For those of you saying "who?", Dr. Timothy Leary was an American writer and drug campaigner. He is most well-known as a proponent of the therapeutic and spiritual benefits of LSD.

During the 1960s, he coined the phrase "Turn on, tune in, drop out."

This is a repressing of a Timothy Leary spoken word and music LP that was recorded in 1970 and was and pretty much an explanation of his California gubernatorial political campaign platform until then-guv Ronald Reagan had him imprisoned for marijuana possession, thereby voiding Leary's eligibility for the candidacy.

Track 1 (You Can Be Anyone This Time Around) is a spoken word mantra over various snippets of music (groovy, Indian etc); "you can be the High Priestess of Love this time around, you can be Krishna this time around" etc.

Track 2 (What Do You Turn On When You Turn On) is again spoken word but with a single peice of groovy music providing the background to Leary's biochemical rap giving us an early version of his later infatuation with high-tech, the human body being likened to a computer.

Track 3 (Live and Let Live) is a recording of a press-conference with Leary presenting his political program before a friendly crowd. What's also of interest that the music playing in the background is from a jam-session with Stephen Stills (guitar), John Sebastian (guitar), Buddy Miles (drums) and Jimi Hendrix on bass!

Packaging & Liner Notes
Gatefold LP sleeve.