LP*LEATHERCOATED MINDS*J.J.Cale 1st Orig.60'sLP PSYCH M

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Out from my Private Collection - The Ultra Rare & Unusual JJ Cale Very 1st LP in Original Mono on Viva 6003 -

The Leathercoated Minds Original LP on Viva V 6003 - " A Trip Down The Sunset Strip. 12 Tracks. (The Crickets - JI - Sonny Curtis - Glen D.did a lot of work for Snuff Garrett & The Viva Label) .  

 The Cover is in great shape -.Rigid cover, the upper section of the LP has been neatly repaired - the other two sides are in Top Shape - Solids - No Creases Clean & No stains. You will be proud of this Great Collector's Item ready now for a New home.

The Vinyl is Mint (Only Been Played twice)  

 Included with this sale is an old clipping that I saved from an Old English Paper "New Musical Express" (Aug.3rd. 1974)

From the "J.J. CALE FAN NETWORK" (http://www.jjcale.net/samples.php) comes the following info: "In 1967 Cale had a hand with Garrett, Russell and Jimmy Boyd in writing "Lazy Me", a single by Jimmy Boyd on Dot 66166 (Imperial IM 6203). The track sounded a lot like "After Midnight". The next year (1968) John collaborated with his old Okie friend Roger Tillison on a psychedelic album "Trip Down Sunset Strip" as the Leathercoated Minds. They covered the popular drug-culture hits of the 60's, such as "Eight Miles High", "Puff (the Magic Dragon)", and "Sunshine Superman". JJ threw in several instrumentals which he had written and not put lyrics to on singles prior to this album." Personnel on this album included:
Roger Tillison (Vocals, Acoustic Guitar)
Terrye (Newkirk) Tillison (Vocals)
J.J. Cale (Guitar, Producer, Arranger)
Bill Boatman (Arranger)
Leon Russell (Keyboard)
Jesse Ed Davis (Guitar)
Gary Gilmore (Bass)
Jimmy "Junior" Markham (Vocal)
Gary Sanders (Vocal)
Jimmy Karstein (Drums, Percussion)

SUNDAZED has recently released this LP on CD, albeit in a MONO mix. Here's the ORIGINAL LP for "groovier" listening pleasure

-   Track listing1. Eight Miles High
2. Sunset and Clark
3. Psychotic Reaction
4. Over Under Sideways Down
5. Sunshine Superman
6. Non-Stop
7. Arriba
8. Kicks
9. Mr. Tambourine Man
10. Puff (The Magic Dragon)
11. Along Come Mary
12. Pot Luck

Details Producer:J.J. Cale, JJ CaleDistributor:E1 Distribution (USA)Recording type:StudioRecording
Album notesPersonnel: J.J. Cale (guitar).
Liner Note Author: Jeff Jarema.
Photographer: Tommy "Snuff" Garrett.
While the Leathercoated Minds is an inarguably superb name for a rock & roll band, the sad truth is it didn't really belong to a group at all. Producer and entrepreneur Snuff Garrett wanted to put together an album designed to give clueless, would-be hipsters an idea of what a night on Hollywood's fabled Sunset Strip was like; he'd already chosen a snazzy cover photo, and needed some session cats to throw together a half-hour of music to go along with it. Garrett hired a then little-known musician named J.J. Cale to produce the album and play lead guitar, and Cale's fleet but laid-back picking is all over this album. Cale overdubs a handful of Roger McGuinn-style lead lines all over "Eight Miles High" and "Mr. Tambourine Man," he throws some twang-centric psychedelia into "Over Under Sideways Down" and "Sunshine Superman," and contributes some enjoyable original throwaways with titles like "Sunset and Clark" and "Pot Luck." Cale and his studio partners (no one's sure just who they are besides Roger Tillison on vocals, though Cale's buddy Leon Russell is probably playing keyboards) probably tossed this off in a couple afternoons, but it sounds like they were having a good time doing it, and the picking is uniformly fine while the arrangements are a shade more imaginative than one might expect for a quickie knock-off album like this. Anyone expecting A Trip Down the Sunset Strip to be some sort of lost masterwork is only fooling themselves, but it's a fun listen with plenty of crackerjack guitar work, and it has the good sense to wrap up its business in less than 30 minutes; those with an interest in either Cale or pop culture of the period will want to give it a spin. ~ Mark Deming

Editorial reviews3 stars out of 5 -- [A] fascinating brew, with Cale's stinging guitars on 'Sunset And Clark' effectively bottling some of the swirling flavours of the times.
     

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