Seven Up (album)

Seven Up
Seven Up
Studio album by Timothy Leary with Ash Ra Tempel
Released	1973
Recorded	August 1972 at Bern Festival and Sinus Studios, Bern, Switzerland, overdubs recorded October 1972 in Stommeln, Germany
Genre	Krautrock, psychedelic rock, space rock
Length	37:18
Label	Ohr
Producer	Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser, Gille Lettmann
Ash Ra Tempel chronology

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.

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.	Title	Length
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[]

Hartmut "Hawk" Enke - bass, guitar, synth/electronics
Manuel Göttsching - guitar, synth/electronics
Timothy Leary - voice, "direction", lyrics
Michael Duwe - voice, flute

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[]

^ Kretsch, Ron (September 18, 2015). "'SEVEN UP': THE MIND-EXPANDING KRAUTROCK ALBUM TIMOTHY LEARY MADE ON THE RUN FROM THE LAW". Dangerous Minds. Dangerous Minds. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-11-13. Retrieved 2013-11-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ Seven Up 2011 CD reissue booklet

[1] Kretsch, Ron (September 18, 2015). "'SEVEN UP': THE MIND-EXPANDING KRAUTROCK ALBUM TIMOTHY LEARY MADE ON THE RUN FROM THE LAW". Dangerous Minds. Dangerous Minds. Retrieved June 30, 2020.

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-11-13. Retrieved 2013-11-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] Seven Up 2011 CD reissue booklet

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