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

Side two: Pyramid Suite: The Pharaoh's Journey From Death To Life "The Boatman" – 5:06 "Building the Pyramid" – 3:40 "Journey To the West" – 8:28 "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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