Time is the Key is the fourth album by the band Pierre Moerlen's Gong. It was released in late 1979 by Arista Records.
The album is notable for the prominent use of vibraphone, and features the English jazz keyboard player Peter Lemer on most tracks, their only album to do so, and Allmusic notes that there is also a progressive rock influence on the album, particularly on the first two tracks.
Track listing
Personnel Pierre Moerlen's Gong Pierre Moerlen – drums, vibraphone, gong, electravibe, marimba, glockenspiel, tympani, darbuka, synthesizers (7, 8) Hansford Rowe – bass (3−11), acoustic guitar (5), bass synthesizer (11) Bon Lozaga – guitar (3−11) Former Pierre Moerlen's Gong Allan Holdsworth – lead guitar (9−11) Additional personnel Darryl Way – violin (1) Joe Kirby – double bass (1, 2) Peter Lemer – keyboards (3−11), Polymoog (6−10) Nico Ramsden – lead and rhythm guitar (8)
Produced by Pierre Moerlen
Production credits Engineering – John Rollo Mastering – Ray Staff at Trident Photography – Jay Myrdal and Sheila Rock Sleeve layout and design – Steve Ridgeway and Julie Harris Additional engineer – Brian Risner Studio co-ordination – Brian Risner
References
Macan, E. L., Macan, E. (1997). Rocking the Classics: English Progressive Rock and the Counterculture. Germany: Oxford University Press. p. 243