Seven Up (album)

Seven Up is the third studio album by German krautrock band Ash Ra Tempel and their only album recorded in collaboration with American psychologist/drug advocate Timothy Leary.[1] It was first released in 1973.

Seven Up
Studio album by
Timothy Leary with Ash Ra Tempel
Released1973
RecordedAugust 1972 at Sinus Studios, Bern, Switzerland, overdubs recorded October 1972 at Dierks Studios in Stommeln, Germany
GenreKrautrock, psychedelic rock, space rock
Length37:18
LabelCosmic Couriers
ProducerRolf-Ulrich Kaiser, Gille Lettmann
Ash Ra Tempel chronology
Schwingungen
(1972)		 Seven Up
(1973)		 Join Inn
(1973)

Background and recording

Seven Up was mainly recorded at the Sinus Studio in Bern, Switzerland in August 1972. Some tracks, like the vocals on "Downtown" by Portia Nkomo and Michael Duwe, were recorded later at Studio Dieter Dierks near Cologne, Germany.

Timothy Leary was living in exile in Switzerland at the time of the album's creation, having escaped from prison in San Luis Obispo, California in September 1970.[2]

The name "Seven Up" was thought up by lyricist Brian Barritt, after the group were given a bottle of the lemonade drink 7 Up that had been spiked with LSD.

Track listing
  • Music by Ash Ra Tempel, lyrics by Timothy Leary and Brian Barritt
No.TitleLength
1."Space
  • I. Downtown
  • II. Power Drive
  • III. Right Hand Lover
  • IV. Velvet Genes"
16:03
2."Time
  • I. Timeship
  • II. Neuron
  • III. SHe (Live from "The Bern Festival")"
21:15

Personnel
Additional personnel
  • Brian Barritt - voice, lyrics, arrangements
  • Liz Elliott - voice
  • Bettina Hohls - voice
  • Portia Nkomo - voice
  • Steve Schroyder - organ, synth/electronics
  • Dieter Burmeister - drums
  • Tommie Engel - drums
  • Dieter Dierks - synthesizer, radio downtown,[3] recording
  • Klaus D. Müller - performer (no role specified)
  • Peter Geitner - design (cover)
  • Walter Wegmüller - painting (cover paintings)
  • Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser - production
  • Gille Lettmann - co-production
  • Kurt Zimmermann - recording (Sinus-studio)

References
  1. Kretsch, Ron (September 18, 2015). "'SEVEN UP': THE MIND-EXPANDING KRAUTROCK ALBUM TIMOTHY LEARY MADE ON THE RUN FROM THE LAW". Dangerous Minds. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  2. "PSYCHEDELIC PEARLS: TIMOTHY LEARY & ASH RA TEMPEL - the Making of 'Seven Up' (1972) + full album". Archived from the original on 2013-11-13. Retrieved 2013-11-07.
  3. Seven Up 2011 CD reissue booklet
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