You Can Be Anyone This Time Around

You Can Be Anyone This Time Around is an album by Timothy Leary released in April 1970. The disc features three "raps" by Leary backed with psychedelic music. The purpose of the album was to raise funds for Leary's political candidacy for Governor of California.

You Can Be Anyone This Time Around
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 1970
GenrePsychedelic, spoken word
Length30:05
LabelRykodisc
Professional ratings
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Allmusic[1]

The album includes musical contributions from Jimi Hendrix, Stephen Stills, John Sebastian, and Buddy Miles recorded during an all-night jam session at the Record Plant.[2]

The title track and "What Do You Turn On When You Turn On" both feature sampling of music by other artists, including The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and Ravi Shankar.[2] This is one of the earliest known examples of sampling on a commercial record.[2]

Track listing

All tracks written by Timothy Leary.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."You Can Be Anyone This Time Around"9:12
2."What Do You Turn On When You Turn On"6:41
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Live And Let Live"14:12
Total length:30:05

Personnel

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References

  1. You Can Be Anyone This Time Around at AllMusic
  2. Morgan, Jas (1992). "You Can Be Anyone This Time Around: The Lost Liner Notes". Mondo 2000 (8): 38–40.
  3. "Dr. Timothy Leary - You Can Be Anyone This Time Around". Discogs. Retrieved 2019-11-24.



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