The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn Of A Friendly Card (1980) [Deluxe edition, 3 CD, 2023/FLAC]

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.

This 3 CD Deluxe edition is emastered and remixed from the original master tapes by Alan Parsons. Featuring an additional 42 bonus tracks drawn from Eric Woolfson's songwriting diaries, studio session out-takes and a stunning new 5. 1 surround sound from the original multi-track master tapes by Alan Parsons 








CD 1: Original Album

01. May Be A Price To Pay
02. Games People Play
03. Time
04. I Don't Wanna Go Home
05. The Gold Bug
The Turn Of A Friendly Card
06. (I) The Turn Of A Friendly Card (Part One)
07. (II) Snake Eyes
08. (III) The Ace Of Swords
09. (IV) Nothing Left To Lose
10. (V) The Turn Of A Friendly Card (Part Two)

Bonus Tracks:
11. Maybe A Price To Pay (Intro Demo)
12. Nothing Left To Lose (Basic Backing Track)
13. Nothing Left To Lose (Chris Rainbow Vocal Overdub Compilation)
14. Nothing Left To Lose (Early Studio Version With Eric's Guide Vocal)
15. Time (Early Studio Attempt)
16. Games People Play (Rough Mix)
17. The Gold Bug (Demo)

CD 2: Eric's Songwriting Diaries

01. May Be A Price To Pay
02. Games People Play
03. Time
04. I Don't Wanna Go Home
05. The Turn Of A Friendly Card
06. Snake Eyes
07. Nothing Left To Lose
08. TOFC/ Snake Eyes/ I Don't Wanna Go Home

Previously Unreleased Songs:
09. La La La Lah
10. Next Year
11. Someone Else
12. Taking It All Away
13. To Those Of You Out There

CD 3: Recording Session Bonus Tracks

01. May Be A Price To Pay (Early Version - Eric Guide Vocal & Unused Guitar Solo)
02. Games People Play (Early Version - Eric Guide Vocal)
03. Time (Orchestra & Chris Rainbow Backing Vocals)
04. The Gold Bug (Early Reference Version)
05. The Gold Bug (Chris Rainbow Backing Vocals)
06. The Gold Bug (Clavinet With No Delay)
07. The Turn Of A Friendly Card Part One (Early Backing Track)
08. Snake Eyes (Early Version - Eric Guide Vocal)
09. The Ace Of Swords (Early Version With Synth Orchestration)
10. The Ace Of Swords (Early Version With Piano On Melody)
11. The Turn Of A Friendly Card Part Two (Eric Guide Vocal And Extended Guitar Solo)

Single Edits:
12. Games People Play (Single Edit)
13. The Turn Of A Friendly Card (Single Edit)
14. Snake Eyes (Single Edit) 
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