The Turn of a Friendly Card

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

Tracklist

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#	Title	Rating	Length
1	May Be a Price to Pay engineer and producer: Alan Parsons (of The Alan Parsons Project) bass: David Paton (of Pilot) drums (drum set) and percussion: Stuart Elliott (session drummer, member of Cockney Rebel) guitar: Ian Bairnson organ and piano: Eric Woolfson lead vocals: Elmer Gantry conductor: Andrew Powell (known for contributions to Alan Parsons Project) arranger: Andrew Powell (known for contributions to Alan Parsons Project) recording of: May Be a Price to Pay writer: Alan Parsons (of The Alan Parsons Project) and Eric Woolfson	3.75	4:57
2	Games People Play engineer and producer: Alan Parsons (of The Alan Parsons Project) bass: David Paton (of Pilot) drums (drum set): Stuart Elliott (session drummer, member of Cockney Rebel) guitar: Ian Bairnson keyboard: Eric Woolfson background vocals: Chris Rainbow lead vocals: Lenny Zakatek conductor: Andrew Powell (known for contributions to Alan Parsons Project) orchestrator: Andrew Powell (known for contributions to Alan Parsons Project) phonographic copyright (℗) by: Arista Records, Inc. (manufacturing and distribution company, do not add releases here) (in 1979, in 1980) and RCA Records (not for release label use! for the imprint, please use “RCA” instead) (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.	4	4:20
3	Time engineer and producer: Alan Parsons (of The Alan Parsons Project) lead vocals: Eric Woolfson conductor: Andrew Powell (known for contributions to Alan Parsons Project) orchestrator: Andrew Powell (known for contributions to Alan Parsons Project) phonographic copyright (℗) by: Arista Records, Inc. (manufacturing and distribution company, do not add releases here) (in 1981, in 1983) 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.	3	5:02
4	I Don’t Wanna Go Home engineer and producer: Alan Parsons (of The Alan Parsons Project) bass: David Paton (of Pilot) drums (drum set): Stuart Elliott (session drummer, member of Cockney Rebel) guitar: Ian Bairnson piano: Eric Woolfson background vocals: Chris Rainbow lead vocals: Lenny Zakatek recording of: I Don’t Wanna Go Home writer: Alan Parsons (of The Alan Parsons Project) and Eric Woolfson	3.25	5:03
5	The Gold Bug engineer and producer: Alan Parsons (of The Alan Parsons Project) acoustic guitar [tremolando]: Ian Bairnson and David Paton (of Pilot) bass: David Paton (of Pilot) drums (drum set) and percussion [harmonized rotating triangle]: Stuart Elliott (session drummer, member of Cockney Rebel) guitar: Ian Bairnson saxophone: [unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) vocal: Chris Rainbow recording of: The Gold Bug composer: Alan Parsons (of The Alan Parsons Project) and Eric Woolfson	4.35	4:34
6	The Turn of a Friendly Card (Pt. 1) engineer and producer: Alan Parsons (of The Alan Parsons Project) 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 lead vocals: 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 One writer: Alan Parsons (of The Alan Parsons Project) and Eric Woolfson part of: The Turn of a Friendly Card (suite)	3.8	2:40
7	Snake Eyes engineer and producer: Alan Parsons (of The Alan Parsons Project) bass: David Paton (of Pilot) drums (drum set) and percussion: Stuart Elliott (session drummer, member of Cockney Rebel) guitar: Ian Bairnson piano: Eric Woolfson lead vocals: Chris Rainbow recording of: Snake Eyes writer: Alan Parsons (of The Alan Parsons Project) and Eric Woolfson part of: The Turn of a Friendly Card (suite)	3.75	3:18
8	The Ace of Swords engineer and producer: Alan Parsons (of The Alan Parsons Project) 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)	3.75	2:57
9	Nothing Left to Lose engineer and producer: Alan Parsons (of The Alan Parsons Project) accordion [button accordion]: [unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) acoustic guitar: Ian Bairnson bass: David Paton (of Pilot) drums (drum set): Stuart Elliott (session drummer, member of Cockney Rebel) background vocals: Chris Rainbow lead vocals: Eric Woolfson recording of: Nothing Left to Lose writer: Alan Parsons (of The Alan Parsons Project) and Eric Woolfson part of: The Turn of a Friendly Card (suite)	3.75	4:05
10	The Turn of a Friendly Card (Pt. 2) engineer and producer: Alan Parsons (of The Alan Parsons Project) lead vocals: Chris Rainbow recording of: The Turn of a Friendly Card (suite) writer: Alan Parsons (of The Alan Parsons Project) and Eric Woolfson 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)	3.75	3:24
11	Games People Play (Rough mix) demo 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.	5	4:31
12	Time (Early Studio Attempt) instrumental demo 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.	5	4:42
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 (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)		3:21

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Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/release/36911691 [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]
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Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000191339 [info]
Wikidata:	Q1755004 [info]

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Release information

Barcode:: 711297534436
Format:: CD
Length:: 56:38

Additional details

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

Labels

Cooking Vinyl
COOKCD844

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2026-03-27

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