Credits - The Turn Of A Friedly Card

THE TURN OF A FRIENDLY CARD

2023 box set edition credits:

DISC 1 - ORIGINAL ALBUM:
1. May Be A Price To Pay Vocal - Elmer Gantry Piano and Organ - Eric Woolfson Guitars - Ian Bairnson Bass - David Paton Drums and Percussion - Stuart Elliott Orchestra arranged and conducted by Andrew Powell 2. Games People Play Vocal and Vocal FX - Lenny Zakatek Keyboards - Eric Woolfson Projectron - Alan Parsons Guitars - Ian Bairnson Bass - David Paton Drums and Percussion - Stuart Elliott Backing Vocals - Chris Rainbow 3. Time Vocal - Eric Woolfson Additional Vocals - Alan Parsons Piano - Eric Woolfson Pitch Shifted Guitar - Ian Bairnson Acoustic Guitars - Ian Bairnson, David Paton Bass - David Paton Drums and Percussion - Stuart Elliott Background Vocals - Chris Rainbow Orchestra arranged and conducted by Andrew Powell 4. I Don't Wanna Go Home
Vocal - Lenny Zakatek Piano - Eric Woolfson Guitars - Ian Bairnson Bass - David Paton Drums - Stuart Elliott Backing Vocals - Chris Rainbow 5. The Gold Bug (instrumental) Human Whistle, Echoed Clavinet, Autoharp and Finger Clicks - Alan Parsons Tremolando Acoustic Guitars - Ian Bairnson, David Paton Guitars - Ian Bairnson Bass - David Paton Drums and Harmonized Rotating Triangle - Stuart Elliott Sax - A session player in Paris whose name escapes us Vocals - Chris Rainbow The Turn Of A Friendly Card 6. The Turn Of A Friendly Card (Part One) Vocal - Chris Rainbow Piano and Harpsichord - Eric Woolfson Guitars - Ian Bairnson Bass - David Paton Drums and Percussion - Stuart Elliott Orchestra arranged and conducted by Andrew Powell

7. Snake Eyes Vocals - Chris Rainbow Piano - Eric Woolfson Guitars - Ian Bairnson Bass - David Paton Drums and Percussion - Stuart Elliott Chorus Vocals - All band and studio staff

8. The Ace Of Swords (instrumental) Harpsichord and Clavinet - Alan Parsons Piano - Eric Woolfson Guitars - Ian Bairnson Bass - David Paton Drums and Percussion - Stuart Elliott Orchestra arranged and conducted by Andrew Powell

9. Nothing Left To Lose Vocal - Eric Woolfson Acoustic Guitars - Ian Bairnson Bass - David Paton Drums - Stuart Elliott 'Button' Accordion - An unidentified Parisian session player Backing Vocals - Chris Rainbow

10. The Turn Of A Friendly Card (Part Two)
Vocal - Chris Rainbow Piano and Harpsichord - Eric Woolfson Guitars - Ian Bairnson Bass - David Paton Drums and Percussion - Stuart Elliott Orchestra arranged and conducted by Andrew Powell
Credits - I RobotCD 2 BONUS MATERIAL

Credits - The Turn Of A Friedly Card 11. May Be A Price To Pay (Intro / Demo)

12. Nothing Left To Lose (Basic Backing Track)

13. Nothing Left To Lose (Chris Rainbow Overdub Vocal Compilation)

14. Nothing Left To Lose (Early Studio Version with Eric's Guide Vocal)

15. Time (Early Studio Attempt)

16. Games People Play (Rough Mix)

17. The Gold Bug (Demo)

DISC 2 - ERIC WOOLFSON'S SONGWRITING DIARIES:

1. May Be A Price To Pay

2. Games People Play

3. Time

4. I Don't Wanna Go Home

5. The Turn Of A Friendly Card

6. Snake Eyes

7. Nothing Left To Lose

8. TOFC/Snake Eyes/I Don't Wanna Go Home

PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED SONGS:

