Freddie HubbardFirst Light

Label:

CTI Records – CTI 6013

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album, Stereo , Gatefold

Country:

US

Released:

Genre:

Jazz

Style:

Soul-Jazz

Tracklist

A1 First Light
Written-ByFreddie Hubbard
11:00
A2 Uncle Albert / iral Halsey
Written-ByPaul & Linda McCartney
8:12
B1 Moment To Moment
Written-ByJohnny Mercer
5:40
B2 Yesterday's Dreams
Written-ByNorman Martin
3:55
B3 Lonely Town
Written-ByLeonard Bernstein
6:55

Companies, etc.

  • Recorded AtVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
  • Published ByHubtones Music
  • Published ByMacLen Music
  • Published BySouthdale Music Corp.
  • Published ByNorthern Music
  • Published ByThursday Music Corp.
  • Published ByWarner Bros. Music, Inc.

Credits

  • Arranged ByDon Sebesky
  • BassRon Carter
  • BassoonJane Taylor
  • CelloGeorge Ricci
  • Design [Album]Bob Ciano
  • DrumsJack DeJohnette
  • Engineer, Mastered ByRudy Van Gelder
  • FluteHubert Laws
  • Flute, BassoonWally Kane
  • Flute, ClarinetGeorge Marge
  • Flute, Oboe, English Horn, ClarinetRomeo Penque
  • French HornRay Alonge
  • GuitarGeorge Benson
  • HarpMargaret Ross
  • PercussionAirto Moreira
  • Photography By [Cover]Pete Turner (4)
  • Photography By [Liner]Dean Brown (5)
  • PianoRichard Wyands
  • ProducerCreed Taylor
  • Trumpet, FlugelhornFreddie Hubbard
  • VibraphonePhil Kraus
  • ViolaEmanuel Vardi
  • ViolinTosha Samaroff

Notes

No pressing plant markings in runout; "Universal Stereo" on labels.
Runouts are etched, except "VAN GELDER" which is stamped.

Recorded at Van Gelder Studios, September 1971.

Gatefold jacket.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Rights Society (B1, B3): ASCAP
  • Rights Society (A1, A2, B2): BMI
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A label): RVG 87688 A
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B label): RVG 87688 B
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 1): RVG 87668 A-2 VAN GELDER
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 1): RVG 78668 B-1 VAN GELDER
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 2): RVG 87668 A-2 VAN GELDER
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 2): RVG 87668 B-2 VAN GELDER
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 3): RVG.87668.A. VAN GELDER
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 3): RVG 87668.B. VAN GELDER A
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 4): RVG●87668●A-2. VAN GELDER
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 4): RVG 87668●B● VAN GELDER A 3

Other Versions (5 of 47)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
New Submission
First Light (Cassette, Album) CTI Records CTC 6013 US 1971
New Submission
First Light (Cassette, Album) Top Tape OW 532 Brazil 1971
New Submission
First Light (LP, Album, Stereo, Terre Haute Press, Gatefold) CTI Records CTI 6013 US 1971
First Light (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold) CTI Records CTI 6013 US 1971
New Submission
First Light (LP, Album, Stereo, Santa Maria Pressing) CTI Records CTI 6013 US 1971

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Reviews

  • anjunabeachbum's avatar
    anjunabeachbum
    I have a supposedly mid-seventies Canada press version which is not in here with an orange CTI label with CTI-6013-A/CTI-6013-B runouts with only TXD or maybe TXO as additional info! is TXD a pressing plant I could not find in any of the available pressing plant lists? Any guesses?
    • mikeSF_'s avatar
      mikeSF_
      Edited 3 years ago
      I heard a few seconds' excerpt from this album in a jazz documentary recently and immediately knew I needed to own it. Was happy to find it finally, and what a great find it is. If you love Freddie Hubbard, this has strong arrangements and some burnin' improv. It has the classic 'CTI sound', complete with Don Sebeski and orchestra. The ensemble here includes Ron Carter on bass, Jack DeJohnette on drums, Airto Moriera on percussion, and the ever lovely and talented George Benson heading up guitar duties. If you are a GB fan, you may have discovered by now this is possibly one of the top five Benson albums ever recorded. His solos are raw and energetic.

      Engineered by RVG, you can count on clean tracking and a great STEREO mix. Hubbard's airy flugel tone is beautiful. The jazz ensemble is not drowned out by orchestra as occurs in similar Wes Montgomery albums on CTI.

      This early/first pressing sounds amazing. Beautiful heavy gatefold. 4 stars. Recommended.
      • buriedinsounds's avatar
        buriedinsounds
        Edited 10 years ago
        Uncertain when these late 1960's early 1970's CTI releases will get their just due in the collecting community. Really packaging with those heavyweight laminated gatefold covers and also some really fine music as well. Yes there are some sleepers out there but also some top of the line recordings (e.g. Red Clay, Joe Farrell Quartet, etc...)

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