Album
The Turn Of A Friendly Card
1980 · Rock, Pop
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The Turn Of A Friendly Card is a Rock album by The Alan Parsons Project, originally released in 1980. On Gatefold: 251 pressings tracked, owned by 50 collectors.
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"The Turn of a Friendly Card" is a progressive rock album by "The Alan Parsons Project", released in 1980. The album focuses on gambling, and loosely tells the tale of a middle-aged man who grows restless and takes a chance by going to a casino and betting all he has, only to lose it all. The original LP had a side-long title piece, which on the CD version is broken up into five tracks. "The Turn of a Friendly Card" is also notable for spawning the moderate hits "Games People Play" and "Time", the latter of which was Eric Woolfson's first lead vocal appearance. All CD remasters of "The Turn of a Friendly Card" appear to have been pitch corrected down to concert pitch.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1May Be A Price To Pay4:52
- A2Games People Play4:17
- A3Time5:05
- A4I Don't Wanna Go Home4:54
Side B
- B1The Gold Bug4:28
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Soft Rock
- polished
- bittersweet
- cinematic
The fifth studio album by the Alan Parsons Project, originally released on November 7, 1980.
According to the liner notes for the 2015 deluxe edition, all prior CD releases of the album feature a mastering error where the album is considerably slower and lower-pitched than the LP and cassette editions, thanks to the master tape being played at the wrong speed while being digitally transferred. The deluxe edition amends this error, marking the first CD release of the album as it was intended to be heard.
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Alan ParsonsBACKING VOCALS KEYBOARDS VOCALS
- Andrew PowellARRANGED BY , CONDUCTOR ARRANGED BY ARRANGED BY, CONDUCTOR
- Chris RainbowBACKING VOCALS LEAD VOCALS VOCALS
- Curtis BriggsORCHESTRA
- David PatonBASS ACOUSTIC GUITAR ACOUSTIC GUITAR , BASS
- Eberhard SchoenerCONDUCTOR ORCHESTRATED BY
- Elmer GantryVOCALS LEAD VOCALS
- Eric WoolfsonKEYBOARDS KEYBOARDS, VOCALS LEAD VOCALS
- Ian BairnsonACOUSTIC GUITAR ACOUSTIC GUITAR , ELECTRIC GUITAR ACOUSTIC GUITAR, ELECTRIC GUITAR
- Lenny ZakatekBACKING VOCALS VOCALS VOCALS, BACKING VOCALS
- Mel CollinsSAXOPHONE
- Orchester Der Kammeroper MünchenORCHESTRA
- Sandor FarcasLEADER, ORCHESTRA ORCHESTRA
- Stuart ElliottDRUMS DRUMS, PERCUSSION PERCUSSION
- A session player in Paris whose name escapes usSAXOPHONE
- An unidentified Parisian session playerACCORDION
- Unknown ArtistACCORDION SAXOPHONE
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