Seven Up (album)

Seven Up
Studio album by 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
Schwingungen
(1972)
Seven Up
(1973)
Join Inn
(1973)

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. 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, having escaped from prison in San Luis Obispo, California in September 1970.[1]

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

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

References

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