The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn Of A Friendly Card - Half-Speed 45rpm LP

The Turn Of A Friendly Card: CV 45 Audiophile Edition on 180g 45rpm Double Vinyl LP

Release Date: March 27, 2026 First Pressing Includes Numbered Obi Strip! Half-Speed Remaster by Miles Showell at Abbey Road! Pressed at Optimal!

The Alan Parsons Project's multi-million selling, critically acclaimed album The Turn Of A Friendly Card is re-issued in a variety of different formats including this 2LP heavyweight, 45RPM Audiophile edition. The first edition comes with a numbered obi strip. Expertly cut by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios, May 2025 on a customized 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.

Their fifth studio album was a worldwide hit, achieving platinum and gold status in numerous countries. A concept album approaching themes of the gambling industry and the fate of gamblers.

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.

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.

Features

• CV 45 Audiophile Edition
• First Edition Includes Numbered Obi Strip
• 45rpm
• 180g Double Vinyl LP
• Half-Speed Remaster by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios
• Cut Using High-Resolution Archive Transfers Taken from Eric Woolfson's Duplicate Masters Run at the Time of the Original 1980 Sessions on a Customized Neumann VMS 80 Lathe
• Insert with a Sleeve Note featuring Quotes from Alan Parsons
• Pressed at Optimal
• Housed in Polylined Inners
• Gatefold Jacket with Gold Foil

Selections