The Alan Parsons Project

Artist:  The Alan Parsons Project
Origin:  UK
Genre:  Progressive Rock, Art Rock, Pop Rock, Soft Rock

Original line-up:

Alan Parsons:  Keyboards, Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Vocals, Flute, Engineering, Production
Eric Woolfson:  Keyboards, Vocals, Executive Production

The Alan Parsons Project was a British Progressive Rock Band, between 1975 and 1990, consisting of Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson, and surrounded by a number of session musicians.  Alan Parsons had acted as assistant engineer on The Bestles' Albums:  Abbey Road and Let It Be, and engineered Pink Floyd's Album The Dark Side Of The Moon,  his career as a Producer and Engineer including Pilot, Steve Harley, Al Stewart, The Hollies, Ambrosia, John Miles and Steve Harley.  In 1982 the band's album Eye In The Sky was their greatest success and in UK chart in Top Ten on the Pop charts and went to Platinum.

Title:  The Turn Of A Friendly Card (35th Anniversary Edition - 2 CD)  (2015)
Genre:  Progressive Rock, Art Rock, Pop Rock, Soft Rock
Label:  Sony Music/Legacy
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

Disc 1:  Original Album:

 1.  May Be A Price To Pay  (5:00)
 2.  Games People Play  (4:26)
 3.  Time  (5:15)
 4.  I Don't Wanna Go Home  (4:52)
 5.  The Gold Bug  (4:35)
 6.  The Turn Of A Friendly Card (Part One) (2:44)
 7.  Snake Eyes  (3:15)
 8.  The Ace Of Swords  (2:58)
 9.  Nothing Left To Lose  (4:07)
10. The Turn Of A Friendly Card (Part Two)  (3:32)
11. May Be A Price To Pay (Intro - Demo)  (1:32)
12. Nothing Left To Lose (Basic Backing Track)  (4:36)
13. Nothing Left To Lose (Chris Rainbow Overdub Vocal Compilation)  (2:02)
14. Nothing Left To Lose (Early Studio Version With Eric's Guide Vocal)  (3:12)
15. Time (Early Studio Attempt)  (4:43)
16. Games People Play (Rough Mix)  (4:33)
17. The Gold Bug (Demo)  (2:50)

Disc 2:  Eric's Songwriting Diaries:

 1.  May Be A Price To Pay (Eric's Songwriting Diary) (3:26)
 2.  Games People Play (Eric's Songwriting Diary)  (3:06)
 3.  Time (Eric's Songwriting Diary)  4:07)
 4.  I Don't Wanna Go Home (Eric's Songwriting Diary) (2:13)
 5.  The Turn Of A Friendly Card (Eric's Songwriting Diary) (3:19)
 6.  Snake Eyes (Eric's Songwriting Diary)  (3:14)
 7.  Nothing Left To Lose (Eric's Songwriting Diary)  (2:46)
 8.  TOFC/Snake Eyes/I Don't Wanna Go Home (Eric's Songwriting Diary)  (4:33)
 9.  May Be A Price Play (Early Version, Eric Guide Vocals & Unused Guitar Solo)  (5:03)
10. Games People Play (Early Version, Eric Guide Vocals)  (4:33)
11. Time (Orchestra & Chris Rainbow Backing Vocals)  (4:19)
12. The Gold Bug (Early Reference Version)  (5:09)
13. The Turn Of A Friendly Card, Pt. 1 (Early Backing Track) (2:19)
14. Snake Eyes (Early Version, Eric Guide Vocal)  (3:21)
15. The Ace Of Swords (Early Version With Synch 'Orchestration
16. The Ace Of Swords (Early Version With Piano On Melody) *(2:40)
17. The Turn Of A Friendly Card, Pt. 2 (Eric Guide Vocal And Extended Guitar Solo)  (3:32)
18. Games People Play (Single Edit)  (3:35)
19. The Turn Of A Friendly Card (Single Edit)  (3:45)
20. Snake Eyes (Single Edit)  (2:26)

The Turn Of A Friendly Card (Deluxe Anniversary Edition - 2 CD) by The Alan Parsons Project, was released on November 6, 2015 by Sony Music/Legacy, from the original released in November 1980, The Turn Of A Friendly Card, the fifth album.  The 35th Anniversary milestone for this classic and essential concept album, is being celebrated with a Deluxe in 2 CD package featuring compelling and extensive unreleased and rare materials.