Alan Parsons Project, The - The Turn of a Friendly Card [180G/ Remastered/ Speakers Corner All-Analogue Audiophile Pressing]

Remastered Using Pure Analogue Components Only from the Master Tapes Through To the Cutting Head Engineer, producer and songwriter Alan Parsons and his partner Eric Woolfson created a very loose concept of songs based on gambling and temptation for their 1980 release The Turn of a Friendly Card. The standout songs, "Time," and "Games People Play" work entirely on their own but the overall ebb and flow of the album makes for an effortless and wonderful journey. Chris Rainbow supplants mainstay vocalist Lenny Zakatek on the title track while the ace musicians, including Parsons and Woolfson on various keyboards, are backed by a full orchestra. "This is my next favorite album after Tales Of Mystery. We recorded it in very pleasant conditions at a studio in Paris and all told it only took about 8 or 9 weeks to record. The restaurants in the Parisian district of Saint Germain did tend to be a distraction and would often be the final destination after a hard day in the studio. When we tried