The Leathercoated Minds - A trip down the sunset strip (1967)

Actually, the bandname is spelled wrong; in fact it's "The Leather-Coated Minds" and this happens to be the mythical first album produced and recorded by J.J.Cale in 1967. It was done in the middle of the whole "Flower-Power" Thing and it certainly sounds like it. It's a concept album with noises that seem to be taken off the streets of L.A., it contains covers from the Byrds, Donovan and the first four J.J.Cale compositions that were ever recorded (four instrumentals, actually). It was after hearing this album (and the obscure single "After Midnight", which is not on the album), that Eric Clapton decided to make his version of it. It became an international hit and finally allowed J.J.Cale to get a real record contract under his own name at Shelter Records, where he released "Naturally" in 1972 Tracks 01 Eight Miles High 02 Sunset and Clark 03 Psychotic Reaction 04 Over Under Sideways Down 05 Sunshine Superman 06 Non-Stop 07 Arriba 08 Kicks 09 Mr. Tambourine Man 10 Puff (The Magic Dragon) 11 Along Comes Mary 12 Pot Luck http://mygeneration60s.blogspot.com/2008/12/leathercoated-minds-trip-down-sunset.html