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.[3]
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| Released | 1974 | |||
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| Length | 39:37 | |||
| Label | Polydor | |||
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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
References
- Gulla, Bob (2008). Icons of R&B and Soul: An Encyclopedia of the Artists Who Revolutionized Rhythm, Volume 2. Westport: Greenwood. pp. 316–317. ISBN 978-0313340468. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
- Collins, Nick; d'Escrivan, Julio (9 November 2017). The Cambridge Companion to Electronic Music (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1107590021. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
- "Tonto: It's About Time". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
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