''Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out'' is a 1967 album credited to

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, created to accompany the documentary film of the same name. It contains narrated meditation mixed with freeform

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music.

Music

According to ''

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'': "Like the earlier release, it is

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but with sparse haunting mostly guitar and

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music over it. Unlike the direct plainspoken narration of the earlier record, this sounds as if the voices are beamed down from somewhere in the

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Reception and legacy

'' said: "Calling this a singular work does not do it justice. While strange, its obvious influence on the culture at the time cannot be overstated. So pull up a chair, turn on, tune in and give this a whirl if you dare."

Track listing

Side A #"The Turn On" - 2:23 #"The Tune In" - 3:34 #"The Beginning of the Voyage (Heart Chakra)" - 4:01 #"Root Chakra" - 2:05 #"All Girls Are Yours" - 4:37 #"Freak-Out" - 0:29 Side B #"Freak-Out (Continued)" - 3:53 #"Genetic Memory" - 6:43 #"Re-Entry (Nirvana)" - 3:10 #"Epilogue (Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out)" - 2:52

Liner notes

All selections written by Maryvonne Giercarz/Lars Eric/Richard Bond Guide: Timothy Leary, Ph.D.
Voyager:

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, Ph.D.
Divine Connection: Rosemary Woodruff
Veena: Maryvonne Giercarz
Guitar: Lars Eric
Tabla: Richard Bond Executive Producer: Henry G. Saperstein
Associate Producer: S. Richard Krown Special Effects Conception: UPA Pictures, Inc.
Produced by Al Ham
Tape Editor: Dale McKechnie

Notes

Sample from this album were used on the

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song " Left Hand Shake" from their album '' Last Rights''. Leary agreed for the sample to be used but the copyright holder did not and the song was pulled from the album. Samples were also used on the

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remix album ''

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''. There were two albums with this name: the 1967 'Original Motion Picture Soundtrack' -

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21131 (mono)/61131 (stereo) - and a prior, 1966 version without music and a different narrative by Leary, possibly recorded at the Millbrook mansion - ( ESP-Disk 1027). On it Leary describes the recording location of his narrative as 'On the third floor of the Castilla Foundation' in New York, a countryside house used as a sanctuary for psychedelic experiences.

References

External links

* Full audio at

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* (associated documentary film) {{DEFAULTSORT:Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out (Timothy Leary Album) 1967 albums Timothy Leary albums ESP-Disk albums Mercury Records albums