The Alan Parsons Project - Turn of a Friendly Card [35th Anniversary Edition] (2015) FLAC Beolab1700

The Alan Parsons Project - Turn of a Friendly Card [35th Anniversary Edition] (2015) FLAC Beolab1700

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The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn of a Friendly Card (35th Anniversary Edition)
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Artist...............: The Alan Parsons Project
Album................: The Turn of a Friendly Card (35th Anniversary Edition)
Genre................: Rock
Source...............: CD
Year.................: 2015
Ripper...............: EAC (Secure mode) / LAME 3.92 & Asus CD-S520
Codec................: Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)
Version..............: reference libFLAC 1.2.1 20070917
Quality..............: Lossless, (avg. compression: 59 %)
Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 HZ / 16 Bit
Tags.................: VorbisComment
Information..........:

Posted by............: Beolab1700 on 03/12/2015

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Tracklisting
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CD 1
Original Album
01. May Be a Price to Pay [4:59]
02. Games People Play [4:23]
03. Time [5:14]
04. I Don’t Wanna Go Home [4:52]
05. The Gold Bug [4:34]
The Turn of a Friendly Card
06. (I.) The Turn of a Friendly Card, pt.1 [2:44]
07. (II.) Snake Eyes [3:15]
08. (III.) The Ace of Swords [2:57]
09. (IV.) Nothing Left to Lose [4:07]
10. (V.) The Turn of a Friendly Card, pt.2 [3:21]
Bonus Tracks
11. May Be a Price to Pay (intro / demo) [1:30]
12. Nothing Left to Lose (basic backing track) [4:33]
13. Nothing Left to Lose (Chris Rainbow overdub vocal compilation) [2:00]
14. Nothing Left to Lose (early studio version with Eric’s guide vocal) [3:09]
15. Time (early studio attempt) [4:40]
16. Games People Play (Rough Mix) [4:31]
17. The Gold Bug (demo) [2:50]

CD 2
Eric’s Songwriting Diaries
01. May Be a Price to Pay [3:23]
02. Games People Play [3:03]
03. Time [4:03]
04. I Don’t Wanna Go Home [2:00]
05. The Turn of a Friendly Card [3:16]
06. Snake Eyes [3:11]
07. Nothing Left to Lose [2:43]
08. TOCF / Snake Eyes / I Don’t Wanna Go Home [4:29]
Extra Bonus Tracks
09. May Be a Price to Pay (early version, Eric guide vocals & unused guitar solo) [5:02]
10. Games People Play (early version, Eric guide vocal) [4:30]
11. Time (Orchestra & Chris Rainbow backing vocals) [4:16]
12. The Gold Bug (early reference version) [5:06]
13. The Turn of a Friendly Card, Pt.1 (early backing track) [2:16]
14. Snake Eyes (early version, Eric guide vocal) [3:19]
15. The Ace of Swords (early version with synch “Orchestration”) [3:01]
16. The Ace of Swords (early version with piano on melody) [2:38]
17. The Turn of a Friendly Card, Pt.2 (Eric Guide vocal and extended guitar solo) [3:30]
Single Edits
18. Games People Play (Single Edit) [3:32]
19. The Turn of a Friendly Card (Single Edit) [3:42]
20. Snake Eyes (Single Edit) [2:26]

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35th Anniversary Edition includes the re-mastered original album, 17 previously unreleased bonus tracks (including Eric Woolfson’s songwriting diary home demos) plus 10 bonus tracks.

With two of the Alan Parsons Project‘s best songs, the lovely ballad “Time” and the wavy-sounding “Games People Play,” The Turn of a Friendly Card remains one of this group’s most enjoyable albums. Parsons’ idea, the subject of the album’s six tracks, centers around the age-old temptation of gambling and its stranglehold on the human psyche. On “Games People Play,” vocalist Lenny Zakatek sounds compelling and focused, giving the song a seriousness that aids in realization of the album’s concept. With “Time,” it is Eric Woolfson who carries this luxurious-sounding ode to life’s passing to a place above and beyond any of this band’s other slower material. The breakdown of human willpower and our greedy tendencies are highlighted in the last track, entitled “The Turn of a Friendly Card,” which is broken into five separate parts. “Snake Eyes,” sung by Chris Rainbow, is the most compelling of the five pieces, and ties together the whole of the recording. As in every Parsons album, an instrumental is included, in this case an interesting number aptly titled “The Gold Bug.” Like most of the band’s instrumentals, its flow and rhythm simulate the overall tempo and concept of the album, acting as a welcome interlude. Although short, The Turn of a Friendly Card is to the point and doesn’t let down when it comes to carrying out its idea.

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