Alan Parsons Project, The - The Turn of a Friendly Card (Sessions) '1980/2024

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NEW YORK, NY – September 5, 2024 – Legacy Recordings, the catalog
division of Sony Music Entertainment, is releasing The Alan Parson
Project’s The Turn Of A Friendly Card (Sessions) on all DSPs today. 

This newest volume in Legacy’s Alan Parsons Project Sessions Series, The
Turn Of A Friendly Card (Sessions) serves as an essential companion to the
APP’s groundbreaking fifth studio album. Originally released in 1980, the
RIAA-certified platinum The Turn Of A Friendly Card stands as a remarkably
prescient audio masterpiece intended to be a creative sonic warning about the
dangers of casino gambling. The historic album was made in six weeks, after
co-founders Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson had moved with their young families
to Monte Carlo.

Each volume in the ongoing Alan Parsons Project Sessions Series presents rare
bonus material – demos, edits, alternative versions, backing tracks, Eric
Woolfson’s songwriting diaries and more. The Alan Parsons Project
Sessions Series has been making a wide variety of APP bonus material available
to fans for the first time on all streaming services.

Much of the material showcased in the APP Session Series was recorded in the
legendary Abbey Road Studios in the 1970s and 1980s, providing intimate glimpses
into the creative process that produced the APP’s string of epic
visionary musical explorations.

“Sirius,” one of the APP’s signature tracks and–ever
since the Chicago Bulls began using it as their intro music in 1984–a
ubiquitous go-to rouser at sporting events worldwide, was featured in the
Deadpool 3 trailer which premiered at this year’s Super Bowl.

Tracklist:
1-1. Eric Woolfson - May Be a Price to Pay (Eric Woolfson Songwriting Diary)
(03:23)
1-2. The Alan Parsons Project - May Be a Price to Pay (Early Version, Eric
Woolfson Guide Vocals & Unused Guitar Solo) (05:02)
1-3. The Alan Parsons Project - May Be a Price to Pay (Intro/Demo) (01:30)
1-4. Eric Woolfson - Games People Play (Eric Woolfson Songwriting Diary) (03:04)
1-5. The Alan Parsons Project - Games People Play (Early Version, Eric Woolfson
Guide Vocal) (04:31)
1-6. The Alan Parsons Project - Games People Play (Rough Mix) (04:31)
1-7. Eric Woolfson - Time (Eric Woolfson Songwriting Diary) (04:04)
1-8. The Alan Parsons Project - Time (Early Studio Attempt) (04:41)
1-9. The Alan Parsons Project - Time (Orchestra & Chris Rainbow Backing Vocals)
(04:16)
1-10. Eric Woolfson - I Don't Wanna Go Home (Eric Woolfson Songwriting Diary)
(02:10)
1-11. The Alan Parsons Project - The Gold Bug (Demo) (02:50)
1-12. The Alan Parsons Project - The Gold Bug (Early Reference Version) (05:06)
1-13. The Alan Parsons Project - The Gold Bug (Chris Rainbow Backing Vocals)
(01:29)
1-14. The Alan Parsons Project - The Gold Bug (Clavinet with No Delay) (01:06)
1-15. Eric Woolfson - The Turn of a Friendly Card (Eric Woolfson Songwriting
Diary) (03:17)
1-16. The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn of a Friendly Card, Pt.1 (Early
Backing Track) (02:16)
1-17. Eric Woolfson - Nothing Left to Lose (Eric Woolfson Songwriting Diary)
(02:43)
1-18. The Alan Parsons Project - Nothing Left to Lose (Basic Backing Track)
(04:34)
1-19. The Alan Parsons Project - Nothing Left to Lose (Chris Rainbow Overdub
Compilation) (02:00)
1-20. The Alan Parsons Project - Nothing Left to Lose (Early Studio Version with
Eric Woolfson's Guide Vocal) (03:10)
1-21. Eric Woolfson - Snake Eyes (Eric Woolfson Songwriting Diary) (03:12)
1-22. The Alan Parsons Project - Snake Eyes (Early Version, Eric Woolfson Guide
Vocal) (03:19)
1-23. The Alan Parsons Project - The Ace of Swords (Early Version with Synth
Orchestration) (03:01)
1-24. The Alan Parsons Project - The Ace of Swords (Early Version with Piano on
Melody) (02:38)
1-25. The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn of a Friendly Card, Pt.2 (Eric
Woolfson Guide Vocal & Extended Guitar Solo) (03:30)
1-26. Eric Woolfson - The Turn of a Friendly Card / Snake Eyes / I Don't Wanna
Go Home (Eric Woolfson Songwriting Diary) (04:30)
1-27. The Alan Parsons Project - La La La Lah (Eric Woolfson Songwriting Diary)
(01:17)
1-28. The Alan Parsons Project - Next Year (Eric Woolfson Songwriting Diary)
(03:20)
1-30. The Alan Parsons Project - Taking it All Away (Eric Woolfson Songwriting
Diary) (02:00)
1-31. The Alan Parsons Project - To Those Of You Out There (Eric Woolfson
Songwriting Diary) (03:14)
1-32. The Alan Parsons Project - Games People Play (Single Edit) (03:33)
1-33. The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn of a Friendly Card (Single Edit)
(03:43)
1-34. The Alan Parsons Project - Snake Eyes (Single Edit) (02:26)
1-29. The Alan Parsons Project - Someone Else (Eric Woolfson Songwriting Diary)
(02:29)
1-35. The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn of a Friendly Card (The Complete
Suite) (16:28)

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