The Alan Parsons Project THE TURN OF A FRIENDLY CARD 180g Half-Speed Mastered
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The Alan Parsons Project THE TURN OF A FRIENDLY CARD 180 gram AUDIOPHILE Import Half-Speed Mastered MINT
Label:
Cooking Vinyl – COOKLP844Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Half-Speed Mastered, Stereo, Gatefold, 180 gramCountry:
UK, Europe & USReleased:
2022Genre:
Synth-pop, Symphonic RockStyle:
Prog Rock, Symphonic Rock, Art RockTracklist: A1 May Be A Price To Pay Lead Vocals – Elmer Gantry 4:52 A2 Games People Play Lead Vocals – Lenny Zakatek 4:17 A3 Time Lead Vocals – Eric Woolfson 5:05 A4 I Don't Wanna Go Home Lead Vocals – Lenny Zakatek 4:54 B1 The Gold Bug 4:28 The Turn Of A Friendly Card B2.1 I. The Turn Of A Friendly Card (Part One) Lead Vocals – Chris Rainbow 2:39 B2.2 II. Snake Eyes Lead Vocals – Chris Rainbow 3:17 B2.3 III. The Ace Of Swords 2:58 B2.4 IV. Nothing Left To Lose Lead Vocals – Eric Woolfson 4:03 B2.5 V. The Turn Of A Friendly Card (Part Two) Lead Vocals – Chris Rainbow 3:12
- Recorded At – Abbey Road Studios
- Mixed At – Abbey Road Studios
- Half-Speed Mastered At – Abbey Road Studios
- Lacquer Cut At – Abbey Road Studios
- Manufactured By – Cooking Vinyl
- Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar – Ian Bairnson
- Arranged By [Orchestra], Conductor [Orchestra] – Andrew Powell
- Backing Vocals – Alan Parsons, Chris Rainbow, Lenny Zakatek
- Bass – David Paton
- Drums, Percussion – Stuart Elliot
- Executive-Producer – Eric Woolfson
- Keyboards – Eric Woolfson
- Keyboards [Additional] – Alan Parsons
- Leader [Orchestra] – Sandor Farcas
- Orchestra – The Orchestra Of The Munich Chamber Opera
- Producer, Engineer – Alan Parsons
- Sleeve [Sleeve Concept] – Kevin Godley, Lol Creme
- Supervised By [The Orchestra Of The Munich Chamber Opera] – Eberhard Schoener
- Half-Speed Mastered By – Miles Showell
- Featuring a half speed remaster by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios
© The Alan Parsons Project 2022
- Matrix / Label (Side A): COOKLP-844
- Matrix / Label (Side B): COOKLP-844
- Matrix / Runout (Side A): MILES.ABBEYROAD1/2SPEED.ROOM30 245296E1 1264785
- Matrix / Runout (Side B): MILES.ABBEYROAD1/2SPEED.ROOM30 245296E2 1264790
Limited Edition. Pressed in Germany
Half-speed remastering by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios
Gatefold jacket with printed inner sleeve.
The Turn of a Friendly Card is the fifth studio album by the British progressive rock band the Alan Parsons Project, released in 1980 by Arista Records. The title piece, which appears on side 2 of the LP, is a 16-minute suite broken up into five tracks. The Turn of a Friendly Card spawned the hits "Games People Play" and "Time", the latter of which was Eric Woolfson's first lead vocal appearance. An edited version of the title piece combining the opening and ending parts of the suite was also released as a single along with an official video.
As with the band's previous albums, The Turn of a Friendly Card is a concept album with its theme focused on the gambling industry and the fate of gamblers, with more than one reference to Las Vegas (e.g. "there's a sign in the desert that lies to the west" from the title piece). Musically, the album is more melodic and accessible than the band's previous work.
Up to this album, all Alan Parsons Project albums had been packaged in gatefold sleeves. Increasing budgetary constraints of record companies made The Turn of a Friendly Card the beginning of all subsequently released Alan Parsons Project albums to be single-sleeve packaged.
The album was recorded in a record short time of two weeks in Paris. Usually the Alan Parsons Project would take many months to record an album.
For this limited edition Miles Showell cut the lacquers at half speed at Abbey Road Studios in London.
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