9. La La La Lah (Eric Woolfson Songwriting Diary)

10. Next Year (Eric Woolfson Songwriting Diary)

11. Someone Else (Eric Woolfson Songwriting Diary)

12. Taking It All Away (Eric Woolfson Songwriting Diary)

13. To Those Of You Out There (Eric Woolfson Songwriting Diary)

DISC 3 - RECORDING SESSION BONUS TRACKS:

1. May Be A Price To Pay (Early Version - Eric Guide Vocal & Unused Guitar Solo)

2. Games People Play (Early Version - Eric Guide Vocal)

3. Time (Orchestra & Chris Rainbow Backing Vocals)

4. The Gold Bug (Early Reference Version)

5. The Gold Bug (Chris Rainbow Backing Vocals)

6. The Gold Bug (Clavinet With No Delay)

7. The Turn Of A Friendly Card Part 1 (Early Backing Track)

8. Snake Eyes (Early Version - Eric Guide Vocal)

9. The Ace Of Swords (Early Version with Synth Orchestration)

10. The Ace Of Swords (Early Version with Piano on Melody)

11. The Turn Of A Friendly Card Part Two (Eric Guide Vocal and Extended Guitar Solo)

SINGLE EDITS:

12. Games People Play (Single Edit)

13. The Turn Of A Friendly Card (Single Edit)

14. Snake Eyes (Single Edit)

DISC 4 - Blu-ray - High Resolution 5.1 Surround Sound Mix & Original Stereo Mix
1. May Be A Price To Pay

2. Games People Play

3. Time

4. I Don't Wanna Go Home

5. The Gold Bug

The Turn Of A Friendly Card 6. The Turn Of A Friendly Card (Part One)

7. Snake Eyes

8. The Ace Of Swords

9. Nothing Left To Lose

10. The Turn Of A Friendly Card (Part Two)

VISUAL CONTENT

11. The Turn Of A Friendly Card (Album advertisement)

12. Games People Play (Promotional video)

13. The Gold Bug (Promotional video)

14. The Turn Of A Friendly Card (Promotional video)

All tracks written by Eric Woolfson/Alan Parsons Published by Woolfsongs Ltd/Careers Music Inc, (BMI)
Administered by Universal Music
Produced and Engineered by Alan Parsons Executive Producer: Eric Woolfson

Mastering Consultant: Chris Blair

Original sleeve concept: Lol Creme and Kevin Godley

The Orchestra of the Munich Chamber Opera

Care of Eberhard Schoener
Leader: Sandor Farcas
Orchestra Coordinator: Curtis Briggs
Recorded at Acousti Studio, Paris

Orchestra recorded at Arco Studio, Munich

Special thanks to:
Colin Caldwell, Kika, Elyane, Bob, J.B., Alain, Richard, Michel, Clement,
Joseph and of course, Scoubidou, all of Acousti Studios; Dave Siddle,
David Rockberger, Leonard Green, Roger Selby, Peter Dean at
Publison, Roger Trinder, George Bozier and Bill Timmins, Ken Townsend,
Aron Misan; Charles Levison, Bob Buziak, Smokey, Hazel and Kath

Chris Rainbow and David Paton appear courtesy EMI Records

Box Set Mastered by Dave Donnelly and Alan Parsons at DNA Mastering Studio City, CA

Credits - The Turn Of A Friedly Card Compiled for reissue by Sally Woolfson (for Woolfsongs Ltd), Mark Powell and Alan Parsons.

With special thanks to: Tim Fraser-Harding, Haydn Bendall, Richard Whittaker & Kane Power at FX

and Kirk Kiester

Photography C APP archives, Re-Package Ryan Art

Disc 1 tracks 1-10 & Disc 3 tracks 12-14 P 1980 Arista LLC,

a division of Sony Music Entertainment. Licensed courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment (UK) LImited.

All other tracks P 2008, 2015, 2022 Licensed courtesy of Woolfsongs Ltd

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DEDICATED TO APP MUSICIANS:
GARY BROOKER (1945-2022)
JOHN MILES (1949-2021)
CHRIS RAINBOW (1946-2015)
ERIC WOOLFSON (1945-2009)