The Turn of A Friendly Card was a little bit of a disappointment in terms of prog packaging when it was released back in 1980, being the first Alan Parsons Project album not to come in a gatefold sleeve.
That was more than made up for in the years that followed, not least with a relatively recent 3xCD + Blu Ray edition and – throwing it right back to an early holy grail – the untitled box set of the first four epic Parsons/Woolfson albums in 1987, which extended the Friendly Card artwork concept across I Robot, Eve and Pyramid.
And now it’s back… as a 2 x LP half-speed remaster and a 1 x LP clear vinyl both of which are cut from the late Eric Woolfson’s personal set of masters which had been run off at the time of the original sessions.
What does the Long Live Vinyl silver label signify? It means that whatever we’ve awarded it to is important and unmissable. It might be a vinyl cafe, shop, subscription service, release or reissue. It’s not 100% perfect, so although we’ll suggest room for improvement, it’s still unmissable. In short, miss at risk!