplerate: 192000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 4630 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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foobar2000 1.6.2 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2021-02-26 01:28:16
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Statistics for: 12-All the Way (Live; 2020 Remaster)
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Duration: 8:40
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Left Right
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Avg RMS: -22.39 dB –- -22.01 dB
DR channel: 13.05 dB –- 13.00 dB
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Official DR Value: DR13
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 1335 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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log date: 2021-02-26 01:30:31
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Analyzed: Roberta Flack / First Take (Deluxe Edition)
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR11 -0.10 dB -14.51 dB 5:17 01-Compared to What (2020 Remaster)
DR9 -0.10 dB -13.37 dB 6:57 02-Angelitos Negros (2020 Remaster)
DR10 -0.10 dB -14.37 dB 6:11 03-Our Ages or Our Hearts (2020 Remaster)
DR11 -0.10 dB -15.82 dB 6:10 04-I Told Jesus (2020 Remaster)
DR12 -0.10 dB -15.61 dB 4:09 05-Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye (2020 Remaster)
DR12 -1.18 dB -18.34 dB 5:23 06-The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (2020 Remaster)
DR12 -0.55 dB -16.85 dB 5:09 07-Tryin' Times (2020 Remaster)
DR10 -0.96 dB -16.94 dB 7:06 08-Ballad of the Sad Young Men (2020 Remaster)
DR11 -0.47 dB -13.98 dB 4:41 09-Compared to What (Single Edit; 2020 Remaster)
DR12 -0.10 dB -16.40 dB 4:20 10-The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (Single Edit) (2020 Remaster)
DR11 -0.10 dB -14.74 dB 5:43 11-Trade Winds (2020 Remaster)
DR10 -0.10 dB -12.17 dB 1:20 13-This Could Be the Start of Something
DR10 -0.10 dB -12.84 dB 4:19 14-Groove Me
DR10 -0.10 dB -14.50 dB 6:22 15-Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
DR11 -0.10 dB -17.17 dB 5:32 16-Hush-A-Bye
DR13 -0.10 dB -17.90 dB 9:13 17-Afro Blue
DR10 -0.10 dB -16.22 dB 3:56 18-It's Way Past Suppertime
DR12 -0.10 dB -15.55 dB 7:15 19-Frankie and Johnny
DR11 -0.10 dB -13.99 dB 2:44 20-On the Street Where You Live
DR13 -0.10 dB -20.16 dB 5:52 21-The House Song
DR9 -0.10 dB -11.95 dB 3:25 22-Ain't No Mountain High Enough
DR9 -0.10 dB -13.44 dB 5:20 23-The Song Is Love
DR10 -0.10 dB -14.78 dB 8:25 24-To Sir With Love
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Number of tracks: 23
Official DR value: DR11
Samplerate: 192000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 4630 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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foobar2000 1.6.2 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2021-02-26 01:28:16
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Statistics for: 12-All the Way (Live; 2020 Remaster)
Number of samples: 22914116
Duration: 8:40
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Left Right
Peak Value: -3.85 dB –- -3.96 dB
Avg RMS: -22.39 dB –- -22.01 dB
DR channel: 13.05 dB –- 13.00 dB
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Official DR Value: DR13
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 1335 kbps
Codec: FLAC
================================================================================
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