Mellow Yellow Paul McCartney can be heard as one of the background revellers on this track, but the "quite rightly" whispering answering lines in the chorus is not McCartney but rather Donovan himself. 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. In 2005, the track was remastered by EMI Records for the "Mellow Yellow" album re-issue. "Mellow Yellow" was covered in 1967 by soul singer Big Maybelle on her album "Got a Brand New Bag". It was also covered in 1968 by British
Heavy Mellow Heavy Mellow Heavy Mellow is a 1999 live album by Canadian rock group, 54-40. It is a two-disc set; as its name implies, one disc contains "heavy" rock performances and the other contains "mellow" acoustic renditions. Many acoustic album versions vary greatly from their studio counterparts, due to the addition of new instruments that weren't used before (such as accordions). These tracks include "Radio Luv Song", "Crossing a Canyon", and "Miss You". In addition, the live version of "Music Man" is extended compared to the studio version. At least some tracks were recorded at the October 28th, 1998 show at