The turn of a friendly card
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| Studio album from The Alan Parsons Project | ||||
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Publication |
1980 |
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| Label (s) | Arista Records | |||
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Title (number) |
10 |
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running time |
39:24 (original vinyl mix), 40:32 (remaster) |
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| occupation | Alan Parsons , Eric Woolfson , Lenny Zakatek, Chris Rainbow, Elmer Gantry and others a. | |||
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Alan Parsons |
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Studio (s) |
Acousti Studio, Paris |
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The Turn of a Friendly Card is a progressive rock album by the British band The Alan Parsons Project and was released in 1980. The concept album deals with the topic of gambling and roughly tells the story of a middle-aged man who, having grown restless, decides to go to the casino and risk all his money there only to ultimately lose it all. Page 2 of the original vinyl LP consisted of the instrumental title The Gold Bug and a coherent piece of music, which is provided with index points in older CD versions and divided into five individual tracks in the newer versions. The Turn of a Friendly Card is also known for the release of the moderate hits Games People Play and Time , the latter with Eric Woolfson making his lead vocals debut.
All CD remasters of The Turn of a Friendly Card have been adjusted in pitch and thus brought to the concert pitch .
Track list
All titles by Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson
- May Be a Price to Pay - 4:58
- Games People Play - 4:22
- Time - 5:04
- I Don't Wanna Go Home - 5:03
- The Gold Bug (instrumental) - 4:34
- The Turn of a Friendly Card (Part One) - 2:44
- Snake Eyes - 3:14
- The Ace of Swords (instrumental) - 2:57
- Nothing Left to Lose - 4:07
- The Turn of a Friendly Card (Part Two) - 3:22
The Turn of a Friendly Card was remastered in 2008 and re-released with the following bonus tracks:
- May Be a Price to Pay [Intro / Demo]
- Nothing Left to Lose [Basic Backing Track]
- Nothing Left to Lose [Chris Rainbow Overdub Compilation]
- Nothing Left to Lose [Early Studio Version with Eric's Guide Vocal]
- Time [Early Studio Attempt]
- Games People Play [Rough Mix]
- The Gold Bug [Demo]