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Written by: Ewan McColl Recorded: March 15, 1971, RCA Studio B, Nashville Released master is take 12. Single:w/ "American Trilogy", 74-0672, April 4, 1972 Highest U.S. Charts Positions: Didn't chart 1st LP release: Elvis Aron Presley - August 1980 |
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Elvis' take on "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" follows the Peter, Paul & Mary version closer than Roberta Flack's, but then again, he almost certainly hadn't heard her version yet. Roberta's version was just an album cut at the time that Elvis recorded his version, but would become a huge hit before Elvis' was released. I'll go on and on about it some more later, but for now, sit back and listen or click on stuff! |
Other Spins(What did the critics and fans say?)"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" became a big hit for Roberta Flack the following year. This is a song which everyone admires and many singers perform, yet which was not a hit when it first appeared. It is surprising that Presley's was not the hit single. But it was the first song recorded [in this session], and the result is stiff and inflexible. The song needs a fluent, plastic performance and its best qualities are not apparent here. Robert Matthew-Walker, Elvis Presley: A Study in Music, 1979 Elvis' treatment was lush but not epic, competent but not overwhelming. The Complete Elvis, edited by Martin Torgoff, 1982 Check out other Elvis fans' opinions on the Elvis News page for The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face Check out other opinions at Rate Your Music "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" Links
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The first time ever I saw your face I thought the sun rose in your eyes And the moon and stars were the gifts you gave To the dark and the empty skies my love To the dark and the empty skies The first time ever I kissed your mouth I felt the earth move in my hands Like a trembling heart of a captive bird That was there at my command my love That was there at my command That was there at my command my love That was there at my command The first time ever I kissed your mouth I felt the earth move in my hands Like a trembling heart of a captive bird That was there at my command my love That was there at my command That was there at my command my love That was there at my command |
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