The Alan Parsons Project – The Turn Of A Friendly Card
Tracklist
| A1 | May Be A Price To Pay | 4:52 | |
| A2 | Games People Play | 4:17 | |
| A3 | Time | 5:05 | |
| A4 | I Don't Wanna Go Home | 4:54 | |
| B1 | The Gold Bug | 4:28 | |
| The Turn Of A Friendly Card | (16:19) | ||
| B2-i | The Turn Of A Friendly Card (Pt. 1) | 2:39 | |
| B2-ii | Snake Eyes | 3:17 | |
| B2-iii | The Ace Of Swords | 2:58 | |
| B2-iv | Nothing Left To Lose | 4:03 | |
| B2-v | The Turn Of A Friendly Card (Pt. 2) | 3:12 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Arista Records, Inc.
- Copyright © – Rondor Music (London) Ltd.
- Manufactured By – PolyGram Records Ltd.
- Distributed By – PolyGram Records Ltd.
- Lacquer Cut At – Abbey Road Studios
- Pressed By – PRS Ltd.
Credits
- Bass – David Patton*
- Conductor – Andrew Powell
- Coordinator [Orchestra Co-ordinator] – Curtis Briggs
- Design Concept, Artwork – Lol Creme
- Engineer – Alan Parsons
- Executive-Producer – Eric Woolfson
- Guitar – Ian Bairnson
- Keyboards – Eric Woolfson
- Leader – Sandor Farcas
- Mastered By – Chris Blair
- Orchestra – The Orchestra Of The Munich Chamber Opera*
- Orchestrated By – Andrew Powell
- Percussion – Stuart Elliot*
- Producer – Alan Parsons
- Saxophone – Mel Collins
- Vocals – Lenny Zakatek (tracks: A2, A4)
Notes
On labels: Manufactured and distributed by Polygram Records Ltd.
Tracks B2-B6 are the chapters of "The Turn Of A Friendly Card", a long format concept piece numbered on the album as parts I-V of Track 2.
Tracks B2-B6 are the chapters of "The Turn Of A Friendly Card", a long format concept piece numbered on the album as parts I-V of Track 2.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, stamped, variant 1): DLART 1 A//1▽EAR
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, stamped, variant 1): DLART 1 B//1▽EAR
- Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A, stamped, variant 2): DLART 1 A//1▽EAR 13 3
- Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B, stamped, variant 2): DLART 1 B//1▽EAR 11 1 3
Other Versions (5 of 243)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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| The Turn Of A Friendly Card (LP, Album) | Arista | L 37241, L-37241, (DLART-1), (DLART 1) | Australia | 1980 | |||
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The Turn Of A Friendly Card (LP, Album) | Arista | 203 000, 203000 | Netherlands | 1980 | ||
| The Turn Of A Friendly Card (LP, Album, Stereo) | Arista | AL 9518 | Canada | 1980 | |||
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The Turn Of A Friendly Card (LP, Album) | Arista | ARS 39077 | Italy | 1980 | ||
| The Turn Of A Friendly Card (LP, Album, Stereo) | Arista | I-203000, I·20300 | Spain | 1980 |
Recommendations
Reviews
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My copy has the same matrix/runout as this release but has the default beige/light blue Arista labels with a clear "made in Gt Britain" at the end of the copyright text, but with a double dip center like an Irish press, but not translucient! (no matrix/runout is given for the only Irish press listed for this album so I am reluctant to add new release with such contradictions)..... Great sound quality on this one though. -
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Edited 2 years agoAmazing sound quality on this release. Pressing is good too. My copy had a bit of surface noise on some tracks though. Edit: The noise got quieter after 2 wet cleans and a few spins.
I made two needledrops of two tracks from this vinyl record - You can find them on the right side in the videos - Under the names:
The Alan Parsons Project - The Gold Bug (The Turn Of A Friendly Card) (1980 UK Vinyl)
The Alan Parsons Project - Time (The Turn Of A Friendly Card) (1980 UK Vinyl)
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Memorable for the line "the game never ends and your whole world depends on the turn of a friendly card".
Melodic and well put together as a series of themes about cards and life.
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