Tracklist

A1	May Be A Price To Pay	4:52
A2	Games People Play	4:17
A3	Time	5:05
A4	I Don't Wanna Go Home	4:54
B1	The Gold Bug	4:28
The Turn Of A Friendly Card	(16:19)
B2	i. The Turn Of A Friendly Card (Part 1)	2:39
B3	ii. Snake Eyes	3:17
B4	iii. The Ace Of Swords	2:58
B5	iv. Nothing Left To Lose	4:03
B6	v. The Turn Of A Friendly Card (Part 2)	3:12

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Studio Acousti
• Mastered At – Sterling Sound
• Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute
• Manufactured By – Arista Records, Inc.
• Published By – Woolfsongs Ltd.
• Published By – Careers Music, Inc.
• Published By – Almo Irving Inc.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Arista Records, Inc.
• Copyright (c) – Arista Records, Inc.

Credits

• Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar – Ian Bairnson
• Arranged By [Orchestra], Conductor – Andrew Powell
• Backing Vocals – Alan Parsons, Chris Rainbow, Lenny Zakatek
• Bass – David Paton
• Composed By – Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson
• Coordinator [Orchestra] – Curtis Briggs
• Design Concept [Sleeve] – Lol Creme & Kevin Godley*
• Drums, Percussion – Stuart Elliot*
• Engineer – Alan Parsons
• Executive-Producer – Eric Woolfson
• Keyboards – Eric Woolfson
• Keyboards [Additional] – Alan Parsons
• Lead Vocals – Chris Rainbow (tracks: B2, B3, B6), Elmer Gantry (tracks: A1), Eric Woolfson (tracks: A3, B5), Lenny Zakatek (tracks: A2, A4)
• Leader [Orchestra] – Sandor Farcas
• Mastered By [Consultant] – Chris Blair
• Mastered By [Runout Etch] – TJ* (tracks: A1 to A4)
• Orchestra – The Orchestra Of The Munich Chamber Opera Care Of Eberhard Schoener*
• Producer – Alan Parsons
• Vocals – Chris Rainbow, Elmer Gantry, Eric Woolfson, Lenny Zakatek

Notes

℗ © 1980 Arista Records, Inc.

Terre Haute Pressing from Sterling masters exclusively, variant of this Terre Haute press with Columbia Mastering, by same catalog #.

Recorded Between 1979 and 1980, at Acousti Studio, Paris, France (c/o APP official website)

All compositions © 1979 Woolfsongs Ltd./Careers Music Inc.
Administered for the U.S.A. by Almo Irving Inc. (B.M.I.)

"The Turn Of A Friendly Card" is comprised of 5 movements, which have been broken up into 5 separate tracks.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (A Side Label): AL 9518 SA
• Matrix / Runout (B Side Label): AL 9518 SB
• Matrix / Runout (A Side Etch exc Sterling stamp): T1 AL 9518 SA CT5 sᴛᴇʀʟɪɴɢ ᴛᴊ
• Matrix / Runout (B Side Etch exc Sterling stamp): T1 AL 9518 SB CT5 sᴛᴇʀʟɪɴɢ
• Rights Society: BMI
• Barcode (Print): 0 7822-19518-1
• Barcode (Scan; Format: UPC_A): 078221951814

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
AL 9518	The Alan Parsons Project	The Turn Of A Friendly Card ‎(LP, Album)	Arista	AL 9518	Scandinavia	1980
258 982	The Alan Parsons Project	The Turn Of A Friendly Card ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Arista	258 982	Europe	Unknown
ASTJ 97	The Alan Parsons Project	The Turn Of A Friendly Card ‎(LP, Album)	Arista	ASTJ 97	South Africa	1980
403 000	The Alan Parsons Project	The Turn Of A Friendly Card ‎(Cass, Album, RE)	Arista	403 000	Italy	1980
L 37241, L-37241, (DLART-1), (DLART 1)	The Alan Parsons Project	The Turn Of A Friendly Card ‎(LP, Album)	Arista, Arista, Arista, Arista	L 37241, L-37241, (DLART-1), (DLART 1)	Australia	1980