Roberta Flack – Killing Me Softly (2LP, 45RPM)
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Vocals, pianos - Roberta Flack
Vocals - Donny Hathaway [click here to see more vinyl featuring Donny Hathaway]
Bass - Ron Carter [click here to see more vinyl featuring Ron Carter]
Drums - Grady Tate
Congas, percussion, tambourine - Ralph MacDonald
Guitars - Eric Gale
Arranged by Roberta Flack
Written by Charles Fox (A1), Norman Gimbel (A1), Janis Ian (A2), Ralph MacDonald, William Salter (B1, C3), James Shelton (B2), Gene McDaniels (C1), Terry Plumeri (C2), Bill Seighman (C2), Leonard Cohen (D1)
2LPs, gatefold jacket printed by Stoughton Printing
Limited numbered edition
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : Black
Speed : 45 RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Quality Record Pressings
Label : Analogue Productions - Atlantic 75 series
Original Label : Atlantic
Recorded 1971 at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York, and Regent Sound Studios, New York
Engineered by Bob Liftin
Produced by Fox and Gimbel, Joel Dorn
Photography by David Redfern, Burt Goldblatt
Design by Rod Dyer
Originally released in 1972
Reissued in 2024
Tracks:
Side A:
- Killing Me Softly With His Song
- Jesse
Side B:
- No Tears (In The End)
- I'm The Girl
Side C
- River
- Conversation Love
- When You Smile
Side D :
- Suzanne
Awards :
1974 Grammy Award Winner:
- Record of the Year: "Killing Me Softly with His Song"
- Song of the Year: "Killing me Softly with His Song"
- Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female: "Killing Me Softly with His Song"
Reviews:
“The title track was another smash for Roberta Flack, and the album continued in the same tradition as Chapter Two and A Quiet Fire. She made simmering ballads, declarative message songs, and better-than-average up-tempo numbers, and at the time was among the top-selling female vocalists in any style. “ AllMusic Review by by Ron Wynn
“Killing Me Softly With His Song” is the culmination of two discoveries. Songwriter Lori Lieberman went to a club one night to see Don McLean, then a little-known singer, and felt, overwhelmingly, like his songs could’ve been about her. She wrote a poem about it, which Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel turned into a song, and Lieberman recorded. Then Roberta Flack heard the song on a plane as part of the in-flight entertainment, and later called it “a song I feel was given to me as a gift.” Her version is stately and elegant, a singer’s tribute to the power of songwriting." Review by Rolling Stone US
Ratings:
AllMusic : 4.5 / 5 ; Discogs : 3.82 / 5