The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn Of A Friendly Card

The Alan Parsons Project — The Turn Of A Friendly Card

Half-speed remastering by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios

180-gram 45 RPM gatefold double LP

First edition pressing comes with a numbered Obi-strip

Pressed at Optimal in Germany

Housed in polylined inner sleeves

Printed insert with sleeve note

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of The Alan Parsons Project, Cooking Vinyl will release remastered editions of three iconic and much-loved albums: Eye In The Sky, The Turn Of A Friendly Card and Ammonia Avenue.

Their multi-million-selling prog pop tour de force, The Turn Of A Friendly Card, their fifth 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, Lenny Zakatek, Elmer Gantry 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.

Expertly cut by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios, in May 2025, on a customised Neumann VMS 80 lathe at half speed using high-resolution archive transfers taken from Eric Woolfson's rarely played, mint condition duplicate masters run at the time of the original sessions in 1980. Pressed at Optimal, Europe's premium pressing plant.

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 worldwide.