Artist: The Alan Parsons Project
Title: The Turn of a Friendly Card (Sessions)
Year Of Release: 1980/2024
Label: Arista - Legacy
Genre: art rock
Quality: 16 (84.8%) 24 (15.2%) bits-44100 Hz (84.8%) 176400 Hz (13.2%) 96000 Hz (2.0%) FLAC
Total Time: 02:04:23
Total Size: 1.27 GB


NEW YORK, NY – September 5, 2024 – Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, is releasing The Alan Parson Project’s The Turn Of A Friendly Card (Sessions) on all DSPs today.

This newest volume in Legacy’s Alan Parsons Project Sessions Series, The Turn Of A Friendly Card (Sessions) serves as an essential companion to the APP’s groundbreaking fifth studio album. Originally released in 1980, the RIAA-certified platinum The Turn Of A Friendly Card stands as a remarkably prescient audio masterpiece intended to be a creative sonic warning about the dangers of casino gambling. The historic album was made in six weeks, after co-founders Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson had moved with their young families to Monte Carlo.

Each volume in the ongoing Alan Parsons Project Sessions Series presents rare bonus material – demos, edits, alternative versions, backing tracks, Eric Woolfson’s songwriting diaries and more. The Alan Parsons Project Sessions Series has been making a wide variety of APP bonus material available to fans for the first time on all streaming services.

Much of the material showcased in the APP Session Series was recorded in the legendary Abbey Road Studios in the 1970s and 1980s, providing intimate glimpses into the creative process that produced the APP’s string of epic visionary musical explorations.

“Sirius,” one of the APP’s signature tracks and–ever since the Chicago Bulls began using it as their intro music in 1984–a ubiquitous go-to rouser at sporting events worldwide, was featured in the Deadpool 3 trailer which premiered at this year’s Super Bowl.

Tracklist:
1-1. Eric Woolfson - May Be a Price to Pay (Eric Woolfson Songwriting Diary) (03:23)
1-2. The Alan Parsons Project - May Be a Price to Pay (Early Version, Eric Woolfson Guide Vocals & Unused Guitar Solo) (05:02)
1-3. The Alan Parsons Project - May Be a Price to Pay (Intro/Demo) (01:30)
1-4. Eric Woolfson - Games People Play (Eric Woolfson Songwriting Diary) (03:04)
1-5. The Alan Parsons Project - Games People Play (Early Version, Eric Woolfson Guide Vocal) (04:31)
1-6. The Alan Parsons Project - Games People Play (Rough Mix) (04:31)
1-7. Eric Woolfson - Time (Eric Woolfson Songwriting Diary) (04:04)
1-8. The Alan Parsons Project - Time (Early Studio Attempt) (04:41)
1-9. The Alan Parsons Project - Time (Orchestra & Chris Rainbow Backing Vocals) (04:16)
1-10. Eric Woolfson - I Don't Wanna Go Home (Eric Woolfson Songwriting Diary) (02:10)
1-11. The Alan Parsons Project - The Gold Bug (Demo) (02:50)
1-12. The Alan Parsons Project - The Gold Bug (Early Reference Version) (05:06)
1-13. The Alan Parsons Project - The Gold Bug (Chris Rainbow Backing Vocals) (01:29)
1-14. The Alan Parsons Project - The Gold Bug (Clavinet with No Delay) (01:06)
1-15. Eric Woolfson - The Turn of a Friendly Card (Eric Woolfson Songwriting Diary) (03:17)
1-16. The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn of a Friendly Card, Pt.1 (Early Backing Track) (02:16)
1-17. Eric Woolfson - Nothing Left to Lose (Eric Woolfson Songwriting Diary) (02:43)
1-18. The Alan Parsons Project - Nothing Left to Lose (Basic Backing Track) (04:34)
1-19. The Alan Parsons Project - Nothing Left to Lose (Chris Rainbow Overdub Compilation) (02:00)
1-20. The Alan Parsons Project - Nothing Left to Lose (Early Studio Version with Eric Woolfson's Guide Vocal) (03:10)
1-21. Eric Woolfson - Snake Eyes (Eric Woolfson Songwriting Diary) (03:12)
1-22. The Alan Parsons Project - Snake Eyes (Early Version, Eric Woolfson Guide Vocal) (03:19)
1-23. The Alan Parsons Project - The Ace of Swords (Early Version with Synth Orchestration) (03:01)
1-24. The Alan Parsons Project - The Ace of Swords (Early Version with Piano on Melody) (02:38)
1-25. The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn of a Friendly Card, Pt.2 (Eric Woolfson Guide Vocal & Extended Guitar Solo) (03:30)
1-26. Eric Woolfson - The Turn of a Friendly Card / Snake Eyes / I Don't Wanna Go Home (Eric Woolfson Songwriting Diary) (04:30)
1-27. The Alan Parsons Project - La La La Lah (Eric Woolfson Songwriting Diary) (01:17)
1-28. The Alan Parsons Project - Next Year (Eric Woolfson Songwriting Diary) (03:20)
1-30. The Alan Parsons Project - Taking it All Away (Eric Woolfson Songwriting Diary) (02:00)
1-31. The Alan Parsons Project - To Those Of You Out There (Eric Woolfson Songwriting Diary) (03:14)
1-32. The Alan Parsons Project - Games People Play (Single Edit) (03:33)
1-33. The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn of a Friendly Card (Single Edit) (03:43)
1-34. The Alan Parsons Project - Snake Eyes (Single Edit) (02:26)
1-29. The Alan Parsons Project - Someone Else (Eric Woolfson Songwriting Diary) (02:29)
1-35. The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn of a Friendly Card (The Complete Suite) (16:28)