Sings

Charles Manson visited New York in the early `60s with his guitar and his songs in a vain search for recognition. In Beverly Hills, famous musicians gave him use of their studio to produce this album, featuring vocal backup from the women of the "family." During a stay in a San Francisco prison, he met a fellow inmate, and gave him the album to release. While Manson was being tried and convicted of participation in the murder spree, the government attempted to discredit the hippie movement by citing him as an example, hoping to defuse the rising tide of anger among the population over the war in Vietnam. Because his songs were considered musically and historically significant, this record was released briefly by ESP-Disk' in 1974, and is now being reissued. All royalties are paid to the son of one of the victims, who obtained a judgment against Manson.