The First Time Ever (I Saw Your Face)

~ Recording by The Temptations

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.6The First Time Ever (I Saw Your Face)4:12The TemptationsAll DirectionsThe TemptationsAlbum
  • US1972-07-27
GordyGOR M 962
1.6The First Time Ever (I Saw Your Face)4:12The TemptationsAll DirectionsThe TemptationsAlbum
  • US1972-07-27
GordyG 962L
1.6The First Time Ever (I Saw Your Face)4:12The TemptationsAll DirectionsThe TemptationsAlbum
Tamla Motown (for non-US releases only)1 C 062-93 714, 1C062-93714
1.6The First Time Ever (I Saw Your Face)4:12The TemptationsAll DirectionsThe TemptationsAlbum
MotownWD72321
1.14The First Time Ever (I Saw Your Face)4:11The TemptationsPsychedelic Shack / All DirectionsThe TemptationsAlbum + Compilation
Tamla Motown (for non-US releases only)ZD72486
1.14The First Time Ever (I Saw Your Face)4:12The TemptationsPsychedelic Shack / All DirectionsThe TemptationsAlbum + Compilation
Gordy, MotownGCD08022GD
1.14The First Time Ever (I Saw Your Face)4:12The TemptationsPsychedelic Shack / All DirectionsThe TemptationsAlbum + Compilation
Tamla Motown (for non-US releases only)ZD72486
1.14The First Time Ever (I Saw Your Face)4:12The TemptationsPsychedelic Shack / All DirectionsThe TemptationsAlbum + Compilation
1.6The First Time Ever4:12The TemptationsAll DirectionsThe TemptationsAlbum
Motown3746354172
1.6The First Time Ever (I Saw Your Face)4:12The TemptationsAll DirectionsThe TemptationsAlbum
Motown530 155-2
1.14The First Time Ever (I Saw Your Face)4:12The TemptationsPsychedelic Shack / All DirectionsThe TemptationsAlbum + Compilation
Motown159 445-2
3.14The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face4:09The TemptationsMotown 50: Yesterday, Today, ForeverVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2008-12-01
Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited)5313464
1.6The First Time Ever?:??The TemptationsAll DirectionsThe TemptationsAlbum
  • DE2008-12-10
Gordy, Speakers CornerG962L
1.19The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face4:09The TemptationsYour SongsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2011-02-28
Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures)5332703
1.6The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face4:13The TemptationsAll Directions (mastered for iTunes)The TemptationsAlbum
  • US2014-10-06
Motown
1.14The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face4:14The TemptationsThe Easy Way: 60 Classic HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2019-07-19
Universal Music on Demand5387819
(unknown)
1.9The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face4:14The TemptationsMotown LegendsThe TemptationsAlbum + Compilation

Relationships

producer:Norman Whitfield
arranger:Paul Riser
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Motown Record Corporation (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 1972)
recording of:The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (cover)

Related works

The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

lyricist and composer:Ewan MacColl (folksinger, songwriter, actor)
publisher:Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
Essex Music Publishing
Harmony Music Publishing (subsidiary of Viva Entertainment)
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated)
Stormking Music Inc.
Westbury Music Ltd.
later translated versions:Ik leef pas (vanaf je eerste blik)
La prima volta
La Prima Volta (First Time Ever I Saw Your Face)
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