Mellow Yellow (album) played blues piano, harpsichord, and undertook arrangements. Paul McCartney provided background vocals on at least one of the tracks. He is uncredited for his work. According to a recent biography (""Darker Than The Deepest Sea: The Search For Nick Drake""), the album was a significant influence on Nick Drake. The track "Museum" was covered by Herman's Hermits on their 1967 album release "Blaze". All tracks by Donovan Leitch. Songs marked with a ‘+’ have been remixed into stereo. Side one Side two The ten tracks as on the original release plus the following bonus tracks: Mellow Yellow (album) Mellow Yellow
The Yellow and Blue The Yellow and Blue The Yellow and Blue is the alma mater of the University of Michigan, written by Charles M. Gayley. Gayley composed the lyrics in 1886 while he was a professor of English and Latin at UM. He was motivated to write the song in hopes of winning a $20 prize from the student editors of the yearbook (The Palladium). As he wrote the lyrics, Gayley was thinking of the school colors, "azure blue and maize." Ultimately the song became a paean to the color and light of late summer in Michigan: the yellow grain in the fields,