Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out (album) Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out (album) Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out is a 1967 album credited to Timothy Leary, created to accompany the documentary film of the same name. It contains narrated meditation mixed with freeform psychedelic rock music. Side A Side B All selections written by Maryvonne Giercarz/Lars Eric/Richard Bond Guide: Timothy Leary, Ph.D. Voyager: Ralph Metzner, Ph.D. Divine Connection: Rosemary Woodruff Veena: Maryvonne Giercarz Guitar: Lars Eric Tabla: Richard Bond Executive Producer: Henry G. Saperstein Associate Producer: S. Richard Krown Special Effects Conception: UPA Pictures, Inc. Produced by Al Ham Tape Editor: Dale McKechnie Sample from
Turn on, tune in, drop out in one of the lines. Gil Scott-Heron criticised the concept in his 1970 poem and song "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised", with the line "You will not be able to plug in, turn on and ". The lyrics, "Turn on, tune in, drop out" are included verbatim in several songs: The "" episode title "Turn On, Tune In, Drop Dead" also parodies the quote, with the episode focusing on how two victims who are supposedly dead get up and walk away. A variation of the quote ("Tune in, Turn on, Talknet") was used in the 1980s and early 1990s