![]() Jimmy Page, of Led Zeppelin fame, is heard playing the solo on this song. Mellow Yellow Color vinyl, Mono Donovan Format: Vinyl 143 ratings 3999 See all 18 formats and editions Streaming Unlimited MP3 8.99 Listen with our Free App Audio CD 17.63 4 Used from 21.22 11 New from 13.63 Vinyl 39.99 4 Used from 13.98 2 New from 39.99 2 Collectible from 15. Donovan had a small part in coming up with the lyrics for "Yellow Submarine", and McCartney played bass guitar (uncredited) on portions of Donovan's Mellow Yellow album. 'Mellow Yellow' itself was cut after 'Sunshine Superman' and boasted one of the earliest arrangements by John Paul Jones to achieve international recognition (although not without some resistance from Donovan himself), with its broad, biting brass sound. Epic's Greatest Hits may not be a perfect collection - for instance, it contains re-recordings of his earliest folk songs, 'Catch the Wind' and 'Colours,' not the originals - but for many casual fans, that may not matter since the remaining nine songs offer an excellent summary of his hit singles. Paul McCartney can be heard as one of the background revelers on this track, but contrary to popular belief, it is not McCartney whispering the "quite rightly" answering lines in the chorus, but rather Donovan himself. Donovan, in fact, was friends with the Beatles. The record had a "Beatlesque" feel to it, and was sometimes mistaken for a Beatles song. Marion Bloom's buttocks, but it is not known if Donovan got the phrase from there. It was released in the US in February 1967 (Epic Records LN 24239 (monaural) / BN. The phrase "mellow yellow" appears on page 719 of the first American edition of James Joyce's Ulysses, where it is used to refer to Mrs. Mellow Yellow is the fourth album from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. This definition was re-affirmed an interview in NME magazine: "it's about being cool, laid-back, and also the electrical bananas that were appearing on the scene - which were ladies' vibrators." According to The Rolling Stone Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock and Roll, he admitted later the song made reference to a vibrator an "electrical banana" as mentioned in the lyrics. Collectables two-fer of Mellow Yellow/Wear Your Love Like Heaven offers both of Donovans 1967 albums on one CD. According to Donovan's notes accompanying the album Donovan's Greatest Hits, the rumour that one could get high from smoking dried banana skins was started by Country Joe McDonald in 1966, and Donovan heard the rumour three weeks before "Mellow Yellow" was released as a single. The song was rumoured to be about smoking dried banana skins, which was believed to be a hallucinogenic drug in the 1960s, though this aspect of bananas has since been debunked. Billboard charts in 1966 and No.8 in the UK in early 1967. "Mellow Yellow" is the title of a song written and recorded by British singer/songwriter Donovan. Click to buy: Donovan Mellow Yellow Album Cover Shirt Ideal for cooler days, but still very comfortable to wear in summer.
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