Alan Parsons Project - Turn of a Friendly Card (1980) +CD,covers,insert

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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 was broken up into five tracks (as were the CD versions except the West German pressing), with the five sub-tracks having their names listed with sub-numberings - a la an outline numbering system.. 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.

Track Listing

All tracks written by Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson
1. "May Be a Price to Pay" (lead vocal Elmer Gantry) – 4:58
2. "Games People Play" (lead vocal Lenny Zakatek) – 4:22
3. "Time" (lead vocal Eric Woolfson backing vocal Alan Parsons) – 5:04
4. "I Don't Wanna Go Home" (lead vocal Lenny Zakatek) – 5:03
5. "The Gold Bug" (instrumental) – 4:34
6. "The Turn of a Friendly Card (Part One)" (lead vocal Chris Rainbow) – 2:44
7. "Snake Eyes" (lead vocal Chris Rainbow) – 3:14
8. "The Ace of Swords" (instrumental) – 2:57
9. "Nothing Left to Lose" (lead vocal Eric Woolfson) – 4:07
10. "The Turn of a Friendly Card (Part Two)" (lead vocal Chris Rainbow) – 3:22

Note - when it was first released on CD, tracks 6-10 were one track. When first
released on vinyl, the track list showed side two as Turn of a Friendly Card parts I, II, III, IV & V with the titles given for each part.

The Turn of a Friendly Card was remastered and reissued in 2008 with the following bonus tracks:

1. "May Be a Price to Pay" (intro/demo)
2. "Nothing Left to Lose" (basic backing track)
3. "Nothing Left to Lose" (Chris Rainbow overdub compilation)
4. "Nothing Left to Lose" (early studio version with Eric's guide vocal)
5. "Time" (early studio attempt)
6. "Games People Play" (rough mix)
7. "The Gold Bug" (demo)