You Can Be Anyone This Time Around

Timothy Leary | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 30, 1992)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rykodisc
• ASIN: B0000009OM
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #91,788 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You don't have to drop acid to love this record., June 30, 1998

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This review is from: You Can Be Anyone This Time Around (Audio CD)

The Book of the Month Club billed this as "The musical equivalent of a full-blown LSD trip." That might be stretching it a bit, but then again, what exactly is an acid trip? This is Timothy Leary's elucidation of what was to be his 1968 CA gubernatorial campaign platform until then-guv Ronald Reagan had him imprisoned for marijuana possession, thereby nullifying Leary's eligibility for the candidacy. This record is what happens when one of the best minds of a generation gets together with Stephen Stills, Buddy Miles, and Jimi Hendrix (on bass!) for a little 21st century philosophy utilizing the cut and splice technology pioneered by the Beatles. The title track might just be the first example of wholesale sampling, incorporating bites of Allen Ginsberg, John Lennon, Indian cowmaid music and more. (Incidentally, I saw Leary speak in 1988. Armani suit and running shoes, he covered the whole stage, all wound up about the coming wave--that was my introduction to the Internet.)

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Correcting information, June 7, 2003

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"mentalic" (South America, Earth, Solar system, Milky Way) - See all my reviews

This review is from: You Can Be Anyone This Time Around (Audio CD)

The CD album title is actually "You Can Be Anyone This Time Around" (not "Anything").

Also, the tracklist here doesn't display the right order of tracks, here's the right info:

1. Live and Let Live (13:56)
(Timothy Leary: rap; Stephen Stills: guitar; John Sebastian: guitar; Jimi Hendrix: bass; Buddy Miles: drums)

2. You Can Be Anyone This Time Around (9:03)

3. What Do You Turn On When You Turn On (6:03)

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Have a mind blowing God experience!, October 15, 2009

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James J. Jenkins (Weare, NH United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: You Can Be Anyone This Time Around (Audio CD)

I just found a brand new reissued 180 gram vinyl copy to replace my old, well worn cassette tape!!! Zen! Listening to "Live and Let Live" makes you realize that if Leary hadn't been cut off at the knees by Ronald RayGun and become governor, California would have a huge budget surplus instead of being broke. Perhaps the world could have even been spared the Bush dynasty on some alternate political timeline. As for the all star jam, can you imagine the studio scene with Leary, Hendrix, Stills, Sebastian, and Miles tripping and grooving and rapping about changing the world. Far out, man. Oh, and don't discount Leary the scientist breaking down the human body into a chemically complex machine on "What Do You Turn On," and I defy you not to be inspired by the title track. Ommm, Shivaya!