Blu-ray, 3x CD (box‐set)

The Turn of a Friendly Card

Album by The Alan Parsons Project

Released November 1980

progressive rock rock pop rock

Tracklist

CD 1: Original Album
1
May Be a Price to Pay
5:00
4.0 ★
2
Games People Play
4:26
4.1 ★
3
Time
5:15
5.0 ★
4
I Don’t Wanna Go Home
4:52
3.4 ★
5
The Gold Bug
4:35
4.6 ★
6
The Turn of a Friendly Card: I. The Turn of a Friendly Card, Part One
2:44
4.2 ★
7
The Turn of a Friendly Card: II. Snake Eyes
3:15
4.0 ★
8
The Turn of a Friendly Card: III. The Ace of Swords
2:58
4.0 ★
9
The Turn of a Friendly Card: IV. Nothing Left to Lose
4:07
4.4 ★
10
The Turn of a Friendly Card: V. The Turn of a Friendly Card, Part Two
3:32
4.4 ★
11
May Be a Price to Pay (intro – demo)
1:32
5.0 ★
12
Nothing Left to Lose (basic backing track)
4:36
5.0 ★
13
Nothing Left to Lose (Chris Rainbow overdub vocal compilation)
2:02
5.0 ★
14
Nothing Left to Lose (early studio version with Eric’s guide vocal)
3:12
5.0 ★
15
Time (early studio attempt)
4:43
5.0 ★
16
Games People Play (rough mix)
4:33
5.0 ★
17
The Gold Bug (demo)
2:50
5.0 ★
CD 2: Eric Woolfson’s Songwriting Diaries
1
May Be a Price to Pay (Eric’s songwriting diary)
3:25
2
Games People Play (Eric’s songwriting diary)
3:06
3
Time (Eric’s songwriting diary)
4:06
4
I Don’t Wanna Go Home (Eric’s songwriting diary)
2:12
5
The Turn of a Friendly Card (Eric’s songwriting diary)
3:19
6
Snake Eyes (Eric’s songwriting diary)
3:14
7
Nothing Left to Lose (Eric’s songwriting diary)
2:46
8
The Turn of a Friendly Card / Snake Eyes / I Don’t Wanna Go Home (Eric’s songwriting diary)
4:32
9
La La La Lah (Eric’s songwriting diary)
1:17
10
Next Year (Eric’s songwriting diary)
3:20
11
Someone Else (Eric’s songwriting diary)
2:31
12
Taking It All Away (Eric’s songwriting diary)
2:00
13
To Those of You Out There (Eric’s songwriting diary)
3:13
CD 3: Recording Session Bonus Tracks
1
May Be a Price to Pay (early version – Eric guide vocal & unused guitar solo)
5:04
2
Games People Play (early version – Eric guide vocal)
4:32
3
Time (orchestra & Chris Rainbow backing vocals)
4:19
4
The Gold Bug (early reference version)
5:07
5
The Gold Bug (Chris Rainbow backing vocals)
1:28
6
The Gold Bug (Clavinet with no delay)
1:05
7
The Turn of a Friendly Card Part 1 (early backing track)
2:19
8
Snake Eyes (early version – Eric guide vocal)
3:20
9
The Ace of Swords (early version with synth orchestration)
3:03
10
The Ace of Swords (early version with piano on melody)
2:40
11
The Turn of a Friendly Card Part Two (Eric guide vocal and extended guitar solo)
3:31
12
Games People Play (single edit)
3:34
13
The Turn of a Friendly Card (single edit)
3:44
14
Snake Eyes (single edit)
2:26
Blu-ray 4
1
May Be a Price to Pay (high resolution 5.1 surround sound mix)
5:00
2
Games People Play (high resolution 5.1 surround sound mix)
4:26
3
Time (high resolution 5.1 surround sound mix)
5:15
4
I Don’t Wanna Go Home (high resolution 5.1 surround sound mix)
4:52
5
The Gold Bug (high resolution 5.1 surround sound mix)
4:35
6
The Turn of a Friendly Card: I. The Turn of a Friendly Card, Part One (high resolution 5.1 surround sound mix)
2:44
7
The Turn of a Friendly Card: II. Snake Eyes (high resolution 5.1 surround sound mix)
3:15
8
The Turn of a Friendly Card: III. The Ace of Swords (high resolution 5.1 surround sound mix)
2:58
9
The Turn of a Friendly Card: IV. Nothing Left to Lose (high resolution 5.1 surround sound mix)
4:07
10
The Turn of a Friendly Card: V. The Turn of a Friendly Card, Part Two (high resolution 5.1 surround sound mix)
3:32
11
May Be a Price to Pay (original stereo mix 24/96)
5:00
4.0 ★
12
Games People Play (original stereo mix 24/96)
4:26
4.1 ★
13
Time (original stereo mix 24/96)
5:15
3.2 ★
14
I Don’t Wanna Go Home (original stereo mix 24/96)
4:52
3.4 ★
15
The Gold Bug (original stereo mix 24/96)
4:35
4.6 ★
16
The Turn of a Friendly Card: I. The Turn of a Friendly Card, Part One (original stereo mix 24/96)
2:44
4.2 ★
17
The Turn of a Friendly Card: II. Snake Eyes (original stereo mix 24/96)
3:15
4.0 ★
18
The Turn of a Friendly Card: III. The Ace of Swords (original stereo mix 24/96)
2:58
4.0 ★
19
The Turn of a Friendly Card: IV. Nothing Left to Lose (original stereo mix 24/96)
4:07
4.4 ★
20
The Turn of a Friendly Card: V. The Turn of a Friendly Card, Part Two (original stereo mix 24/96)
3:32
4.4 ★
21
The Turn of a Friendly Card (album advertisement)
22
Games People Play (promotional video)
23
The Gold Bug (promotional video)
24
The Turn of a Friendly Card (promotional video)

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Release credits

Alan Parsons
additional [3], engineer [1.1-2, 1.4-10, 4.11-20], producer [4.11-20, 1.1-2, 1.4-10], vocal [3]
Andrew Powell
arranger [1.1, 1.3, 1.6, 4.11, 4.16, 3.11], conductor [4.11-13, 4.16, 1.1-3, 1.6, 3.11], orchestrator [4.12-13, 1.2]
Chris Rainbow
background vocals [4.12, 4.14, 4.19, 1.2-4, 1.9], lead vocals [1.6-7, 1.10, 4.16-17, 4.20], vocal [1.5, 4.15, 3.11]
David Paton
acoustic guitar [4.15, 1.3, 1.5], bass [4.11-12, 4.14-17, 4.19, 1.1-7, 1.9, 3.11]
Elmer Gantry
lead vocals [4.11, 1.1]
Eric Woolfson
harpsichord [1.6, 4.16, 3.11], keyboard [1.2, 4.12], lead vocals [1.9, 4.13, 4.19], organ [1.1, 4.11], piano [1.1, 1.3-4, 1.6-7, 4.11, 4.14, 4.16-17, 3.11], vocal [3]
Ian Bairnson
acoustic guitar [1.3, 1.5, 1.9, 4.15, 4.19], guitar [3.11, 1.1-7, 4.11-12, 4.14-17]
Lenny Zakatek
lead vocals [1.2, 1.4, 4.12, 4.14]
Stuart Elliott
drums (drum set) [3.11, 4.11-12, 4.14-17, 4.19, 1.1-7, 1.9], percussion [3.11, 4.11, 4.15-17, 1.1, 1.3, 1.5-7]
[unknown]
accordion [1.9, 4.19], saxophone [1.5, 4.15]