Alan Parsons Project Turn of a Friendly Card: Half-Speed: Audiophile

The Alan Parsons Project's 1980 Studio Album The Turn of a Friendly Card: Audiophile Edition on 180g 45RPM 2LP. Half-Speed Mastered by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios. Pressed at Optimal.

The Alan Parsons Project's multi-million selling album The Turn of a Friendly Card, their celebrated prog pop tour de force, heavyweight 180g 45RPM Audiophile Edition on 2LP. 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 is a concept album approaching themes of the gambling industry and the fate of gamblers. The album was a worldwide hit, achieving platinum and gold status in numerous countries.

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.

For most APP albums Eric Woolfson had duplicate analogue tapes run on a second master machine, tapes that were hardly played. These vinyl formats were cut using high-resolution archive transfers taken from Eric Woolfson's rarely played, mint-condition duplicate masters.

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.