Alan Parsons Project - The Turn of a Friendly Card (Box Set in Feb 2023, standalone Blu-Ray in May)

[Mesozoic Mike]

I eagerly anticipated "I Robot" after loving "Tales Of Mystery...."
I was not disappointed. This album has always sounded great.

 

[madscot]

After this we need a box set of the remaining six albums

 

[ar surround]

Looks like AP is releasing these chronologically backwards. So hopefully, I Robot will be next. The three DVD-Audios of APP titles are spectacular even [though only] in stereo.

They haven’t been —“Tales” followed by “Eye In the Sky” followed by “Ammonia Avenue”, but I hope “I Robot” is next as well.

Did they release any of those other than EITS, TOAFC and IR on stereo HDAD DVD-A? Please tell me no, otherwise I will have to search them out!

 

[Imbobman]

Then Eve was left out of remixes.
No…my fault…Eve would be next then…and Pyramid….

I'm all in for TOFC..
But 'Pyramid' doesn't seem to get mentioned much for remix.
That's one of my favorites, especially what was side one of the LP.
A great series of 5 songs in a row there....

1."Voyager"Instrumental2:24
2."What Goes Up…"David Paton; additional vocals by Dean Ford3:31
3."The Eagle Will Rise Again"Colin Blunstone4:20
4."One More River"Lenny Zakatek4:15
5."Can't Take It with You"Dean Ford; additional vocals by Colin Blunstone5:06

 

[LuvMyQuad]

Pyramid doesn't seem to get mentioned much for remix.
But that's was one of my favorites, especially what was side one of the LP.
A great series of 5 songs in a row there....
1."Voyager"Instrumental2:24
2."What Goes Up…"David Paton; additional vocals by Dean Ford3:31
3."The Eagle Will Rise Again"Colin Blunstone4:20
4."One More River"Lenny Zakatek4:15
5."Can't Take It with You"Dean Ford; additional vocals by Colin Blunstone5:06

The best cover art as well. I keep the inside poster framed on my wall.

 

[IMachine]

I'm all in for TOFC..
But 'Pyramid' doesn't seem to get mentioned much for remix.
That's was one of my favorites, especially what was side one of the LP.
A great series of 5 songs in a row there....

1."Voyager"Instrumental2:24
2."What Goes Up…"David Paton; additional vocals by Dean Ford3:31
3."The Eagle Will Rise Again"Colin Blunstone4:20
4."One More River"Lenny Zakatek4:15
5."Can't Take It with You"Dean Ford; additional vocals by Colin Blunstone5:06

I also love the first side very much.

 

[SHB]

I'm all in for TOFC..
But 'Pyramid' doesn't seem to get mentioned much for remix.
That's one of my favorites, especially what was side one of the LP.
A great series of 5 songs in a row there....

1."Voyager"Instrumental2:24
2."What Goes Up…"David Paton; additional vocals by Dean Ford3:31
3."The Eagle Will Rise Again"Colin Blunstone4:20
4."One More River"Lenny Zakatek4:15
5."Can't Take It with You"Dean Ford; additional vocals by Colin Blunstone5:06

The Sicilian Defense doesn't get mentioned at all . If Alan did mix it in 5.1. I wouldn't hesitate to order it.

 

[LuvMyQuad]

The Sicilian Defense doesn't get mentioned at all . If Alan did mix it in 5.1. I wouldn't hesitate to order it.

I've never heard it. I've also never heard The Time Machine, although parts of it are on Apple music.

 

[SHB]

TSD was quickly made in 1979, but was never released until 2014. It's all instrumental consisting of piano, keyboards and drum machine. Arista was demanding an album at the time so Alan and Eric whipped it up. I find the instrumentals to be pretty decent

 

[TwoMuch]

Really looking forward to I Robot here!

Back in the day, I purchased Tales of Mystery, I Robot, Pyramid, Eve, and Turn of a Friendly Card as soon as they were released and loved them. The later APP albums, I purchased but they never really 'flipped my switch' and traded them in at the used record store.

I still consider the first two releases as reference albums for the genre. That being said, I will always buy any surround releases that Mr. Parsons releases.

 

[leahypc]

Did they release any of those other than EITS, TOAFC and IR on stereo HDAD DVD-A? Please tell me no, otherwise I will have to search them out!

They only released those three on the Classic Records HDAD series. Those still get a lot of play on my system...

 

[knifeman]

I'm all in for TOFC..
But 'Pyramid' doesn't seem to get mentioned much for remix.
That's one of my favorites, especially what was side one of the LP.
A great series of 5 songs in a row there....

1."Voyager"Instrumental2:24
2."What Goes Up…"David Paton; additional vocals by Dean Ford3:31
3."The Eagle Will Rise Again"Colin Blunstone4:20
4."One More River"Lenny Zakatek4:15
5."Can't Take It with You"Dean Ford; additional vocals by Colin Blunstone5:06

Love Pyramid. It's the one I want after I Robot.

 

[rtbluray]

My preference on remaining release order would be as follows:

1) Turn of a Friendly Card
2) I Robot
3) Pyramid
4) Eve
5) Vulture Culture
6) Stereotomy
7) Gaudi

It will be interesting to see if we get deluxe edition of the last 3 albums listed and if AP decides to remove some of the heavy 80s qualities from those recordings.

 

[Cubair]

Spring 2022 has come and gone. Did I miss this release? I can’t see it anywhere.

 

[JediJoker]

Spring 2022 has come and gone. Did I miss this release? I can’t see it anywhere.

No, there was nothing to miss.

 

[Cubair]

No, there was nothing to miss.

 

[Sal1950]

and if AP decides to remove some of the heavy 80s qualities from those recordings.

"heavy 80s qualities" ?

 

[JulesRules]

"heavy 80s qualities" ?

"the last three" (i.e. Vulture Culture, Stereotomy and Gaudi)

Though Freudiana was really the last one, even if not released under the Project name. That album has never been reissued but it really deserves it; some of it returns to the values of Turn...

Speaking of which, I haven't heard anything about Turn of a Friendly Card recently (and I think they're going to have problems finding even more bonus material than was on the 2CD, although I hope it gets reordered for once - having no "Nothing Left to Lose" among the outtakes on the second disc because there are three versions on the first always annoyed me!), but I Robot is supposedly going to be remixed in Dolby Atmos.

 

[Pitscher]

I love "Vulture Culture". Thats my 80s Album. But "Gaudi" with "Sagrada Familia" in surround would be a blast!

 

[Albert Dagger]

Apparently, something is coming soon. From Facebook and Instagram.