The Turn of a Friendly Card (box‐set)

~ Release by The Alan Parsons Project (see all versions of this release, 33 available)

Tracklist

1▶CD: Original Album

2▶CD: Eric Woolfson’s Songwriting Diaries

3▼CD: Recording Session Bonus Tracks
#	Title	Rating	Length
1	May Be a Price to Pay (early version – Eric guide vocal & unused guitar solo) recording of: May Be a Price to Pay writer: Alan Parsons (of The Alan Parsons Project) and Eric Woolfson		5:04
2	Games People Play (early version – Eric guide vocal) recording of: Games People Play writer and composer: Alan Parsons (of The Alan Parsons Project) and Eric Woolfson publisher: Careers Music, Inc., Careers–BMG Music Publishing, Inc., Irving Music, Inc. and Woolfsongs Ltd.		4:32
3	Time (orchestra & Chris Rainbow backing vocals) recording of: Time writer and composer: Alan Parsons (of The Alan Parsons Project) and Eric Woolfson publisher: Careers Music, Inc., Careers–BMG Music Publishing, Inc., Irving Music, Inc. and Woolfsongs Ltd.		4:19
4	The Gold Bug (early reference version) recording of: The Gold Bug composer: Alan Parsons (of The Alan Parsons Project) and Eric Woolfson		5:07
5	The Gold Bug (Chris Rainbow backing vocals) recording of: The Gold Bug composer: Alan Parsons (of The Alan Parsons Project) and Eric Woolfson		1:28
6	The Gold Bug (Clavinet with no delay) recording of: The Gold Bug composer: Alan Parsons (of The Alan Parsons Project) and Eric Woolfson		1:05
7	The Turn of a Friendly Card Part 1 (early backing track) instrumental recording of: The Turn of a Friendly Card, Part One writer: Alan Parsons (of The Alan Parsons Project) and Eric Woolfson part of: The Turn of a Friendly Card (suite)		2:19
8	Snake Eyes (early version – Eric guide vocal) recording of: Snake Eyes writer: Alan Parsons (of The Alan Parsons Project) and Eric Woolfson part of: The Turn of a Friendly Card (suite)		3:20
9	The Ace of Swords (early version with synth orchestration) recording of: The Ace of Swords composer: Alan Parsons (of The Alan Parsons Project) and Eric Woolfson part of: The Turn of a Friendly Card (suite)		3:03
10	The Ace of Swords (early version with piano on melody) recording of: The Ace of Swords composer: Alan Parsons (of The Alan Parsons Project) and Eric Woolfson part of: The Turn of a Friendly Card (suite)		2:40
11	The Turn of a Friendly Card Part Two (Eric guide vocal and extended guitar solo) bass: David Paton (of Pilot) drums (drum set) and percussion: Stuart Elliott (session drummer, member of Cockney Rebel) guitar: Ian Bairnson harpsichord and piano: Eric Woolfson vocal: Chris Rainbow conductor: Andrew Powell (known for contributions to Alan Parsons Project) arranger: Andrew Powell (known for contributions to Alan Parsons Project) recording of: The Turn of a Friendly Card, Part Two writer: Alan Parsons (of The Alan Parsons Project) and Eric Woolfson part of: The Turn of a Friendly Card (suite)		3:31
12	Games People Play (single edit) phonographic copyright (℗) by: Arista Records (not an imprint, use “Arista” for release labels) (in 1980) recording of: Games People Play writer and composer: Alan Parsons (of The Alan Parsons Project) and Eric Woolfson publisher: Careers Music, Inc., Careers–BMG Music Publishing, Inc., Irving Music, Inc. and Woolfsongs Ltd.		3:34
13	The Turn of a Friendly Card (single edit) medley including a recording of: The Turn of a Friendly Card, Part One writer: Alan Parsons (of The Alan Parsons Project) and Eric Woolfson part of: The Turn of a Friendly Card (suite) medley including a recording of: The Turn of a Friendly Card, Part Two writer: Alan Parsons (of The Alan Parsons Project) and Eric Woolfson part of: The Turn of a Friendly Card (suite)		3:44
14	Snake Eyes (single edit) recording of: Snake Eyes writer: Alan Parsons (of The Alan Parsons Project) and Eric Woolfson part of: The Turn of a Friendly Card (suite)		2:26

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Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/release/26214908 [info]
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Release group

associated singles/EPs:	Games People Play The Turn of a Friendly Card Time
included in:	Original Album Classics The Complete Albums Collection

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/4495 [info]
lyrics page:	https://genius.com/albums/The-alan-parsons-project/The-turn-of-a-friendly-card [info]
other databases:	https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the-alan-parsons-project/the-turn-of-a-friendly-card/ [info] https://www.musik-sammler.de/album/27828/ [info] https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=1095 [info] https://www.spirit-of-rock.com/en/album/The_Turn_of_a_Friendly_Card/2521 [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000191339 [info]
Wikidata:	Q1755004 [info]

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Release information

Barcode:: 5013929479883
Format:: 3×CD + Blu-ray

Additional details

Type:: Album
Packaging:: Box
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

Labels

Esoteric Recordings
ECLEC42798

Release events

Europe
2023-02-24

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