THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT - The Turn Of A Friendly Card (Half-Speed Remaster) - LP - 180g Black Vinyl [MAR 27]

LP - 180g Classic Black Vinyl with insert poly-lined inner. Half-speed remaster of the original album by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios (2026 Reissue). 

The Alan Parsons Project’s multi-million selling album The Turn of a Friendly Card, their celebrated prog pop tour de force, is reissued in a variety of formats, including a Classic Black vinyl LP, half-speed remastered by Miles Showell at Abbey Road studios.

Their 5th studio album is a concept album approaching themes of the gambling industry and the fate of gamblers. The album was a worldwide hit, achieving platinum and gold status in numerous countries.

Like other Alan Parsons Project albums, there were a variety of different lead vocalists employed including Chris Rainbow, Colin Blunstone, Lenny Zakatek as well as Eric Woolfson himself. Plus, a selection of session musicians such as guitarists Ian Bairnson and David Paton and drummer Stuart Elliott with arrangements by Andrew Powell. 

For most APP albums Eric Woolfson had duplicate analogue tapes run on a second master machine, tapes that were hardly played. These vinyl formats were cut using high-resolution archive transfers taken from Eric Woolfson’s rarely played, mint condition duplicate masters.

About The Alan Parsons Project: 

The Alan Parsons Project was a progressive rock music entity comprised of engineer/ producer Alan Parsons and songwriter, musician and manager Eric Woolfson. They released 10 concept albums which focused on subject matter such as science fiction, supernatural, literary and sociological themes between 1976–1987 and have sold in excess of 55 million albums world-wide. 

• 180gm heavyweight Classic Black vinyl
• Half-speed remaster by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios
• Insert contains a sleevenote featuring quotes from Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson

Tracklist: 

Side A
1. ‘May Be A Price To Pay’
2. ‘Games People Play’
3. ‘Time’
4. ‘I Don't Wanna Go Home’
5. ‘The Gold Bug’

Side B
1. ‘The Turn Of A Friendly Card’
(i) ‘The Turn Of A Friendly Card’ (Pt. 1)
(ii) ‘Snake Eyes’
(iii) ‘The Ace Of Swords’
(iv) ‘Nothing Left To Lose’
(v) ‘The Turn Of A Friendly Card’ (Pt. 2)