It's About Time (Tonto's Expanding Head Band album)

It's About Time is the second and final album by British-American electronic music duo Tonto, previously known as Tonto's Expanding Head Band, released in 1974 by Polydor Records. The album is a showcase for TONTO (The Original New Timbral Orchestra), a multitimbral, polyphonic synthesizer built by the two members of the band, Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff, as a developed version of the Moog III synth in 1969.

Track listing

Side one: Face Up

1. "Beautiful You" – 5:44
2. "Tonto's Travels" – 8:25
3. "Nil Desperandum" – 5:50

Side two: Pyramid Suite: The Pharaoh's Journey From Death To Life

1. "The Boatman" – 5:06
2. "Building the Pyramid" – 3:40
3. "Journey To the West" – 8:28
4. "Forty-Nine Judges/Bird Flies Free" – 2:24

Personnel

• Malcolm Cecil – composer, engineer, producer
• Michael Cembalo – guitar
• Joan Decola – mixing assistant
• Steve Gadd – drums
• Armand Habdurian – percussion
• Marlo Henderson – guitar
• Mike Hules – executive producer
• Robert Margouleff – composer, engineer, producer
• Reggie McBride – bass
• Joan Nielsen – illustrations, layout, lettering
• Tama Starr – art direction, associate producer

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