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. The Turn Of A Friendly Card (Sessions) is available HERE.

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.

In 2023, ten original Alan Parsons Project promotional videos were upgraded to HD and may be seen on the APP YouTube page HERE

“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.

The Alan Parsons Project – The Turn Of A Friendly Card (Sessions) – tracklist

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